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Unraveling the College Athlete Admission Process: Preparing for the Campus Visit with Dartmouth’s Cami Thompson-Graves

Rachel PerkinsSeptember 24, 2019

Deciding how to handle the “college conflict”, as aptly phrased by Alayna Sonnesyn, is a daunting and somewhat mysterious prospect, particularly for athletes and families who are unfamiliar with the process. How does a junior athlete know that they are cut out for a collegiate program? NCAA or USCSA? What about a gap year? In this series, FasterSkier spoke with collegiate and junior coaches and athletes who have chosen different pathways to create a resource...

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Dartmouth Ski Team Hiring Nordic Assistant

FasterSkierJune 7, 2018

Cami.L.Thompson.Graves@dartmouth.edu) or Brayton Osgood (

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FasterSkier’s Collegiate Skiers of the Year: Katharine Ogden and Ian Torchia

FasterSkierApril 10, 2018

With the 2017/2018 season officially in the rearview, FasterSkier is excited to unveil its annual award winners for this past winter. Votes stem from the FS staff, scattered across the U.S., Canada, and Europe, and while not scientific, they are intended to reflect a broader sense of the season in review. This set of honors goes to outstanding college athletes in cross-country skiing. *** Katharine Ogden, Dartmouth College Katharine Ogden skiing fast doesn’t exactly surprise anyone....

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Saturday Rundown: NCAA Champs; Holmenkollen 50 k; Kontiolahti Relays

FasterSkierMarch 10, 2018

NCAA Skiing Championships (Steamboat Springs, Colorado): 15/20 k freestyle mass starts On the fourth and final day of NCAA Skiing Championships at Howelsen Hill in Steamboat Springs, Katharine Ogden skied to her second-straight national title, Ian Torchia became an NCAA champion and the University of Denver (DU) won its 24th NCAA National Championship. Ogden, a Dartmouth College freshman, raced to a 38.4-second victory in the women’s 15-kilometer mass start, finishing in 43:22.0 minutes for her...

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Thursday Rundown: Ogden, Bergström NCAA Champs; Kontiolahti Men’s Sprint

FasterSkierMarch 8, 2018

On the first day of NCAA Skiing Championships at Howelsen Hill in Steamboat Springs, Dartmouth College freshman Katharine Ogden and University of Utah senior Martin Bergström were crowned champions in the women’s 5-kilometer and men’s 10 k classic races, respectively. Ogden won the women’s individual-start race by a whopping 46.9 seconds, finishing in 14:47.2 minutes to become two-time individual medalist at this year’s Junior World Championships, placed third (+51.0). “There isn’t much more to say...

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From Snow to Software to Snow Again, Osgood New Men’s Coach at Dartmouth

Gabby NaranjaJune 23, 2016

After delving into the computation-and-analysis side of sports, Brayton Osgood is back and looking forward to his new position as head coach of the Dartmouth men's nordic ski team. "The opportunity to coach at Dartmouth is a fantastic one and I’m eager to lead the next generation of Dartmouth cross-country skiers," the 2003 Dartmouth grad said.

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Celebrating 27 Years of College Coaching, Patterson Departs Dartmouth

Gabby NaranjaJune 2, 2016

After 27 years of leading the Dartmouth men's nordic team and 10 years coaching with the U.S. Ski Team, Sun Valley native Ruff Patterson is venturing into the next chapter of his life and heading back west.

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Changing Times and NCAA’s: (Part II) Women, Men and the Distance Debate

Gabby NaranjaMay 26, 2016

Do gender equality in sport and race distances go hand in hand? We asked a multitude of skiers and coaches who raced (or are currently involved in racing) at the collegiate level, as well as FIS Cross-Country Committee Chair Vegard Ulvang: should men's and women's distances be the same, and if so, how do you go about doing that at every level?

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High Plains Remains a Division as USSA Studies Jr. Nationals Qualification

Chelsea LittleMay 15, 2016

USSA CEO Tiger Shaw explains how the Cross Country Sport Committee unanimously voted to reaffiliate High Plains, while making a task force to examine some of the issues over the summer: "It was democratic, it went to committee, all the major players were there and had their say."

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FasterSkier’s Coaches of 2016: Cami Thompson-Graves and Ruff Patterson

BrainspiralApril 19, 2016

Cami Thompson-Graves and Ruff Patterson, the coaches of the Dartmouth nordic teams, are FasterSkier's Coaches of the Year. Dartmouth ended UVM's nearly four-year college win streak in the East, and eight alums raced in nordic World Cup competition this season, including three who stood on podiums.

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Changing Times and NCAA’s: (Part I) Could Sprinting Become a College Thing?

Gabby NaranjaMarch 17, 2016

With the conclusion of the 2016 collegiate season, FasterSkier examines the traditional format of NCAA Skiing Championships with two distance races. Part I of a two-part series discusses proposed changes to NCAA Championships, including the addition of a sprint.

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Cami Thompson-Graves Asks: Why Fewer Women on the World Cup?

Chelsea LittleJanuary 21, 2016

New to the FIS Ladies Cross Country Committee, Dartmouth coach Cami Thompson-Graves is trying to understand why fewer women than men compete on the World Cup, and is this something the committee can help with? In many countries, girls and women participate in skiing at equal numbers to boys and men at younger ages, but then there is a drop-off. Is the small field size a funding problem or a participation problem?

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Thompson-Graves Celebrates 26th Season at Dartmouth

Lander KarathOctober 13, 2014

Cami Thompson-Graves is entering her 26th year of coaching at Dartmouth, making her the longest-serving female head coach on the collegiate circuit. FasterSkier caught up with Thompson-Graves to reflect on the past quarter century of coaching and what inspires her to continue working with promising young skiers.

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Part of the Team, Part II: Female Collegiate Coaches in the U.S

Nancy FiddlerJune 25, 20132

For Part II of the 'Part of the Team: The Impact of Female Coaches in the U.S.' series, Nancy Fiddler interviews five college coaches about the challenges and rewards of their jobs, how they achieved their respective positions, and what's kept them there so long.