Dartmouth Ski Team

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The Dartmouth College Ski Team is organized under the aegis of the Dartmouth Outing Club and is notable for both providing students access to competitive skiing and training internationally successful nordic and alpine ski racers. [1] The Dartmouth Outing Club hosted the US's first downhill ski race on Mt Moosilauke in 1927, and Dartmouth skiing has been intertwined with ski racing ever since. [2] [3]

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The alpine teams train at the Dartmouth Skiway in Lyme, New Hampshire. The nordic teams train at The Dartmouth Cross Country Ski Center at Oak Hill, Hanover NH. [4]

Cami Thompson Graves is the Director of Skiing at Dartmouth and has been a Dartmouth coach since 1989; [5] she was a US Ski Team member from 1985-1987, [6] and is a member of the US Ski & Snowboard Board of Directors. [7]

History

Dartmouth College student Fred Harris (1888-1961) founded the Dartmouth Outing Club in 1909, and so became "the man who put America on skis" [8]

The Nashua (NH) Telegraph notes that in 1914, a group of Dartmouth students travelled to Canada to compete against McGill University in the first collegiate ski race. [9] The Dartmouth Outing Club's 1927 race on Mt Moosilauke is cited by the US Ski & Snowboard Association as the first downhill ski race in the country. [10]

By 1935 the ski team was sufficiently distinct from the Outing Club to have its own distinct captain; the first ″ski team″ captain was Selden Hannah D35, though there were ″winter sports″ captains before that. [11]

The Dartmouth Ski Team won the NCAA national championship in 1958, 1976 (tied with Colorado), and 2007. The team finished in second place in 1955, 1956, 1964, 1969, and 1970. [12]

Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games

Dartmouth skiers have represented the US (and other nations) in the winter Olympic and Paralympic Games. [13]

