Wasatch Luge Club
Wasatch Luge Club
Norton USA Luge Slider Search Coming to Salt Lake City May 18
How do members of the U.S. National Luge Team get their start in the Fastest Sport on Ice?… through the Norton USA Luge Slider Search, which targets boys and girls ages 9 to 13. Young athletes who want to experience the thrill of luge and train under the guidance of USA Luge national team coaches and athletes can do so when the USA Luge Slider Search rolls into Salt Lake City. Clinics will take place on May 18 from 10 a.m.-12 p.m. and 1:30-3:30 p.m. Participants can register for the clinic of their choice and all clinics are FREE! Plus, all participants will receive a free USA Luge t-shirt, courtesy of team sponsor U-Haul. Only 15 participants per session will be allowed, so register today for a chance to begin what could be the start of your Olympic journey.
During a Norton USA Luge Slider Search clinic, USA Luge coaches and athletes teach youngsters the basics of riding a luge sled, including position, steering and stopping. Armed with the basics, the young athletes make several runs down a paved street on wheeled sleds. Those who show the most promise at the clinics are invited to train in Park City and will be considered for selection to the US Junior Development Luge Team.
The Search produced 2009 women’s World Champion Erin Hamlin along with eight members of the 2010 US Olympic Luge Team. For complete information and to register for the Norton USA Luge Slider Search, call 435-647-3800 or visit www.usaluge.org.
USA Luge uses the Slider Search, now in its 28th season, as its primary means of athlete recruitment. US Luge athletes have captured over 590 international medals since 1994. Included in that total are silver and bronze medals during the 1998 and 2002 Olympic Winter Games, 25 World Cup victories, four overall World Cup doubles crowns, 18 Junior World Championship titles and 12 Senior World Championship medals.
For safety reasons, participants must be 52 inches in height or greater.
Location: Colorow Way. This is off Foothill Dr and Sunnyside Ave in the University of Utah’s Research Park area.
Register HERE
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Ice Engineers Open – Race results
Club Open – Womens Start (3-9-3 Club Open Womens Start official Results)
GOLD – Katy Simi
SILVER – Nikol Yonemura
BRONZE – Jake Farquharson
Youth Open – Junior Start (3-9-3 Youth Open Junior Start Official results)
GOLD – Duncan Biles
SILVER – Ashley Farquharson
BRONZE – Garrett Gorsch
Club Open – Junior Start (3-9-3 Club Open Junior Start Official Results)
GOLD – Rebecca Clark
SILVER - Brittney Arndt
BRONZE – Grant Gabrielson
Club Open – Tourist Start (3-9-3 Tourist Start Official Results)
GOLD – Sam Bravo
SILVER – Chet Smith
BRONZE – Gavin Norman
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WLC Founders Day race results
| WLC Founders Day race results | ||||
| Open Club – Womens Start | Open Club – Juniors Start | Youth B Mens – Juniors Start | Youth A Womens – Juniors Start | Open Youth – Tourist Start |
| 1. Jake Farqhuarson | 1. Bill Dearborne | 1. Duncan Biles | 1. Samantha Carone | 1. Chet Smith |
| 2. Zac Clark | 2. Jay Edmunds | 2. Alanson Owen | 2. Nikol Yonemura | 2. Ethan Owen |
| 3. Zach Layton | 3. Bruce Norman | 3. Garrett Gorsch | 3. Caitlin Bubel | 3. Delaney Duncan |
2-8-13 WLC OPEN Club Womens start OFFICIAL RESULTS
2-8-13 WLC OPEN Club Junior start OFFICIAL RESULTS
2-8-13 WLC Youth B Mens OFFICIAL RESULTS
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Results from the Training Session/Race off from this morning in preparation for the Junior World Championships
We are streaming the video of the training sessions at http://usaluge.org/cam2.php
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Win a Trip to the 2013 World Championships in Whistler!
Hi Friends,
I hope you are well and enjoying the Holidays.
In case you haven’t heard, USA Luge and Ludus Tours are holding a sweepstakes to win a trip to Whistler to watch the team go for the gold at the 2013 World Championships taking place February 1-2.
For a donation of $20, you and a companion could win:
- Airfare
- Ground transportation for 3 days
- Housing in Whistler
- Two meals per day
- Admission to the track as guests of USA Luge
- USA Luge Swag Bag
Entry is now open at the USA Luge website, and will continue until midnight January 2nd, 2013. Visit http://usaluge.org/dyncontent.
You can purchase multiple sweepstakes entries, but only 750 will be sold, so act now. As of today, the odds of winning are 1 in 127.
The cost of your entry goes to support the athletes and programs of USA Luge.
Thanks!
Gordy Sheer
Director of Marketing and Sponsorship
USA Luge
57 Church Street
Lake Placid, NY 12946 USA
Office: (518) 523-2071 ext. 102
Cell: (518) 637-1586
Fax: (518) 523-4106
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New Adult Session Added, December 20th
We just added an extra session to the WLC Adult Sliding Schedule. December 20th from 8:00-9:30 PM
is now open for registration. This will be for current athletes only, no first timers…sorry.
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Luge athletes discover Sochi 2014 track
(http://www.olympic.org/news/luge-athletes-discover-sochi-2014-track/182653)
16/11/2012
Luge athletes from around the world got a first taste of the track for the 2014 Olympic Winter Games at the “Sliding Center Sanki” in Sochi, Russia, during an international training week from 3 to 14 November 2012.
The track, which will host the luge, skeleton and bobsleigh events, is located in Krasnaya Polyna and runs through the northern slope of the Aibga Ridge, meaning that it is protected from direct sunlight.
The echo of the athletes after the first test was positive:
Athletes’ voices
Tatjana Huefner, 2010 Olympic and four-time world champion from Germany:
“I like the track very much. It is a fine but difficult track. Even though there’s still a big building site all around, it’s rather obvious that there’s a lot of progress.”
Andris Sics from Latvia, 2010 Olympic bronze medallist in the doubles together with his brother, Juris:
“We like the track a lot.[…].Here in Sochi the entrances and the curves are long so that you need to really control the sled. If not you’ll lose time. The sections going uphill are interesting, too.”
Felix Loch, 2010 Olympic and three-time world champion from Germany:
“I believe that, in the future, the track will be on the World Cup programme regularly and will see World Championships. When everything is completed, the visual impact of the venue will surely be great.”
About the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games
The next Olympic Winter Games will take place from 7 to 23 February 2014 in Sochi, located by the Black Sea in Russia. Some 2,800 athletes will compete in seven sports, comprising 98 medal events. In order to test the 10 competition venues in the run-up to the Games, Sochi is hosting more than 60 test events between December 2011 and September 2013.
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USLA Team Suit Design REVEALED!
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Jans Winter Welcome
Great night at Jans Winter Welcome Last night – a few pictures from the evening:
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