Summer Britcher and Chris Mazdzer secured titles in the U.S.A.

Lake Placid (RWH) Olympic silver medallist Chris Mazdzer won his eighth Norton USA Luge National Championship in Lake Placid, while Olympic teammate Summer Britcher secured her second U.S. title in conditions that changed from clouds to snow to freezing rain. This was published by the US Luge Association (USLA).

Their names will be engraved in perpetuity on the Frank Masley Trophy, named in honour of the 10-time U.S. champion and 1984 Olympic flag bearer who passed away two years ago.

Jonny Gustafson was the national runner-up, followed by two-time Olympian Tucker West. Britcher, a member of the 2014 and 2018 Olympic teams, bested Brittney Arndt and Raychel Germaine. Once again, Emily Sweeney, of Suffield, Conn., foreran the two women’s legs as she works her way back to form after her Olympic crash in South Korea.