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Show SPORTS MARCH 04, 2013 B3 No track? No problem SHANE TRUSKOLASKI/UVU ATHLETICS The wolverines have had a difficult time winning away from home this season. WOES from 81 the most is the 24-0 advantage the Huskies held in bench points. Turnovers and a lack of production from the bench ultimately led to the Wolverines falling to the Huskies 73-63. Three days later at North Dakota State, who is 12-1 at home this season, the Wolverines seemed to be back on track, battling back and forth for the majority of the game. They were led once again by Hunsaker who had 13 of his 15 points in the first half and Aird who led the team with 25 points, 17 of which came in the second half. While the Wolverines got off to a hot start and led early, they cooled off midway through the first and managed to tie the game at 29-29 at the half. They continued to battle in the second half, but the bison managed to barely outlast them down the stretch, winning 63-56. Despite their shooting dropping to just 29.6 percent from the floor in the second half, the Wolverines played excellent defensively, holding the bison to just 40.4 percent shooting for the game. "They offensively really ran their offense through their bigs," Hunsaker said. "North Dakota State is a great team. Really physical and athletic, and we were just disciplined and didn't try to do anything outside of what we knew we were capable of and it kind of worked out for us." LARGE! PRIVATE! AFFORDABLE! Voted Best Apartments 2012 PHOTO COURTESY/AKWASI FRIMPONG Akwasi Frimpong will now try his luck on the bobsled as his hopes for the London Olympics fell short. Akwasi Frimpong pushes to the Dutch national bobsled team By Karissa Neely Freelance Public Relations writer Akwasi Frimpong is headed to Lake Placid, New York this week, but he won't be sprinting around a track in shorts. He'll be in a full bodysuit, helmet, gloves and special spikes for ice running for the American Cup bobsled races March 8-10. Yes, the rumors are true. Frimpong is trying his own version of a 1993 cult classic ,"Cool Runnings." In November 2012, after only pushing a sled on the ice track twice, Frimpong joined the Dutch national bobsled team at the World Cup races in Park City, Utah. Back in the summer, when he was trying to qualify for the London Olympics, Frimpong was courted by the Dutch bobsled Olympic team, training for about five days at the push track in Hardenwijk, Netherlands. A push track is a bobsled on wheels that runs down a small hill on rails on dry land. "I pushed once with the team on the push track [in June], and they told me I have the natural ability to be a great bobsled athlete due to my power and speed," Frimpong said. Back then, Frimpong was still reeling from his missed Olympic track chance, and recovering from an injury. But in September, encouraged by his private coach, Timothy O'Mara, Frimpong decided to give bobsledding a chance. "I still had not yet been in a bobsled on the ice yet. I may be strong and fast, but not every track athlete can run on ice," Frimpong said. The Dutch team came up to Park City during November, and he got his final chance to make the Dutch national team. "I did really well for my first time, according to No De Bruin, the driver, and Nicola Minichiello, the national coach," Frimpong said. The team qualified for the fourman World Cup Race in Park City, with Frimpong as the brakeman. "This was my first time in the bobsled," Frimpong said. "But I officially showed that I was not only strong and fast on dry land, but that I could fly on the ice as well." Frimpong is graduating in marketing this April from Utah Valley University. Due to a role elimination at his former work place, Frimpong can now concentrate on training and school. "After being noticed by the Dutch team last year, I told myself not to be sad anymore about missing out on the 2012 Track and Field Olympic Games and give bobsled a chance," Frimpong said. "There are not many athletes that get another chance in multiple sports in their careers. I'm still learning a lot, but I have never made it to the world stage level in sports, after training in total for only eight days with a national team." "I guess for years I have been prepared for bobsledding without knowing it," Frimpong said. "If I can't sprint fast enough, maybe I can push hard enough, which I have done my whole life. 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