ST. MORITZ, Switzerland — The famed all-natural iced track of St. Moritz will host the seventh of eight stops on the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation World Cup tour Friday through Sunday. 

This will be the last World Cup of the season for the U.S. bobsledders. The bobsled team has opted to spend extra time in Germany to prepare for the 2020 World Championships in lieu of traveling to Latvia for the eighth and final World Cup.

Savannah Graybill, Megan Henry and Kendall Wesenberg will represent Team USA in the women’s skeleton competition, while Andrew Blaser, Austin Florian and Alex Ivanov will compete in the men’s race. 

Wesenberg has raced in St. Moritz five times, and she claimed her first career World Cup medal, a silver, on the Swiss course in January 2017. The gliding track suits Wesenberg’s driving style, and she’s a favorite for the medals on Friday. Henry has competed in two Intercontinental Cup competitions in St. Moritz, while Graybill has raced in three World Cup races on the famed track.

Blaser has never competed in St. Moritz before. Ivanov has two European Cup competitions under his belt on the Swiss course, while Florian has raced in one World Cup in St. Moritz.

Kaillie Humphries and Lauren Gibbs will team together for the fifth time this season. Humphries and Gibbs started the season with double gold medals. Humphries has a history of success in St. Moritz, having earned three World Cup medals and the 2013 World Championship title there.

St. Moritz is one of the few tracks outside of North America that Hunter Church, of Cadyville, has some experience on. Church raced to 15th place in the 2018 Junior World Championships in Switzerland.

Church will race with Josh Williamson in Saturday’s two-man race.

Williamson, Jimmy Reed and Kris Horn will be Church’s push crew on Sunday in the four-man completion, which is the final four-man race of the World Cup season.

The schedule is as follows, with all times listed in local time:

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FRIDAY

9:30 a.m.: Men’s skeleton heat #1

11:15 a.m.: Men’s skeleton heat #2

1 p.m.: Women’s skeleton heat #1

2:45 p.m.: Women’s skeleton heat #2

Saturday

9:30 a.m.: Women’s bobsled heat #1

11 a.m.: Women’s bobsled heat #2

1 p.m.: Men’s two-man bobsled heat #1

2:30 p.m.: Men’s two-man bobsled heat #2

Sunday

10 a.m.: Four-man bobsled heat #1

11:30 a.m.: Four-man bobsled heat #2