USA Luge names national team on the road to the 2026 Winter Olympics
Lake Placid, N.Y. (FIL-USA Luge/09 May 2025) The US national luge team has announced its squad for 2025. The team includes plenty of Olympic experience and up-and-coming talent on the road to the Milano-Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games in Italy. The selection includes seven Olympic athletes who are building on an extremely successful 2024/2025 season, with 11 international medals and 67 top-ten finishes in the EBERSPAECHER Luge World Cup.
Women's singles
Three experienced Olympians are returning to the team: Emily Sweeney (Lake Placid, N.Y.), Ashley Farquharson (Park City, Utah), and Summer Britcher (Glen Rock, Pa.). The trio brings a total of eight Olympic appearances to the team.
Sweeney is entering her 14th year on the national team after an outstanding season in which she won three World Cup medals and two podium finishes at the World Championships despite a reduced competition schedule. Farquharson won the bronze medal in the team relay in Altenberg and finished 7th in the overall World Cup standings. Britcher finished 14th overall with four top-ten finishes. Joining the experienced trio is Emma Erickson (Park City, Utah), who is in her second year on the national team. Erickson competed in seven World Cup races last season and finished 35th overall.
Men's singles
The men's singles team is led by Jonny Gustafson (Massena, N.Y.), a 2022 Olympian, and three-time Olympian Tucker West (Ridgefield, Conn.), who is entering his 12th World Cup season. Gustafson finished the 2024/25 season 15th overall, while West achieved two top-ten finishes and finished 14th overall. They are joined by Aidan Mueller (West Islip, N.Y.), Matt Greiner (Park City, Utah) and Hunter Harris (East Fairfield, Vt.). Mueller competed in select World Cup events and finished the season 29th overall. Greiner finished 34th despite a season cut short by injury, and Harris finished the year ranked 37th.
Women's Doubles
Riding the momentum of a successful season, Chevonne Forgan (Chelmsford, Mass.) and Sophia Kirkby (Ray Brook, N.Y.) return to the national team for the Olympic season. Forgan/Kirkby won five World Cup medals last winter and finished third overall in the World Cup standings. The duo also represented the USA at the official pre-homologation of the new Olympic track in Cortina, Italy, in March 2025.
Also returning are Maya Chan (Chicago, Illinois) and Sophia Gordon (Sussex, Wisconsin), who finished their debut season with a 12th place in the EBERSPAECHER World Cup and have their sights set firmly on the podium this year.
Men's doubles
The 2022 Olympians, Zack DiGregorio (Medway, Mass.) and Sean Hollander (Lake Placid, N.Y.), are back after a strong season in which they finished in the top ten of the World Cup.
They are joined by two rising stars, Marcus Mueller (Brookfield, Wisconsin) and Ansel Haugsjaa (Framingham, Massachusetts), who come from the junior national team. Although the promising duo did not compete in all events, they finished 11th in the EBERSPAECHER World Cup and 7th at the 53rd FIL World Championships in Whistler, Canada, in 2025 in their debut season.
Also returning are Dana Kellogg (Chesterfield, Mass.) and Frank Ike (Lititz, Pa.), who are aiming for a strong comeback after a season cut short by injury. The pair were silver medalists at the 2024 World Championships in the team relay.
Looking ahead
The 2025/26 EBERSPAECHER Luge World Cup season will begin in Igls, Austria (5-7 December 2025), before heading to the United States with stops in Park City, Utah (12-14 December 2025) and Lake Placid, N.Y. (19-21 December 2025). The Olympic journey will culminate in Milan-Cortina in 2026, where the Winter Games will be opened on 6 February 2026.
