Hello friends, family, and supporters,

Thank you for visiting my Rally me page. My name is Christopher Kinney and I am competing with USA Bobsled.

 This upcoming winter will be year two of my bid to make it to the 2018 Winter Olympics in Korea for Team USA. I really appreciate all your support and words of encouragement last year and since then I have been making great strides in my training to make the National Team this year and represent our country.  As you guys know the Olympics comes around once every four years. In the four years inbetween my teammates and myself spend countless hours of strenuous training  all while trying to  work, study, family, and make a living.  

This year I will be shooting to compete in Europe and World Cup. In order to do that I will be heading out to USA Push Champs in Calgary, where we will push on the ice track to solidify our team standings. After this will move on to Lake Placid NY, followed by Park City UT, and then, and then into the start of the season in November. The season is pretty long, and I will be sliding on until March.

I need your help getting this season started out on what I hope will be a great year. I am trying to raise roughly $7400 for the first half of this season. The money raised will go toward:

• lodging fees and training facility use - $2000
• Training and physical therapy expenses (for the season)- $1500
•  Winter equipment( gloves, spikes, running shoes, coldgear, team wear, spike covers, - $1100
•  Travel and transportation (airfare, car rental, shuttle). $2000
• Food-$800

    None of this would be possible without you behind me. I would also like to thank my grandparents, especially my grandfather.  He has been my best friend and biggest supporter since I was a kid. He and I took road trips to high school track meets, he's never missed competition, and even now when he can't travel with me, he never fails to call and get updates. I also want to thank my coach, Brad DeWeese and the entire Strength and Conditioning staff at  East Tennesse State University for allowing me to train with you guys. Words cannot express how thankful I am to all of you who support me on my journey. Please spread the word!

If you wish to keep up with me feel free to check out my Instagram or Facebook. I will be posting video and photo every step of the season.