Johnston Poised to Compete in Winter Olympics
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The following article appeared February 4 on the Cornell Chronicle Web site.
By Kevin Zeise
When the Winter Olympics opens in Vancouver Feb. 12, three
athletes with Cornell ties will be among those vying for coveted
gold medals. Hockey players Douglas Murray '03 and Rebecca Johnston
'12 and bobsled team member Jamie Moriarty '03 will help carry the
hopes for their respective countries while also representing the
Big Red of Cornell.
Murray, a defenseman at Cornell from 1999 through 2003, is
currently a defenseman for the San Jose Sharks of the National
Hockey League and will play for his native Sweden at the Olympic
Games. Murray becomes just the fifth Cornell men's hockey player to
compete in the Olympics and the first to compete for a country
other than Canada.
Other Cornell hockey players who competed in the Olympics are
Darren Eliot (1984), Kent Manderville and Dan Ratushny (1992) and
Joe Nieuwendyk (1998 and 2002). Manderville and Ratushny both won
silver medals with Team Canada in 1992, while Nieuwendyk claimed
gold with Canada in 2002 in Salt Lake City.
Complete article can be accessed via the Chronicle Web site by clicking here.
