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1967 NCAA Skiing Championships

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.

Denver, coached by Willy Schaeffler, captured their eleventh, and seventh consecutive, national championship, edging Wyoming by less than a point in the team standings.

No individual champions from the previous year repeated, but two reclaimed titles won two years earlier, Rick Chaffee (slalom) and Matz Jennsen (nordic).

Venue

This year's championships were held March 2–4 in Maine at Sugarloaf in Carrabassett Valley.

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

Rank Team Points
1st place, gold medalist(s) Denver 376.7
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Wyoming 375.9
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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
Source:

Individual events

Four events were held, which yielded seven individual titles.

  • Thursday: Slalom
  • Friday: Downhill, Cross Country
  • Saturday: Jumping
Event Champion
Skier Team Time/Score
Alpine Norway Terje Øverland Denver 4:25.83
Cross Country Ned Gillette Dartmouth 64:07
Downhill Dennis McCoy Denver 2:11.20
Jumping Norway Bjorn Loken Utah 213.5
Nordic Norway Matz Jenssen (2) Utah 7:10.5
Skimeister Norway Matz Jenssen Utah 365.2
Slalom Rick Chaffee (2) Denver 1:21.96
Source:

See also

References

  1. ^ "NCAA Skiing Championships Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved January 4, 2018.
  2. ^ "Pioneers in ski lead; Redskins hold fourth". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). UPI. March 3, 1967. p. C3.
  3. ^ "Denver wins ski crown for 7th year". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. March 6, 1967. p. 11.
  4. ^ "Denver loses lead in collegiate skiing". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. March 4, 1967. p. 11.

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