1962 NCAA Skiing Championships

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1962 NCAA Skiing Championships
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Tournament information
Sport College skiing
Location Flag of California.svg Olympic Valley, California
DatesMarch 22–25, 1962
Administrator(s) NCAA
Venue(s) Squaw Valley
Teams7
Number of
events
4 (7 titles)
Final positions
Champions Denver (6th title)
1st runners-up Colorado
2nd runners-up Western State
  1961
1963  
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Squaw
Valley
Location in the United States

The 1962 NCAA Skiing Championships were contested at the Squaw Valley Ski Resort in Olympic Valley, California at the ninth annual NCAA-sanctioned ski tournament to determine the individual and team national champions of men's collegiate alpine, cross country skiing, and ski jumping in the United States. [1]

Contents

Denver, coached by Willy Schaeffler, captured their sixth national championship (and second consecutive), edging out rival Colorado in the team standings. [2] [3]

Scheduled as the opening event on Thursday, the downhill was postponed to Saturday due to heavy snowfall, and the jumping moved to Sunday. [4] [5]

Utah's Jim Gaddis reclaimed the alpine title he won two years earlier; he won the slalom, [6] and was runner-up in the downhill, just a tenth of a second behind. [2] [7]

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. [8]

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

RankTeamPoints
Gold medal icon.svg Denver 390.08
Silver medal icon.svg Colorado 374.30
Bronze medal icon.svg Western State 361.40
4 Dartmouth 356.32
5 Nevada–Reno 333.79
6 California 294.17
7 Montana State 280.51
Source: [1] [2] [3]

Individual events

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Four events were held, which yielded seven individual titles.

EventChampion
SkierTeamTime/Score
Alpine Jim Gaddis (2) Utah 3:29.7
Cross Country Jim Page Dartmouth 59:03
Downhill Myke Baar Denver 1:44.8
Jumping Flag of Norway.svg Oyvind Floystad Denver 223.6
Nordic Flag of Norway.svg Tor Fageraas Montana State 3:13.57
Skimeister Jim Page Dartmouth 361.67
Slalom Jim Gaddis Utah 1:26.7
Source: [1] [6] [2] [3] [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "NCAA Skiing Championships Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved December 21, 2017.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Denver grabs NCAA ski title". Bend Bulletin. (Oregon). UPI. March 26, 1962. p. 3.
  3. 1 2 3 Kadleck, Dave (March 26, 1962). "Denver snares ski title in NCAA four-way meet". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). p. B5.
  4. Kadleck, Dave (March 22, 1962). "New snow delays NCAA downhill race". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). p. B6.
  5. Kadleck, Dave (March 23, 1962). "Denver ski squad seen favorites in Squaw Valley NCAA tourney". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). p. B6.
  6. 1 2 "Denver leading ninth annual NCAA ski meet". Bend Bulletin. (Oregon). UPI. March 24, 1962. p. 3.
  7. 1 2 Kadleck, Dave (March 24, 1962). "Gaddis appears cinch for ninth NCAA alpine combined title". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). p. A4.
  8. "College skiers eye cost meet". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). March 21, 1962. p. D3.

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