2026 U.S. National Championships are Held in Lake Placid

LAKE PLACID, NY (March 23, 2026) – This past weekend, USA Bobsled/Skeleton held the 2026 U.S. National Championships, competing on the historic Lake Placid track deep-rooted in USA sliding history.

In Women’s Monobob, Sydney Milani competed, finishing with a 2-run time of 2:13.16.

In 2-Man Bobsled, four teams competed:
1st place – Grady Mercer & Seth Baylus; 2-run time of 1:53.25
2nd place – Braeden Holcombe & Chapman Beaird; 2-run time of 1:55.89
3rd place – John Eldridge III & Valor Carslen (Heat 1) / Michael Aboulhouda (Heat 2); 2-run time of 1:57.06
4th place – Collin Storms & Zeke O’Connell; 2-run time of 1:59.16

In Women’s Skeleton, the results were as follows:
1st place – Michelle Toukan; 2-run time of 1:53.30
2nd place – Kendall Wesenberg; 2-run time of 1:53.40
3rd place – Sha’Londa Terry; 2-run time of 1:55.08
4th place – Grace Otto; 2-run time of 1:55.75
5th place – Hannah Gaskins; 2-run time of 1:56.51
6th place – Liesel Baker; 2-run time of 2:01.07

In Men’s Skeleton, 12 athletes competed:
1st place – Austin Florian; 2-run time of 1:49.40
2nd place – Andy Whittier; 2-run time of 1:51.07
3rd place – Hunter Powell; 2-run time of 1:51.86
4th place – Darryl Payne Jr; 2-run time of 1:52.61
5th place – Tyler Madl; 2-run time of 1:53.08
6th place – Sam Allred; 2-run time of 1:53.15
7th place – Lukas Kissell; 2-run time of 1:53.32
8th place – Tony Furnells; 2-run time of 1:54.28
9th place – Alex Samples; 2-run time of 1:54.58
10th place – Andy Ciolino; 2-run time of 1:55.56
11th place – Darius Shelton; 2-run time of 1:55.73
12th place – Justin Zollar; 2-run time of 1:58.41

Full race results can be viewed at https://www.usabs.com/events

To close out the 2025/2026 sliding season, the final North American Cup (NAC) races of the season will be held in Lake Placid on March 26 and 27. The full race schedule can be viewed at https://www.ibsf.org/en/races-and-results

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