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Mission
The mission of the Dartmouth Ski Team is
to provide programs that enable
Dartmouth student-athletes to develop as
individuals and achieve excellence in ski
racing at all levels. We foster an
environment of mutual respect, integrity,
and enthusiasm for hard work. We are
committed to the continued development
and improvement of all our athletes. Our
goal is to maintain a position of preeminence
in intercollegiate, national and
international skiing.
Dartmouth Skiing and the
Dartmouth Outing Club
The story of Dartmouth Skiing is a
history of firsts: Dartmouth founded the
first collegiate ski team as part of the
Dartmouth Outing Club (DOC) in 1909. In
1914, Dartmouth sent a team to Montreal
to compete against McGill University in
the first intercollegiate skiing competition.
The first Dartmouth Winter Carnival – the
nation’s oldest collegiate winter carnival –
was held in 1915. The list goes on and on.
To this day, Dartmouth’s tradition and
history as a leader in winter sports
continues.
Through the years, some of the
greatest names in skiing have been part
of the Dartmouth Ski Team, from
legendary coaches Otto Schniebs, Walter
Prager, and Al Merrill; to Ski Hall of Fame
members Sel Hannah ’35, Dave Bradley
’38, Dick Durrance ’39, and Howie
Chivers ’39; to Olympic medalists and
international competitors like Chiharu
Igaya ’57, Tiger Shaw ’85, Leslie
Thompson ’86, Nina Kemppel ’92, Carl
Swenson ’92 and Andrew Weibrecht '09.
Since the founding of the Winter Olympic
Games in 1924, the string of participation
by Dartmouth students and alumni has
been unbroken.
Dartmouth also continues to be
represented around the world in
international competitions. At the 2010
Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada
the Big Green was represented by Silver
medalist in the Super-G Andrew
Weibrecht ’09, Tommy Ford ’12, and
Nolan Kasper ’14 in the alpine disciplines,
and Sara Studebaker '07, Laura Spector
'10, Ben Koons '09, New Zealand, and
Tucker Murphy '04, Bermuda in biathlon
and cross country.
While we are proud of these
outstanding achievements, the Ski Team
continues to provide programs not just for
the aspiring Olympians and NCAA
Champions, but also for the dedicated
and developing skiers hoping to represent
the College on a carnival weekend or
achieve a personal best. Through our
varsity, JV and development teams we
continue to support training and racing
opportunities for skiers at a wide range of
levels. Overall, Dartmouth’s skiing
programs provide competitive
opportunities for up to 70 aspiring athletes
each season.
Each of the four disciplines (men’s
alpine, women’s alpine, men’s cross
country and women’s cross country) has
its own head coach and trains as a group.
Both the alpine and cross country
programs are supported by an additional
team assistant during the winter season.
The varsity competition schedules begin
in mid-December with elite regional and
national events. In mid-January, the
collegiate carnival season begins, with
races each weekend through the end of
February, culminating in the NCAA
Championships in early March. Although
at times we find our groups headed in
many different directions, we consider
ourselves to be one team. In
intercollegiate racing, the combined
results of each discipline determine our
placement at carnivals and the NCAA
Championships.
By training together during the fall and
winter, the team experiences an
extraordinary training atmosphere. Each
team member contributes to the depth
and enthusiasm of the group while the
varsity racers serve as role models for
excellence in skiing and racing. Our ability
to foster the success of individual skiers
stems directly from the interactions and
combined perspectives of all team
members and coaches. The result is a
blending of diverse intercollegiate skiers
each helping the others to become the
best racers they can be.
Alpine Club Racing Team
The club team is a student run
Dartmouth Outing Club program that
provides the opportunity for skiers who
are not members of the varsity and junior
varsity teams to participate in a ski racing
and training program and to develop and
improve as ski racers. The Ski Team
coaches serve as advisors for the club
and support the team as a part of the
Dartmouth Skiing family.
About The Ski Team
Friends of Dartmouth Skiing
A large portion of our annual budget is
dependent on our annual Friends of
Dartmouth Skiing support. We rely on
more than 2,000 supporters every year,
and engagement is growing under the
new leadership of our Friends Advisory
Board. As the cost of fuel, lift tickets,
supplies and equipment continues to rise,
the support of our Friends makes it
possible for us to improve our programs.
In addition to financial support, the
presence and support of our Friends at
Dartmouth Skiing events is invaluable and
keeps the Dartmouth spirit alive. Our
Friends assist with the events at
Dartmouth Carnival. They provide our
teams with a home cooked meal while we
are traveling to races and training camps.
They have been instrumental in funding
many of the major program and facility
improvements, including the installation of
snowmaking and the construction of the
McLane Family Lodge at the Dartmouth
Skiway, the purchase of grooming
equipment at the Dartmouth Cross
Country Ski Center, and the renovation of
the ski lockers in Robinson Hall.
For information on what the teams are doing
today, to download a mail order form, or for
recruiting information, visit:
www.dartmouth.edu/~dartski
Dartmouth Ski Team
@dartmouthskiing
Phone us at (603) 646-2428 or write to us at
Dartmouth Skiing, P.O. Box 9, Hanover, NH,
03755
For carnival results and standings, visit the
EISA website at: www.eisaskiing.org.
Produced by Dartmouth Ski Team
Photos courtesy of Joseph Mehling, Ruff Patterson,
Don Rendall, Gil Talbot, Chip Knight,
Paul Bussi, and Eli Burakian.