BOBSLEIGH: US athletics stars Lolo Jones and Lauryn Williams were among 15 people named on Sunday to the American bobsled team that will compete in next month's Sochi Winter Olympics.

Both will serve as sled pushers on the US Olympic women's squad and they will be only the ninth and 10th Americans to serve as Winter and Summer Olympians.

Australian Olympic hurdler Jana Pittman is attempting the same feat >

Jones will make another attempt at the Olympic medal podium that eluded her at the 2008 Beijing and 2012 London Olympics as a hurdler while Williams has won two medals, one of them gold.

At Beijing, Jones was leading the 100m hurdles final when she tripped over the penultimate gate and fell. At London, Jones was fourth.

Jones turned to bobsled last season and this season has two podium efforts.

Williams, the 100m runner-up at the 2004 Athens Olympics, was on the 400m US gold medal relay at the London Games. She placed third at the 2013 US push championships after only three days of training and has three podiums in four tries.

Joined by Aja Evans, who has four podiums this season, the US push talent comprises "the deepest field of push athletes we've ever had," according to USA Bobsled and Skeleton Federation chief executive Darrin Steele.

"We knew heading into the season that the Olympic selection was going to be extremely difficult," Steele said. "It's a good problem to have, but it meant that some outstanding athletes would not make the Olympic team."

Jamie Greubel, Elana Meyers and Jazmine Fenlator were named US bobsled drivers.

American women have taken a medal in each Olympics since women's bobsled was introduced in 2002.

The women's bobsled at Sochi will be February 18-19.

Steven Holcomb, who drove to four-man gold at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics for the first US men's gold in 62 years, joined Nick Cunningham as pilots of US two-man and four-man sleds in Sochi.

Cory Butner will also drive a two-man sled while the push crews will include Curt Tomasevicz, Steve Langton, Chris Fogt, Justin Olsen, Johnny Quinn and Dallas Robinson.