November 23, 2008
McIntyre headed for U.S. Hall
by Staff Report/
A couple of precedent-setting skiers with New England ties will be inducted into the 2008 U.S. National Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame.
Former Dartmouth skier and Olympic medalist Liz McIntyre will be recognized for a career that spanned 20 years with the U.S. Ski Team, first as an athlete on the freestyle moguls squad from 1986-98, then as the moguls technical coach from 1999-2006, according to the U.S. Ski Team.
As an athlete, the culmination of McIntyre’s career came with a silver medal during the 1994 Olympics. With an athletic career filled with accolades, McIntyre also stood on top of the World Cup podium four times and earned 18 other World Cup top 10s.
Mountaineer Bill Briggs also will be inducted. Briggs was a pioneer first-descent skier and is considered a leader of American ski mountaineering. He started his professional ski career as a fully certified instructor in 1955 and founded the Bill Briggs Ski School at Suicide Six Ski Area near Woodstock, Vt., in 1958.
The other inductees are former U.S. Ski Team members Nelson Carmichael and Cary Adgate. The official induction will take place at Park City, Utah, in April with an enshrinement in Ishpeming, Mich., next September.
