Given today is National Girls and Women in Sports Day AND the fact that the 2026 Milano-Cortina Olympic & Paralympic Games officially begin on Friday, we wanted to share a bit about three of our amazing Next League team members who all happen to be Team USA athletes!
Learn more about Veronica Day, Rachel Rane and Macy Tarlton below.
VERONICA DAY
I am a former member of the U.S. National Skeleton Team, where I competed for Team USA for nine years. During my career, I was fortunate to earn multiple accolades, including National Push Champion, National Start Record Holder, North American Cup Overall Champion, and the Randy Price Sportsmanship Award. I served as the Athlete Advisory Council representative and spent four years as a member of the USA Bobsled & Skeleton Board of Directors. Throughout my career, I lived and trained at two U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Training Centers, Lake Placid, New York and Colorado Springs, Colorado.
I discovered skeleton after watching the sport at the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games, noting that many athletes shared my track and field background. At that time, I competed for Elon University as a long and triple jumper. At Elon, I was a 5-time school record holder, a 3-time conference champion, named the Southern Conference's MVP, NCAA qualifier, and was later inducted into the university’s Athletic Hall of Fame.
Since retiring from competitive sport, I worked in athlete services at the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee before transitioning into operations/sports technology at Next League for the last 3 years.
Given my background, I also volunteer in local student mentoring programs supporting athlete development. Additionally, I previously led the creation of Crossover for Change, a nonprofit organization that built sports facilities in Uganda, resulting in three completed facilities and expanded access to sport for more than 10,000 girls.
I currently reside in Telluride, Colorado, where I spend my weekends skiing - my enthusiasm for it far outpaces talent 🙂
RACHEL RANE
I started coxing my freshman year of high school and was later recruited to the University of Texas, where I coxed the Varsity 8+ for three competitive seasons and won back-to-back NCAA team championships, including the first in program history.
After my sophomore season, I made my first U23 national team and coxed the U.S. Women’s 8+ to gold at the U23 World Championships in Italy. Post-graduation, I moved into the senior team pipeline and this fall coxed the U.S. Men’s 8+ to a bronze medal at the World Championships in China, the first medal for that boat since 2017. I am also the first woman to ever cox a U.S. men’s eight at a World Championship.
Outside of rowing, I’ve built a career centered on leadership and creativity, freelancing in social media, video, and photography, coaching Division I rowing at Michigan, and now working in operations and marketing roles in San Francisco.
As an LA 2028 hopeful, I’m planning to move to Sarasota to train and fully commit to the next chapter.
MACY TARLTON
Prior to bobsled, I represented the U.S. in Olympic weightlifting. Learning a new sport in my early 20s helped me adapt in the career field more than I realized! Alongside sport, I run a small business specializing in Google listings and SEO, helping business owners improve visibility through Google My Business.
I’m also proud to serve as a spokesperson for Special Olympics and as an athlete mentor with Classroom Champions, a nonprofit that connects Olympic athletes and hopefuls with classrooms worldwide to inspire students throughout their journeys.
I’m based in Charlotte, North Carolina, and currently training and competing in Europe until the 2026 Milano-Cortina Olympic Games are over!
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