Concord’s Kyle Brown placed 13th on Friday at the World Cup men’s skeleton race in Altenberg, Germany.
Brown finished his two runs with a time of one minute, 58.11 seconds, which was 3.02 seconds behind winner Alexander Tretiakov of Russia.
The Concord High graduate was second among American competitors. United States teammate Austin Florian took ninth (1:56.67), while Greg West placed 16th (1:58.29) in the 25-man field.
Through three races, Brown has finished 18th, 13th and 13th to put him 12th in the World Cup standings – first among Americans – with 320 points. Tretiakov (642) leads fellow Russian Nikita Tregubov (617) for first place overall.
Competition continues next week with a stop in Konigssee, Germany, on Friday.