LocationYearDartmouth AthletesCompetitors with Class Year and EventMedals
Chamonix 19241John B. Carleton D22 (Nordic Combined) [14] [15]
St Moritz 19281Charles N. Proctor D28 (Special Jump) [16]
Lake Placid 1932No skiers, however Jack Shea D34 (Speed Skating)
Garmish 19364A. Lincoln Washburn D35 (Alpine Slalom), Warren H. Chivers D38 (Nordic Combined), [17] Edgar H. Hunter Jr D38 (Alternate), Richard H. Durrance D39 (Alpine Combined) [18]
Cancelled 19409Athletes named but did not compete due to World War II: Selden J. Hannah D35 (Nordic Combined), [19] David J. Bradley D38 (Nordic Combined), Stephen J. Bradley D39 (Nordic Combined), Warren H. Chivers D38 (Nordic Combined), Richard H. Durrance D39 (Alpine Combined), John P. Litchfield D39 (Nordic Jumping), [20] Edward P. Wells D39 (Alpine), Harold Q. Hillman D40 (Alpine)
Cancelled 1944Athletes not named
St Moritz 19481 Colin C. Stewart IV D48 (Alpine Slalom)
Oslo 19524John H. Caldwell Jr D50 (Nordic Combined), [21] Brooks Dodge Jr D51 (Alpine Giant Slalom), William L. Beck D53 (Alpine Downhill), Chiharu Igaya D57 (Alpine)
Cortina 19566 Brooks Dodge Jr D51 (Alpine), Charles N. Tremblay D52 (Nordic Combined), William L. Beck D53 (Alpine Downhill), Thomas A. Corcoran D54 (Alpine), [22] Chiharu Igaya D57 (Alpine), [23] Ralph E. Miller Jr D55 (Alpine)
Squaw Valley 19603Thomas A. Corcoran D54 (Alpine), Chiharu Igaya D57 (Alpine), Richard W. Taylor D59 (XC)
Innsbruck 19642Richard W. Taylor D59 (XC), James W. Page D63 (Nordic Combined)
Grenoble 19682Edward G. Williams D64 (Biathlon), Edward F. Gillette D67 (XC)
Sapporo 19725Scott W. Berry D71 (Jumping), Walker T. Weed III D71 (Nordic Combined), David H. Currier D74 (Alpine), Thomas A. Reaper D74 (XC Jumping), Timothy J. Caldwell D76 (XC)
Innsbruck 19765David H. Currier D74 (Alpine), Donald M. Nielsen D74 (XC), Douglas J. Peterson D75 (XC), Timothy J. Caldwell D76 (XC)
Lake Placid 19804Donald M. Nielsen D74 (XC), Douglas J. Peterson D75 (XC), Timothy J. Caldwell D76 (XC), Walter A. Malmquist II D78 (XC)
Sarajevo 19847Donald M. Nielsen D74 (XC), Timothy J. Caldwell D76 (XC), William K. Carow D80 (Biathlon), Landis A. Arnold D82 (Jumping), Glen R. Eberle D85 (Biathlon), Dennis McGrane D84 (Jumping), Gale H. Shaw III D85 (Alpine)
Calgary 19887William K. Carow D80 (Biathlon), Dennis McGrane D84 (Jumping), Gale H. Shaw III D85 (Alpine), Leslie Thompson D86 (XC), William H. Hudson D88 (Alpine), Martha Hill D82 (Alpine), Diana Golden D84 (Alpine)
Albertville 19929Susan Forbes D83 (XC), Erich Wilbrecht D84 (Biathlon), Leslie Thompson D86 (XC), Elizabeth McIntyre D87 (Alpine Freestyle), [24] William Gaylord D90 (Alpine), Ian Harvey D90 (Biathlon), Nina Kemppel D92 (XC), Michael Terrell D93 (Alpine), Christopher Puckett D94 (Alpine)
Lillehammer 19948 Leslie Thompson D86 (XC), Elizabeth McIntyre D87 (Alpine Freestyle), William Gaylord D90 (Alpine), Ian Harvey D90 (Biathlon), Nina Kemppel D92 (XC), Suzanne King D86 (XC), Conner O'Brien TU87 (Alpine), Carl Swenson D92 (XC)Silver (McIntyre)
Nagano 19983 Nina Kemppel D92 (XC), Suzanne King D86 (XC), Stacey Wolley D92 (Biathlon)
Salt Lake City 20025 Nina Kemppel D92 (XC), Carl Swenson D92 (XC), Barb Jones D99 (XC), Scott McCartney D01 (Alpine), Bradley Wall D02 (Alpine)
Turin 20067 Carl Swenson D92 (XC), Scott McCartney D01 (Alpine), Bradley Wall D02 (Alpine), Patrick Biggs D06 (Alpine), Libby Ludlow D06 (Alpine), Carolyn Treaty D06 (Biathlon), Sarah Konrad D89 (Biathlon)
Vancouver 20106 Tucker Murphy D04 (XC), Sara Studebaker D07 (Biathlon), Ben Koons D09 (XC), Andrew Weidrecht D09 (Alpine), Laura Spector D10 (Biathlon), Tommy Ford D12 (Alpine)Gold (Kearney), Bronze (Weibrecht)
Sochi 201412 Tucker Murphy D04 (XC), Sara Studebaker D07 (Biathlon), Andrew Weibrecht D09 (Alpine), David Chodounsky D08 (Alpine), Susan Dunklee D08 (Biathlon), Hannah Dreissigacker D09 (XC Biathlon), Ida Sargent D11 (XC), Sophie Caldwell D12 (XC), Nolan Kasper D14 (Alpine), Staci Mannella D11 (Alpine), [25] Trace Cummings Smith D15 (Alpine), Hannah Kearney D15 (Alpine Freestyle)Silver (Weibrecht), Bronze (Kearney)
Pyeongchang 201815 Tommy Ford D12 (Alpine), Tucker Murphy D04 (XC), Andrew Weibrecht D09 (Alpine), David Chodounsky D08 (Alpine), Susan Dunklee D08 (Biathlon), Hannah Dreissigacker D09 (Biathlon), Ida Sargent D11 (XC), Sophie Caldwell D12 (XC), Nolan Kasper D14 (Alpine), Staci Mannella D11 (Alpine), [26] Annie Hart D14 (XC), Patrick Caldwell D17 (XC), [27] Tricia Mangan D19 (Alpine), Alice Merryweather D21 (Alpine), Rosie Brennan D11 (XC)
Beijing 2022

    World Cup

    The highest level of competitive ski racing takes place on the Alpine and Nordic World Cup circuits.

    Moosilauke Time Trial

    Two times each year, the alpine and nordic ski teams complete a time trial, starting at the Moosilauke Ravine Lodge and ending at the summit of Mt Moosilauke. [28]

    The course follows the Gorge Brook Trail, and ascends 2387 feet (to 4802 feet ASL) across 3.6 miles. [29] [30] The course record of 36:16 was set in 2010 by Kris Freeman. [31]

    Dartmouth Ski Team alumni notable for accomplishments other than Olympic Skiing

    See also

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    Margaret Wheeler D97 [69] was president of the American Mountain Guides Association. [70] [71]

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