Norton National Championship titles were awarded Tuesday at the Utah Olympic Park, the venue for the 2002 and the upcoming 2034 Olympic luge races. Local athlete Ashley Farquharson won the women’s singles race, while Tucker West was victorious in the men’s race. Junior National team athletes Marcus Mueller/Ansel Haugsjaa took the men’s doubles title, while Chevonne Forgan/Sophia Kirkby won the women’s doubles competition.The championships began with two runs for the singles competitors on Sunday, Nov. 3, and concluded with two additional heats Tuesday. The doubles competition consisted of two runs, all contested Tuesday. This is consistent with the Olympic competition format, the organizing body said.In typical Wasatch Mountain fall weather, race conditions swung back and forth from sunny to intense snow squalls with temperatures in the mid-20s.2022 Olympian and Parkite Farquharson and took her second-consecutive title in two minutes, 57.652 seconds. Going into today’s final heats, she sat .037 behind three-time Olympian Emily Sweeney (Lake Placid, New York). The duo swapped places on the second day, with Sweeney finishing in second with a total time of 2:57.769. The bronze went to Summer Britcher (Glen Rock, Pennsylvania), a five-time World Cup winner, in 2:58.947. Emma Erickson (Park City) placed fourth in 3:00.385, while Macey Schomaker (Park City) was fifth in 3:03.275.The men’s competition saw West (Lake Placid, New York), a three-time Olympian, win by a relatively comfortable margin over 2022 Olympian Jonny Gustafson (Massena, New York). Their times were 3:04:310 and 3:04.575, respectively. Junior National Team athlete Aidan Mueller (West Islip, New York) made his first appearance on the Norton National Championship podium by taking the bronze in 3:06.508. Hunter Harris (East Fairfield, Vermont) was fourth in 3:08.098, with two-time Junior World Championship medalist Matt Greiner (Park City) fifth with a time of 3:08.860. Logan Barnes (Clarkesville, Tennessee) did not finish the race.In a somewhat surprising men’s doubles race, reigning Junior World Champions Mueller (Brookfield, Wisc.)/Haugsjaa (Framingham, Massachusetts) took gold. The young upstarts clocked a two-run combined time of 1:29.014, edging out 2024 World Championship team relay silver medalists Dana Kellogg (Chesterfield, Massachusetts)/Frank Ike (Lititz, Pennsylvania). Kellogg/Ike finished in 1:29.139. 2022 Olympians and 2023 Lake Placid World Cup winners Zack DiGregorio (Medway, Massachusetts)/Sean Hollander (Lake Placid, New York) won the bronze in 1:29.280. Notably, all three teams posted times within .007 in the second heat.Three-time World Championship medalists Forgan (Chelmsford, Massachussets)/Kirkby (Ray Brook, New York) won the championship title in 1:30.662 over the newly formed team of Maya Chan (Chicago, Illinois)/Sophia Gordon (Sussex, Wisconsin). They finished in 1:31.457.All results from the Norton National Championships can be found at usaluge.org.The past two competition days also served as seeding races to select the traveling National Team. Each day featured three runs. The first two determined the Norton National Championship, while the seeding race format featured a best two-out-of-three heats to select the winner on each day.Based on the seeding results, four men and four women will travel on the World Cup circuit. Gustafson, Aidan Mueller and Greiner will join the National Team on the road and will have an opportunity to qualify for the World Championships. Harris will have the opportunity to train and compete in select World Cup events this season. Barnes will travel with the Junior National Team.Erickson will join the National Team, while Schomaker will travel with the Junior National Team this season.West, Farquharson, Sweeney and Britcher were exempt from the seeding races based on last season’s international results. All doubles teams will travel, with the exception of Chan/Gordon, who will join the team later in the season after more training.The National Team could be further reduced in size as the season progresses.The nine-circuit World Cup season will kick-off in Lillehammer, Norway, Nov. 29-Dec. 1, with the 53rd  World Championships scheduled for Feb. 6-9, 2025, in Whistler, Canada.  The post Parkites place at Norton USA Luge National Championship, with Ashley Farquharson winning women’s singles appeared first on Park Record.