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1988 Calgary Winter Games
1634 Athletes, 57 Countries, 46 Events

The 1988 Games involved a series of firsts for the Ivy League and the Winter Olympics. To start with, 1988 marked the first time that the Winter Olympics were held in Canada, a traditional winter sports powerhouse. Additionally, the Winter Games were, for the first time, stretched to include three weekends. Also, the 1988 fourman bobsled competition featured the debut of the Jamaican bobsled team, what would later be fodder for a Walt Disney motion picture 'Cool Runnings.'

For the Ivy League, 1988 was the first time that a female skier made the trek from Hanover to the Olympics. In fact, 1988 saw two Dartmouth women ski for the United States. The tradition of male skiers had been in place since the inception of the Winter Games in 1928. Martha Hill '86 and Leslie A. Thompson '86 skied for the American team. Hill won a bronze medal in the modified giant slalom event.

The Calgary Olympics also marked the first time an Ivy Leaguer competed in a toboggan (luge) race. Cameron 'Cammy' Myler (Dartmouth, 1992) placed ninth in the women's luge singles event. She would return to the Olympics three more times.

Paul Stanton Wylie (Harvard, 1991) was the first Harvard figure skater to compete in the Winter Games since John Misha Petkevich '73 in the 1972 Sapporo Games. Before Petkevich, one figure skater from Cambridge, male or female, had always been present at the Olympic games. He finished in 10th place at Calgary, but improved tremendously to win the silver medal at the 1992 Albertville Games. Wylie would then have a long professional career, skating with the Stars on Ice tour full time until 1998. He continues to make guest appearances today.

In other sports, Jim Herberich (Harvard, 1985) and Dan LaVigne (Harvard, 1989) were on the U.S. bobsled team. After taking 1992 off, Herberich would return for the 1994 Lillehammer and 1998 Nagano Games.

Dartmouth sent three men to the U.S. skiing team: William W. Hudson '88, Dennis R. McGrane '84, and Gale H. Shaw, III '85. Shaw finished 12th in the giant slalom and 18th in the super giant slalom. Their Dartmouth Outing Club teammate, William K. Carow '80, was on the US biathlon team at the 1988 Games. He competed in the 10 and 20kilometer races.

Finally, three Ivy Leaguers were on the U.S. Ice Hockey team: Allen Bourbeau (Harvard, 1989), Scott Fusco (Harvard, 1986), and Lane MacDonald (Harvard, 1989). All three would be finalist for the Hobey Baker award, given to the top collegiate hockey player, but Fusco is the only one to win (1986).