Julia Clukey, Andersen-Espinoza and Tucker West won the national push championship

In the men's West Tucker got his third consecutive title. The Olympic gold winner youth team in Innsbruck, 2012, preceded by 46 thousandths Chris Mazdzer twenty-five and 80 thousandths national champion junior Aidan Kelly. Among women Julia Clukey had no rivals. The twenty-eight of Maine, in Augusta, authentic specialist in this competition, its six titles boost, thanks to a great first heat set Erin Hamlin (pictured), world champion Lake Placid 2009. The third step of the podium went up two athletes: the 2008 junior world champion Kate Hansen and the current junior champion Emily Sweeney. Both slittiniste have accused a delay of 33 milliseconds from the winner. Finally, between the double, the victory went to the young Tyler Andersen (born 1994) and Anthony Espinoza (born in 1993) who beat veterans Niccum-Terdiman of 36 milliseconds and 85 milliseconds almost the same age Hyrns Jake and Andrew Sherk. Ended the first commitment seasonal, athletes will spend a few days of rest before moving to Europe in Lillehammer, where from September 28 will begin the first descents on the ice. Part of the national states, however, continue to train in Lake Placid. USA Luge announced that on October 12, is the group that will train in Europe and what will remain in America, he finds himself in Lake Placid for the first internal selections. The same qualifications will be repeated a week later on the gut of Park City.