The championships began with two runs for the singles competitors on Sunday, and concluded with two additional heats on Tuesday. The doubles competition consisted of two runs, all contested Tuesday.

Farquharson, of Park City, Utah, took her second consecutive title in 2 minutes, 57.652 seconds. Going into the final heats, she sat .037 behind three-time Olympian Emily Sweeney of Lake Placid, but swapped places on the second day. Sweeney finished in second with a total time of 2:57.769. The bronze went to Summer Britcher of Glen Rock, Pennsylvania, a five-time World Cup winner, in 2:58.947.

Emma Erickson of Park City, Utah placed fourth in 3:00.385, while Macey Schomaker of Park City, Utah was fifth in 3:03.275.

In the men’s competition, West, Lake Placid, a three-time Olympian, won by a relatively comfortable margin over 2022 Olympian Jonny Gustafson of Massena. Their times were 3:04:310 and 3:04.575, respectively.

Junior National Team athlete Aidan Mueller of West Islip made his first appearance on the national championship podium by taking the bronze in 3:06.508. Hunter Harris of East Fairfield, Vermont was fourth in 3:08.098, with two-time Junior World Championship medalist Matt Greiner of Park City, Utah fifth with a time of 3:08.860. Logan Barnes of Clarkesville, Tennessee did not finish the race.

In a somewhat surprising men’s doubles race, reigning Junior World Champions Mueller, of Brookfield, Wisconsin and Haugsjaa, of Framingham, Massachusetts, took gold. The duo clocked a two-run combined time of 1:29.014, edging out 2024 World Championship team relay silver medalists Dana Kellogg of Chesterfield, Massachusetts and Frank Ike of Lititz, Pennsylvania. Kellogg and Ike finished in 1:29.139. 2022 Olympians and 2023 Lake Placid World Cup winners Zack DiGregorio of Medway, Massachusetts and Sean Hollander of Lake Placid won the bronze in 1:29.280. All three teams posted times within .007 in the second heat.

On the women’s side, the three-time World Championship medalists Forgan, of Chelmsford, Massachusetts, and Kirkby, of Ray Brook, won the championship title in 1:30.662 over the newly formed team of Maya Chan of Chicago, Illinois and Sophia Gordon of Sussex, Wisconsin. They finished in 1:31.457.

All results from the national championships can be found at www.usaluge.org.

The past two competition days also served as seeding races to select the traveling National Team. Each day featured three runs. The first two determined the national championship, while the seeding race format featured a best two out of three heats to select the winner on each day.

Based on the seeding results, four men and four women will travel on the World Cup circuit. Gustafson, Aidan Mueller and Greiner will join the National Team on the road and will have an opportunity to qualify for the World Championships. Harris will have the opportunity to train and compete in select World Cup events this season. Barnes will travel with the Junior National Team.

Erickson will join the National Team, while Schomaker will travel with the Junior National Team this season.

West, Farquharson, Sweeney and Britcher were exempt from the seeding races based on last season’s international results. All doubles teams will travel, with the exception of Chan and Gordon, who will join the team later in the season after more training.

The National Team could be further reduced in size as the season progresses.

The nine-circuit World Cup season will kick-off in Lillehammer, Norway, Nov. 29 to Dec. 1, with the 53rd World Championships scheduled for Feb. 6 to 9, 2025, in Whistler, Canada.