ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, N.C. – Reidsville High Graduate Adrian Adams is in Beijing competing at the 2022 Winter Olympics on the Bobsled Team.
A season before the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics, he was in top form and a member of the winning sled for the USA team trials. Then, a back/hip injury sidelined Adrian and kept him from competing in Pyeongchang. He could hardly get out of bed and had to stop training. Today, Adrian is a valuable veteran of Team USA with a decade of experience. He’s injury free and trained for the Olympics at the new ice-house facility at Mt. Van Hoevenberg.
His father is a former bobsled athlete and spent time on the world cup team.
The younger Adams attended Reidsville High School from 2000-2004, where he was a free safety, wide receiver, kick returner and punt returner. Adrian won back to back state championships in 2002 and 2003. He was the defensive MVP of the 2003 championship game. Adams was selected to the all-county, all-conference, all-region and 2A all-state teams.
He attended NC A&T State University and also played a year at North Carolina Tech.
Adrian has been a part of history. In 2014-2015, he was on the first mixed-gender bobsled team with female pilot Elana Meyers Taylor.
