1967 NCAA skiing championships
Tournament information | |
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Sport | College skiing |
Location | Carrabassett Valley, Maine |
Dates | March 2–4, 1967 |
Administrator | NCAA |
Venue(s) | Sugarloaf |
Teams | 12 |
Number of events | 4 (7 titles) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Denver (11th title) |
1st runners-up | Wyoming |
2nd runners-up | Dartmouth |
The 1967 NCAA Skiing Championships were contested at Sugarloaf ski area in Carrabassett Valley, Maine at the 14th annual NCAA-sanctioned ski tournament to determine the individual and team national champions of men's collegiate alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, and ski jumping in the United States.[1][2]
Denver, coached by Willy Schaeffler, captured their eleventh, and seventh consecutive, national championship, edging Wyoming by less than a point in the team standings.[3]
No individual champions from the previous year repeated, but two reclaimed titles won two years earlier, Rick Chaffee (slalom) and Matz Jennsen (nordic).
Venue
[edit]This year's championships were held March 2–4 in Maine at Sugarloaf in Carrabassett Valley.[4]
The fourteenth edition, these were the first championships in Maine and the fifth in the East; the previous eastern sites were in New Hampshire and Vermont.
Team scoring
[edit]Rank | Team | Points |
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Denver | 376.7 | |
Wyoming | 375.9 | |
Dartmouth | 374.0 | |
4 | Utah | 366.5 |
5 | Western State | 362.2 |
6 | Middlebury | 356.1 |
7 | Washington | 354.5 |
8 | Williams | 342.6 |
9 | Harvard | 336.4 |
10 | Colby | 320.0 |
11 | St. Lawrence | 292.0 |
12 | Maine | 291.2 |
Individual events
[edit]Four events were held, which yielded seven individual titles.
- Thursday: Slalom
- Friday: Downhill, Cross Country
- Saturday: Jumping
Event | Champion | ||
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Skier | Team | Time/Score | |
Alpine | Terje Øverland | Denver | 4:25.83 |
Cross Country | Ned Gillette | Dartmouth | 64:07 |
Downhill | Dennis McCoy | Denver | 2:11.20 |
Jumping | Bjorn Loken | Utah | 213.5 |
Nordic | Matz Jenssen (2) | Utah | 7:10.5 |
Skimeister | Matz Jenssen | Utah | 365.2 |
Slalom | Rick Chaffee (2) | Denver | 1:21.96 |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c "NCAA Skiing Championships Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved January 4, 2018.
- ^ a b "Pioneers in ski lead; Redskins hold fourth". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). UPI. March 3, 1967. p. C3.
- ^ a b c "Denver wins ski crown for 7th year". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. March 6, 1967. p. 11.
- ^ a b "Denver loses lead in collegiate skiing". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. March 4, 1967. p. 11.