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A'nother Olympics, another strong Dartmouth presence at the quadrennial winter games. Eight Dartmouth alumni competed in the 17 th Olympic Winter Games in Lillehammer; six representing the United States and one each skiing for Great Britain and Estonia

The Big Green contingent was led by freestyle skier Liz McIntyre '87, who put together two outstanding runs to win a silver medal in the moguls competition.

The class of 1992 was out in force, as Nina Kemppel and Carl Swenson competed in crosscountry ski events and Olympic veteran Cammy Myler competed in women's luge. Myler, favored to win a medal in her event, finished a disappointing 11th, but vowed to return for the 1998 games in Nagano, Japan. Between now and then, Myler says, she plans to return to the College to finish her degree in geography.

Swenson, in his first Olympics, finished 45th in the men's 30-kilometer classical race. Kemppel, also an Olympic rookie, had perhaps the most grueling schedule of all the Dartmouth Olympians, competing in five events. Her best individual finish: 27th in the 30-kilometer classical race. She also teamed up with Thompson skiing in her third Olympics on the U.S. 4x5 kilometer relay team that finished 10th.

Bill Gaylord '90, competing for Great Britain in alpine skiing, didn't fare well. He did not finish in the downhill and slalom races, and was disqualified from the giant slalom event.

Two of the more interesting stories of the Lillehammer Games were Suzanne (Hall) King'86 and Connor O'Brien, a 1987 graduate of the Tuck School of Business.

Unlike her cross-country ski teammates Thompson, Kemppel, and Swanson, King never skied competitively until after she left Dartmouth. And O'Brien, now working for a New York investment firm, is a native of Canada. But he reached back to his family's roots to compete for Estonia, from where his mother's family originated. It wasn't until two weeks before the Games that O'Brien's Estonian passport was issued; he made it in time for the men's downhill on the first day of competition, but failed to finish the race.

Another team member at Lillehammer: Magdale Labbe '92, who was on the CBS team in Norway. After working during her senior year at the local Upper Valley television station, Labbe went to CBS sports in New York while attending Columbia Journalism School.

McIntyre moguled for a silver.