PARK CITY, Utah -- World Cup leader Todd Hays and Brian Shimer secured berths on the U.S. Olympic Team on Saturday, finishing 1-2 in the final race of the U.S. Bobsled Federation trials.

Joining Hays and Shimer on the team are push athletes Garrett Hines, Randy Jones, Pavle Jovanovic, Mike Kohn, Bill Schuffenhauer, brothers Dan and Darrin Steele and Doug Sharp.

Although the federation did not designate who would drive the USA I sled in the Olympics, executive Director Matt Roy said Hays most likely would get that role.

Hays had already qualified for the Feb. 8-24 Olympics by leading the overall World Cup standings.

Shimer extended his Olympic career, which started in 1988 when he was a pusher, not a driver. The 39-year-old Shimer, who will be competing in his fifth Olympic Games, skipped the first half of the World Cup tour to ease the strain on his body, hand-pick his crew, and focus on the trials.

Shimer's strategy paid off as he won the two-man trials a week ago and finished second to Hays in the four-man trials.

Hays finished with a two-run time of 1 minute, 33.77 seconds. Shimer finished in 1:34.38, and Joe McDonald was third in 1:34.63.

The U.S. team has not won an Olympic medal in bobsled in nearly five decades. Hays and Shimer are out to end that drought.

"We still know we're the underdogs. We haven't won an Olympic medal in 46 years," Hays said. "We need to train like we're 40-to-1 underdogs."

Hays leads the World Cup standings with 267 points. Switzerland's Martin Annen is second with 247, and Germany's Andre Lange third with 226.

Hays said he and his crew must improve their strength and speed over the next month to win an Olympic medal. They'll head to the U.S. Olympic Training Center in San Diego to train following the next World Cup race in St. Moritz, Switzerland, on Jan. 12 and 13.

"It will take a big-time push start" to medal, Hays said. "If we don't blow people away at the start, we'll be in big trouble. To beat a German or a Swiss at the Olympic Games for a gold medal would be a huge accomplishment."

Shimer has said the Salt Lake Games will be his last.

"I think this is going to end the long drought," he said. "It's in our own backyard. If we can't get it done here, it's not going to happen."