Bobsledding decorations surround Curt Tomasevicz’s desk in his office in Chase Hall, on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s East Campus. Tomasevicz has stayed involved in the U.S. National Bobsled and Skeleton teams since his last Winter Olympics appearance in 2014, now serving as director of sport performance for the teams. Even his academic work ties in — Tomasevicz’s Ph.D. was on bobsledding physiology. Photo by Liz McCue for the Flatwater Free Press
Shelby native Curt Tomasevicz fulfilled his dream of playing football for the Nebraska Cornhuskers, where he was a scrappy special teamer. But since then, his life and career have taken a circuitous route — a twisting, turning path kind of like a bobsled course.Tomasevicz, who grew up in a 700-person town hundreds of miles from the nearest mountain, is now on the USA Bobsledding leader...