COEHD alumnus and Olympic bobsledder featured in Providence Journal

The Providence Journal featured University of Maine alumnus Frank Del Duca (’14, kinesiology & physical education, exercise science) in an article about becoming an Olympic luger or bobsledder. Del Duca, who is representing the U.S. at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, was a top sprinter and jumper at UMaine, capturing the America East Conference title in long jump, before he attended a bobsled tryout in 2015. The story was also shared in the Milford Daily News, Seacoast Online, Foster’s Daily Democrat, MetroWest Daily News, The Herald News, The Newport Daily News, The Norwich Bulletin and SouthCoast Today/The Standard Times.