1961 NCAA skiing championships

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1961 NCAA Skiing Championships
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Tournament information
Sport College skiing
Location Flag of Vermont.svg Hancock, Vermont
DatesMarch 9–11, 1961
Administrator NCAA
Host Middlebury College
Venue Middlebury College Snow Bowl
Teams7
Number of
events
4 (7 titles)
Final positions
Champions Denver (5th title)
1st runners-up Middlebury
2nd runners-up Colorado
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The 1961 NCAA Skiing Championships were contested at the Middlebury College Snow Bowl in Hancock, Vermont at the eighth 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]

Contents

Denver, coached by Willy Schaeffler, captured their fifth national championship, the first since 1957, edging out host Middlebury in the team standings. [2] This was the start of Denver's seven straight titles from 1961 through 1967.

Venue

This year's championships were held March 9–11 in Vermont at the Middlebury College Snow Bowl in Hancock. Middlebury College, located in nearby Middlebury, served as hosts.

These were the first NCAA Championships hosted by Middlebury, the second in Vermont (Northfield, 1955), and third in the East (Lyme, New Hampshire, 1958).

Team scoring

RankTeamPoints
Gold medal icon.svg Denver 376.19
Silver medal icon.svg Middlebury 366.94
Bronze medal icon.svg Colorado 365.54
4 Dartmouth 356.06
5 New Hampshire 332.39
6 Maine 325.66
7 Idaho 309.51
8 Washington 278.57
9 Williams 277.55
Source: [1] [2]

Individual events

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Four events were held, which yielded seven individual titles.

EventChampion
SkierTeamTime/Score
Alpine Buddy Werner Colorado 1:39.67
Cross Country Charlie Akers Maine 69:17
Downhill Gordi Eaton Middlebury 1:15.3
Jumping Flag of Norway.svg Chris Selbekk Denver 226.3
Nordic John Bower Middlebury 3:14.12
SkimeisterArt Bookstrom Dartmouth 366.24
Slalom Buddy Werner Colorado 1:35.2
Source: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "NCAA Skiing Championships Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved November 11, 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 "Denver regains ski supremacy". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. Associated Press. March 12, 1961. p. 8.
  3. ↑ "Coloradoans lead NCAA skiing meet". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. Associated Press. March 10, 1961. p. 6.
  4. ↑ "Colorado skiers leading NCAA". Deseret News. Salt Lake City, Utah. UPI. March 10, 1961. p. B8.
  5. ↑ "Denver U. leads NCAA ski meet". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. Associated Press. March 11, 1961. p. 8.

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