Ashley Farquharson was the top finishing U.S. athlete in women’s singles in seventh place, and the men’s doubles team of Marcus Mueller and Ansel Haugsjaa led the U.S. placing eighth.

Despite the warm temperatures, a track record and start records were set in all three disciplines.

In the mixed event on Sunday, the doubles teams of Mueller and Haugsjaa and Forganamd Kirkby placed fifth. Tucker West led the men’s singles effort for the United States, placing 10th.

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Team USA’s Ashley Farquharson waves after completing a run in Saturday’s FIL World Cup in Oberhof, Germany. (Provided photo — FIL/Michael Kristen)

Women’s doubles

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Forgan, of Chelmsford, Massachusetts, and Kirkby, of Lake Placid, posted a two-run combined time of 1 minute, 24.897 seconds. The pair were largely mistake-free but lost time throughout the course. Maya Chan of Chicago, Illinois and Sophia Gordon of Sussex, Wisconsin, competing in select events this season, placed eighth in 1:25.943.

Selina Egle and Lara Kipp of Austria won their sixth consecutive race with a time of 1:24.135. Jessica Degenhardt and Cheyenne Rosenthal of Germany took second place in 1:24.235, with their teammates Dajana Eitberger and Magdalena Matschina third in 1:24.613.

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Women’s singles

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Olympian Farquharson, of Park City, Utah, was seventh in 1:23.675, gaining speed at each split time down the track. Three-time Olympian Summer Britcher of Glen Rock, Pennsylvania was 15th in 1:24.220 and posted the ninth fastest run in the second heat. Emma Erickson of Park City, Utah was 28th with a one-run time of 42.978. Only the top 20 sleds advance to the second heat.

Emily Sweeney of Lake Placid took this week off to prepare for the World Championships in Whistler taking place Feb. 6 to 8.

It was a good day for the Egle sisters. After her sister, Selina, won the doubles competition with Kipp, Madeleine stood atop the podium with a new track record in her first run and a combined time of 1:23.117. Julia Taubitz of Germany was second in 1:23.230. Natalie Maag of Switzerland was third in 1:23.360.

The Austrian sisters have 10 wins between them this season: Selina with six and Madeleine with four.

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Men’s singles

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Three-time Olympian West, who has one of the fastest starts in the world, saw that advantage somewhat neutralized on the short Oberhof ramp. His start times were ninth and 10th place, respectively. He finished 10th in 1:26.746.

Jonny Gustafson of Massena had a difficult first heat and landed in 18th place with a time of 1:27.179. Hunter Harris of East Fairfield, Vermont, competing in a truncated season, was 29th with a one-run time of 44.324. Only the top 20 sleds advance to the second heat.

The home team got a bit of satisfaction after being locked out of gold at the first Oberhof event of the season, with Germans Max Langenhan and Felix Loch finishing 1-2. Their times were 1:25.895 and 1:26.134, respectively. Austrian Wolfgang Kindl was third in 1:26.257. Kindl won medals in three of four events held this weekend.

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Men’s doubles

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The 2024 Junior World Champions Mueller, of Brookfield, Wisconsin, and Haugsjaa, of Framingham, Massachusetts, were eighth with a time of 1:23.557. Teammates and 2022 Olympians Zack DiGregorio (Medway, Massachusetts and Sean Hollander of Lake Placid dropped three spots in the second heat after having problems going into curves 12 and 13 of the track. They finished the day in 12th in 1:23.766.

Germany’s Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt nudged teammates Hannes Orlamuender and Paul Gubitz from the top spot with just .06 separating first and second place. Wendl and Arlt took home their record 56th race with a time of 1:22.808. Teammates Orlamuender and Gubitz took silver in 1:22.876. Austrians Thomas Steu and Wolfgang Kindl were third in 1:23.046.

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Mixed event

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The mixed event featured two sleds: a men’s singles and a women’s singles sled, or a men’s doubles and a women’s doubles sled. In the singles sled competition, the male athlete takes his run like a normal trip down the track, but instead of the clock stopping at the traditional finish line, he strikes a pad hanging over the track, which opens the gate for the female athlete. The clock stops when she strikes the pad at the bottom of the track. Doubles follow the same format. In the singles competition, USA 2 featuring West and Farquharson placed fifth in 1:37.494. USA 1, consisting of Gustafson and Britcher, was 11th in 1:38.745.

Germany 2 and Germany 1 finished first and second in 1:36.948 and 1:37.130, respectively. Austria 2 was third in 1:37.408.

In doubles, USA 2, represented by Mueller and Haugsjaa/Forgan and Kirkby placed fifth in 1:36.945. DiGregorio and Hollander/Chan and Sophia Gordon represented USA 1. They finished in eighth place with a time of 1:37.978.

The race was won by Germany 1 in 1:36.365, with Austria in second with a time of 1:36.547. Italy 1 was third in 1:36.705.

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World Cup overall standings

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Egle and Kipp retain the overall World Cup lead with 650 points, 90 more than Degenhardt and Rosenthal’s 560. Forgan and Kirkby are third with 481 points. Chan and Gordon have 165 points in 12th place.

In men’s doubles, Mueller and Haugsjaa are ninth with 281 points. DiGregorio and Hollander move up one spot to 10th with 245 points. Dana Kellogg and Frank Ike, out for the season with injury, are 24th with 58 points.

Wendl and Arlt lead the overall points with 575. Latvia’s Martins Bots and Roberts Plume are second with 526, and Austria’s Thomas Steu and Wolfgang Kindl are third with 460 points.

In women’s singles, Farquharson sits in eighth place with 295 points. Sweeney is ninth with 293 points, Britcher is 11th with 266 and Erickson is 22nd with 128.

Egle leads with 544 points, Taubitz is second with 515 and Austria’s Lisa Schulte is third with 470.

In men’s singles, Gustafson sits in 11th place after seven of nine events with 210 points. West is 12th with 198. Aidan Mueller of West Islip is 27th with 85 points. Matt Greiner of Park City, Utah is 32nd with 52 points, and Harris is 35th with 35 points.

Langenhan leads with 556 points. Nico Gleirscher of Austria is second with 516 points, and Loch is third with 455.