Farquharson finishes luge World Cup season with another medal

YANQING, China — The USA Luge relay squad, featuring Park City’s Ashley Farquharson, the men’s doubles team of Zack DiGregorio/Sean Hollander, Tucker West and the women’s doubles team of Chevonne Forgan/ Sophia Kirkby, took bronze in the ninth and final race of the 2024-25 FIL World Cup on Sunday.  

Like many others on the circuit this week, the U.S. squad was hit with stomach flu and missed training earlier in the week.  

In the Team relay, an event that rewards consistency, the four sleds representing the United States avoided major mistakes and clocked a time of 4 minutes, 13.535 seconds.  

Farquharson, 2022 Olympian and Youth Sports Alliance (YSA) Ambassador said to USA Luge, “Super happy to have secured a medal in relay this weekend. Despite it being the last World Cup, I think we’re ready to carry the momentum into next year.”   

She slid to another Team bronze in January in Germany.

Team Austria won the Chinese race in 4:11.933, with Team Germany second in 4:12.098.   

In the Men’s singles’ first heat, three time Olympian Tucker West’s split times showed him among the top ten sleds, but his sled flipped over in curve 15. While he was able to finish the run, West did not break the top 20, and as a result, did not get a second run. His time was 1:01.279. USA teammate Jonny Gustafson was slated to race but was exposed to stomach flu and could not compete.   

Regarding the final World Cup overall standings in team relay, Austria earned 445 points, just enough to win the title over Germany with 440 points. Latvia was third with 275 points and the United States was fourth with 255. 

Matt Greiner of Park City and the Wasatch Luge Club who dealt with injury and raced a partial season, finished the season 34th overall. 

The focus now shifts to the Norton Youth and Junior National Championships, slated to take place March 7-8 and 13-14, respectively, at the Utah Olympic Park.