LAKE PLACID, N.Y. – USA Luge today announced it has named the National Natural Track Luge Team, which will compete in Europe this coming 2022/2023 season.
The Senior Division Natural Track Luge Team will include Zane Farnsworth, Marquette, MI; Jacob Sterk, St. Michael, MN; and Jillian Best, Negaunee, MI. Farnsworth is returning for his third year with the team, with Sterk and Best joining the team this year. Senior team members are looking forward to competing in the World Cup and World Cup Championship races in Austria, Italy and Romania.
The Junior Division Natural Track Luge Team will include Torrey Cookman, Marquette, MI, who is currently attending Western Michigan University; Henry Anderson, Appleton, WI, currently attending Notre Dame University; and Katie Cookman, Marquette, MI. This will be Torrey Cookman’s fifth season, Anderson’s fourth season, and Katie Cookman’s second season with the junior team. Junior team members are looking forward to competing in the World Cup and World Cup Championship races in Austria and Italy.
“Both of our teams are displaying excellence as we enter this season,” said Keith Whitman, coach, who hails from Escanaba, MI. “Last season, we experienced our highest ever placement in competition, with Torrey Cookman placing 16th in international competition, and we look forward to keeping our momentum going.”
The National Natural Luge team trains at the Upper Peninsula Luge Club natural track, Lucy Hill, located in Negaunee, MI. Lucy Hill spans a half-mile with a 280-foot drop, and is only one of four luge tracks in the U.S., and the only flat natural track. The track was designed by Per Vinberg, an engineer architect from Sweden, and was built in 1990. While not an Olympic sport, natural track does have its own international circuit that consists of World Championship, World Cup, national and regional races, and is considered a steppingstone to the Olympic luge program.
The Upper Peninsula Luge Club welcomes the public to slide at Lucy Hill during the winter, with reservations to slide available every Friday from 6 to 9 p.m. and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., from December 26 to March 12. To learn more or to make a reservation, visit upluge.org.
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