Date: May 8, 2024
Contact: Gordy Sheer, Phone: 518-637-1586,
USA Luge announces Junior National Team
National team finishes World Cup season with 14 medals, seven overall top ten finishes
LAKE PLACID, N.Y. —USA Luge recently announced the Junior National Team who will be representing the nation for the 2024-2025 racing season.
2024 Junior World Champions Marcus Mueller/Ansel Haugsjaa return following a successful season that included a first Junior World Championships gold medal for a U.S. sled since Emily Sweeney won the title in 2013. Mueller (Brookfield, Wisc.)/Haugsjaa (Acton, Mass.) earned top three finishes in every Junior race they entered, including a 2023 World Championship bronze and a gold medal at the Norton Junior National Championships.
They are joined by Logan Barnes/Gavin Davis who placed second at the Norton Junior National Championships. Barnes (Whitefish Bay, Wisc.)/Davis (Berwick, Pa) placed 11th in the Junior World Championships in their first season together. Norton Junior National Championships silver medalist and Junior World Cup podium regular Aidan Mueller (West Islip, N.Y) will lead the charge for the United States in men’s singles. Mueller placed third in the overall Junior World Cup rankings during the 2023-24 campaign. Barnes, who placed third at the Norton Junior National Championships, will also race in men’s singles.
In women’s singles, 2024 Norton Junior National Champion Sophia Gordon returns joined by Macey Schomaker. Gordon (Sussex, Wisc.) placed 16th in Junior World Championships, while Schomaker (Park City, Utah) took bronze in the Norton Junior National Championships and placed 22nd in Junior World Championships. The Junior World Championships will take place in St. Moritz, Switzerland on February 1-2, 2025. Park City, Utah and Lake Placid, N.Y. will host Youth Continental Cup races on January 14-15 and February 18-19, respectively.
Members of the Junior National C, Junior C and D teams were also announced. The members of those teams are as follows:
| Junior National “C” Team (Junior Class to age 21) | Junior “D” Team (Youth Class ages 10-16) |
| Seth Coates (Potsdam, N.Y.) | Hawker Craig (Heber City, Utah) |
| Orson Colby (Riverton, Utah) | Tristan Gable (Camano Island, Wash.) |
| Brianna Gosnell (Collegeville, Pa.) | Quattro McDonald (Park City, Utah) |
| Elizabeth Kleinheinz (Santa Clara, Calif.) | Liam Perl (Orem, Utah) |
| Maggie Richardson (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) | Gavin Theisen (Salt Lake City, Utah) |
| Talia Tonn (Cecil, Wisc.) | Axton Zahniser (Park City, Utah) |
| Nathan Bivins (Castleton, N.Y.) | Greta Hayes (Park City, Utah) |
| Wolfgang Lux (Swanton, Vt.) | Addilyn Holm (Stansbury Park, Utah) |
| Sadie Martin (Vermontville, N.Y.) | Miriel Schomaker (Park City, Utah) |
| Molly Schomaker (Park City, Utah) | |
| Junior “C” Team (Youth A Class to age 18) | Sophia Sorensen (South Jordan, Utah) |
| Brock Bartol (Suamico, Wisc.) | Brynley Wilson (Stansbury, Utah) |
| Josh Berzowski (Pulaski, Wisc.) | Eli Acker (Powell, Ohio) |
| Chris Brand (Downers Grove, Ill.) | Bryce Bajus (Wynnewood, Pa.) |
| Brady Cowden (Collingswood, N.J.) | Warren Briggs (Madrid, N.Y.) |
| Ian Cowden (Collingswood, N.J.) | Caleb Dusek (New London, Wisc.) |
| Gabe Desautels (Georgia, Vt.) | Austin Gray (Williston, Vt.) |
| Riley Dombard (Downers Grove, Ill.) | Mateo Guevara-Derber (Brillion, Wisc.) |
| Michael Montegari (Remsen, N.Y) | Samuel Hazell (Medway, Mass.) |
| Andrew Robertson (South Jordan, Utah) | Landon Kozik (Norfolk, Mass.) |
| Sinatra Robles (Castleton, Vt.) | Brennan Marek (Chesapeake, Va.) |
| Chase Somers (Saginaw, Mich.) | Bryson Palisoc (Lisle, Ill.) |
| Ben Wingfield (Park City, Utah) | Colin Petersen (Columbus, Ohio) |
| Kendall Achen (Manheim, Pa.) | Bentley Pond (Shrewsbury, Mass.) |
| Adeline Albert (Worthington, Ohio) | Andrew Portuese (Queensbury, N.Y.) |
| Zola Andonopoulos (Westmont, Ill.) | Marcus Portuese (Queensbury, N.Y.) |
| Lillian Arnold (Billerica, Mass.) | William Roberts (Holliston, Mass.) |
| Rebecca Cramer (Kimberly, Wisc.) | Jonathan Sigg (Columbus, Ohio) |
| Abigail Lorz (Kanata, Ontario) | Tobias Tuper (Moira, N.Y.) |
| Breckan Luedke (Menasha, Wisc.) | Maxim Zayonc (Lake Placid, N.Y.) |
| Emryn McCarty (Swampscott, Mass.) | Reilyn Bajus (Wynnewood, Pa.) |
| Caylin Weaver (Indianapolis, Ind.) | Emmelina Campos (Clarendon Hills, Ill.) |
| Elin Weaver (Indianapolis, Ind.) | Violet Clancy (Malvern, Pa.) |
| Brynn Davison (Holliston, Mass.) | |
| Sophia Etheridge (Westerville, Ohio) | |
| Stephanie Hoylman (Columbus, Ohio) | |
| Ruby Leno (Merion Station, Pa.) | |
| Kaitlynn Mauck (Carroll, Ohio) | |
| Olivia Perry (Rome, N.Y.) | |
| Delilah Salgado (Ashland, Mass.) | |
| Olivia St. Pierre (Medway, Mass.) | |
| Sarah Stefanides (West Chester, Pa.) | |
| Tatum Tonn (Cecil, Wisc.) |
