Glens Falls, NY White Castle USA Luge Slide Search

Name: Glens Falls, NY White Castle USA Luge Slide Search
Start: 2026-05-23T09:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-05-24T17:00:00-04:00
Location: Murray St, Glens Falls, NY 12801, United States

Schedule

Sat, 23 May, 2026 at 09:00 am to Sun, 24 May, 2026 at 05:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Murray St, Glens Falls, NY 12801, United States | Glens Falls, NY

The White Castle USA Luge Slider Search, using sleds on wheels in the summer and fall to find future national team members and Olympians, will slide into Glens Falls on May 22-23, 2026.
White Castle, the nation’s first fast food chain, has been the exclusive sponsor of the Slider Search since 2017 and hosts the luge team’s off-season recruitment efforts.
The sessions are free, and all participants receive a White Castle USA Luge Slider Search T-Shirt.
USA Luge’s primary recruitment event, targeting boys and girls ages 10-13, will be held at Murray Street Hill. Clinics will be held at 9 AM, 11 AM and 2 PM.
Glens Falls is one of many stops on the summer and fall recruitment tour across the country.
Each participant need only register for one clinic. Register online through our secure site. All events are free and everyone gets a cool White Castle USA Luge Slider Search T-Shirt for attending.
If you do need to cancel, we ask that you notify us 48 hours in advance so that we can open the spot up to another participant.
Attendees must be present 15 minutes prior to the start of each clinic. A parent or legal guardian must accompany you. Wear long pants (not baggy), long sleeve shirt (not baggy) and sneakers. Shorts and T-shirt can be worn for the physical testing portion.
In the event of rain, a clinic may be canceled for safety reasons and will not be rescheduled. A parent or legal guardian must attend the clinic with each athlete.
Slider Search graduates include Erin Hamlin, 2014 Olympic bronze medalist and four-time World Championship medal winner, who was identified in a 1999 Slider Search, while Brian Martin, a 1998 Olympic bronze and 2002 Olympic silver medalist, was discovered at a Slider Search in 1987.
2026 Olympic Team athletes were discovered at the Slider Search, including Marcus Mueller, Ansel Haugsjaa, Chevonne Forgan, Zack DiGregorio, and Jonny Gustafson.
The mission of this grass-roots program, established in 1985, is to identify, train and qualify young athletes for the USA Luge Junior Development Team. Athletes who may progress through the development ladder have hopes of one-day becoming members of the National and Olympic Luge Teams.