Former Northern Michigan University student and Wildcat football player Nick Baumgartner has qualified to compete in his fifth straight Olympics at age 44 as part of the USA snowboard cross (SBX) team. The Iron River native won a gold medal in 2022 with Lindsey Jacobellis in the debut of the mixed-team SBX event, becoming the oldest snowboarder to win an Olympic medal and the oldest U.S. gold medalist since the Winter Games in 1948.
Read a recent feature story about Baumgartner's journey, including the homemade backyard snowboard track he has trained on, here.