1962 NCAA Skiing Championships
Denver, coached by Willy Schaeffler, captured their sixth national championship (and second consecutive), edging out rival Colorado in the team standings.
Scheduled as the opening event on Thursday, the downhill was postponed to Saturday due to heavy snowfall, and the jumping moved to Sunday.
Utah's Jim Gaddis reclaimed the alpine title he won two years earlier; he won the slalom, and was runner-up in the downhill, just a tenth of a second behind.
Venue
This year's championships were held March 22–25 in California at Squaw Valley in Olympic Valley. Two years earlier, Squaw Valley had hosted the 1960 Winter Olympics.
The ninth NCAA championships, these were the first in California and the second in the Lake Tahoe area of the Sierra Nevada (1954 in Reno, Nevada).
Team scoring
Rank | Team | Points |
---|---|---|
Denver | 390.08 | |
Colorado | 374.30 | |
Western State | 361.40 | |
4 | Dartmouth | 356.32 |
5 | Nevada–Reno | 333.79 |
6 | California | 294.17 |
7 | Montana State | 280.51 |
- Source:
Individual events
Four events were held, which yielded seven individual titles.
- Thursday: Downhill (postponed to Saturday)
- Friday: Slalom
- Saturday: Downhill, Cross Country
- Sunday: Jumping
Event | Champion | ||
---|---|---|---|
Skier | Team | Time/Score | |
Alpine | Jim Gaddis (2) | Utah | 3:29.7 |
Cross Country | Jim Page | Dartmouth | 59:03 |
Downhill | Myke Baar | Denver | 1:44.8 |
Jumping | Oyvind Floystad | Denver | 223.6 |
Nordic | Tor Fageraas | Montana State | 3:13.57 |
Skimeister | Jim Page | Dartmouth | 361.67 |
Slalom | Jim Gaddis | Utah | 1:26.7 |
- Source:
See also
References
- ^ "NCAA Skiing Championships Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved December 21, 2017.
- ^ "Denver grabs NCAA ski title". Bend Bulletin. (Oregon). UPI. March 26, 1962. p. 3.
- ^ Kadleck, Dave (March 26, 1962). "Denver snares ski title in NCAA four-way meet". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). p. B5.
- ^ Kadleck, Dave (March 22, 1962). "New snow delays NCAA downhill race". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). p. B6.
- ^ Kadleck, Dave (March 23, 1962). "Denver ski squad seen favorites in Squaw Valley NCAA tourney". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). p. B6.
- ^ "Denver leading ninth annual NCAA ski meet". Bend Bulletin. (Oregon). UPI. March 24, 1962. p. 3.
- ^ Kadleck, Dave (March 24, 1962). "Gaddis appears cinch for ninth NCAA alpine combined title". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). p. A4.
- ^ "College skiers eye cost meet". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). March 21, 1962. p. D3.