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EMU Track and Field Alum Jasmine Jones Wins Bronze Medal in the 2-Woman Bobsleigh for Team USA at the 2026 Winter Olympics
2/21/2026 4:25:00 PM | Men's Track & Field, Women's Track & Field, General
Jones is Eastern’s first Winter Olympian
YPSILANTI, Mich. (EMUEagles.com) – Former Eastern Michigan University women's track and field student-athlete Jasmine Jones earned the bronze medal in the 2-Woman Bobsleigh for Team USA at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Cortina, Italy, Feb. 21.
Jones and her bobsled pilot, Kaillie Armbruster Humphries, started the first day of competition off strong, setting a track record in the first heat with a time of 56.92 to put them in first place. After the second heat with a time of 57.24, they were in third place going into the second day of competition, leading the three U.S. teams.
On day two, Jones and Humphries saw a time of 57.57 for the third heat, keeping them in third place overall going into the fourth and final run. Their last run secured a third-place finish and bronze medal with a total time of 3:49.21.
Germany took both gold and silver medals, as the team of Laura Nolte and Deborah Levi earned gold with an overall time of 3:48.46, while the team of Lisa Buckwitz and Neele Schuten earned silver in 3:48.99.
The second U.S. team of Kaysha Love and Azaria Hill finished fifth in 3:49.71, while the third U.S. team of Elana Meyers Taylor and Jadin O'Brien finished seventh in 3:50.49.
Jones became the ninth Eastern Michigan student-athlete to win an Olympic medal, adding a new chapter to the school's track and field Olympic history. Her bronze medal in the two-woman bobsled for Team USA marked the first Olympic medal by an EMU athlete competing for the United States since Earl Jones earned bronze in the 800 meters at the 1984 Games. The list of EMU Olympic medalists spans multiple eras and countries, including Hayes Jones for the United States in the hurdles, Hasely Crawford for Trinidad and Tobago in the 100 meters, Sevatheda Fynes for the Bahamas in relay events, and Clement Chukwu and Nduka Awazie for Nigeria in the 4x400 relay. Jones' medal returns EMU to the Olympic podium for Team USA after more than 4 decades.
Furthermore, Jones was the first Winter Olympian for Eastern, adding to a tradition of track and field alumni in the Summer Olympics since 1960.
EMU's Track and Field Olympic Athletes
1960 - Hayes Jones
1964 - Hayes Jones
1968 - Dave Ellis
1972 - Hasely Crawford, Tony Nelson
1976 - Hasely Crawford, Deby Lansky LaPlante
1980 - Hasely Crawford
1984 - Earl Jones, Hasely Crawford
1988 - Tommy Asinga
1992 - Tommy Asinga
1996 - Paul McMullen, Tommy Asinga, Greg Rhymer, Sevatheda Fynes, Clement Chukwu
2000 - Clement Chukwu, Nduka Awazie, Fabian Rollins, Sevatheda Fynes
2004 - Jamie Nieto
2008 - Sasha Springer-Jones
2012 - Eric Alejandro, Jamie Nieto
2016 - Eric Alejandro
2021 - Donald Scott
2024 - Donald Scott
2026 - Jasmine Jones (Winter Olympics)
EMU's Track and Field Olympic Medals
1960 - Hayes Jones - USA - 110H - Bronze
1964 - Hayes Jones - USA - 110H - Gold
1976 - Hasely Crawford - Trinidad and Tobago - 100m - Gold
1984 - Earl Jones - USA - 800m - Bronze
1996 - Sevatheda Fynes - 4x100 Relay - Bahamas - Silver
2000 - Clement Chukwu - 4x400 Relay - Nigeria - Silver
2000 - Nduka Awazie - 4x400 Relay - Nigeria - Silver
2000 - Sevatheda Fynes - 4x100 Relay - Bahamas - Gold
2026 - Jasmine Jones - Two-Woman Bobsled - USA - Bronze
Jones and her bobsled pilot, Kaillie Armbruster Humphries, started the first day of competition off strong, setting a track record in the first heat with a time of 56.92 to put them in first place. After the second heat with a time of 57.24, they were in third place going into the second day of competition, leading the three U.S. teams.
On day two, Jones and Humphries saw a time of 57.57 for the third heat, keeping them in third place overall going into the fourth and final run. Their last run secured a third-place finish and bronze medal with a total time of 3:49.21.
Germany took both gold and silver medals, as the team of Laura Nolte and Deborah Levi earned gold with an overall time of 3:48.46, while the team of Lisa Buckwitz and Neele Schuten earned silver in 3:48.99.
The second U.S. team of Kaysha Love and Azaria Hill finished fifth in 3:49.71, while the third U.S. team of Elana Meyers Taylor and Jadin O'Brien finished seventh in 3:50.49.
Jones became the ninth Eastern Michigan student-athlete to win an Olympic medal, adding a new chapter to the school's track and field Olympic history. Her bronze medal in the two-woman bobsled for Team USA marked the first Olympic medal by an EMU athlete competing for the United States since Earl Jones earned bronze in the 800 meters at the 1984 Games. The list of EMU Olympic medalists spans multiple eras and countries, including Hayes Jones for the United States in the hurdles, Hasely Crawford for Trinidad and Tobago in the 100 meters, Sevatheda Fynes for the Bahamas in relay events, and Clement Chukwu and Nduka Awazie for Nigeria in the 4x400 relay. Jones' medal returns EMU to the Olympic podium for Team USA after more than 4 decades.
Furthermore, Jones was the first Winter Olympian for Eastern, adding to a tradition of track and field alumni in the Summer Olympics since 1960.
EMU's Track and Field Olympic Athletes
1960 - Hayes Jones
1964 - Hayes Jones
1968 - Dave Ellis
1972 - Hasely Crawford, Tony Nelson
1976 - Hasely Crawford, Deby Lansky LaPlante
1980 - Hasely Crawford
1984 - Earl Jones, Hasely Crawford
1988 - Tommy Asinga
1992 - Tommy Asinga
1996 - Paul McMullen, Tommy Asinga, Greg Rhymer, Sevatheda Fynes, Clement Chukwu
2000 - Clement Chukwu, Nduka Awazie, Fabian Rollins, Sevatheda Fynes
2004 - Jamie Nieto
2008 - Sasha Springer-Jones
2012 - Eric Alejandro, Jamie Nieto
2016 - Eric Alejandro
2021 - Donald Scott
2024 - Donald Scott
2026 - Jasmine Jones (Winter Olympics)
EMU's Track and Field Olympic Medals
1960 - Hayes Jones - USA - 110H - Bronze
1964 - Hayes Jones - USA - 110H - Gold
1976 - Hasely Crawford - Trinidad and Tobago - 100m - Gold
1984 - Earl Jones - USA - 800m - Bronze
1996 - Sevatheda Fynes - 4x100 Relay - Bahamas - Silver
2000 - Clement Chukwu - 4x400 Relay - Nigeria - Silver
2000 - Nduka Awazie - 4x400 Relay - Nigeria - Silver
2000 - Sevatheda Fynes - 4x100 Relay - Bahamas - Gold
2026 - Jasmine Jones - Two-Woman Bobsled - USA - Bronze
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