Steve Langton '06, a Northeastern track and field alum-turned-Olympic bobsledder, was featured in the Boston Globe last week in an article written by Eric Wilbur. The feature chronicles Langton's career path from collegiate runner to elite push man on the 2014 US Olympic bobsled team.

Langton competed for NU's track and field program as a sprinter and jumper before graduating in 2006. Not ready to give up on his athletic career, Langton sought a change of direction that would allow him to continue to use his speed and strong build to his advantage.

Within a few years, Langton "stumbled upon" the sport of bobsledding and quickly became a household name, earning Rookie of the Year honors in 2008, before collecting the U.S National Push Championship the following year. He was selected to compete in the 2010 Vancouver Olympics in both the two-man and four-man events, but finished the Games without a medal.

This year, Langton will head to Sochi as a gold-medal favorite in the four-man bobsled – an event that seemed unlikely for the former sprinter who didn't discover the sport of bobsledding until 2007.

"You can't buy a bobsled at Dick's Sporting Goods," the 30-year old Melrose, Mass., native said. "There's no NCAA bobsled. So you really do just fall into the sport."

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