1965 NCAA skiing championships

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1965 NCAA Skiing Championships
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Tournament information
Sport College skiing
Location Flag of Washington.svg Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, Pierce County, Washington
DatesMarch 25–28, 1965
Administrator NCAA
Host Washington
Venue Crystal Mountain
Teams17
Number of
events
4 (7 titles)
Final positions
Champions Denver (9th title)
1st runners-up Utah
2nd runners-up Western State
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The 1965 NCAA Skiing Championships were contested at the Crystal Mountain ski area in the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest in Pierce County, Washington at the twelfth 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]

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Denver, coached by Willy Schaeffler, captured their ninth, and fifth consecutive, national championship, edging out Utah in the team standings. The downhill title went to Bill Marolt of Colorado, [2] and Rick Chaffee of Denver won the slalom and the combined. [3] [4] [5] [6]

Venue

This year's championships were held March 25–28 in Washington at Crystal Mountain, located in the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest in Pierce County, southeast of Seattle. Opened in late 1962, the ski area was completing its third season.

The twelfth edition, these were the first championships held in Washington and the first in the Cascade Range.

Team scoring

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Location in the United States
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Location in Washington
RankTeamPoints
Gold medal icon.svg Denver 380.5
Silver medal icon.svg Utah 378.4
Bronze medal icon.svg Western State 367.3
4 Dartmouth 360.3
5 Washington 344.9
6 Colorado 300.7
7 Nevada–Reno 294.8
8 Idaho 190.5
9 Fort Lewis 114.6
10 Harvard 91.9
11 Montana 74.7
12 Middlebury 65.8
13 Vermont 59.4
14 Williams 30.3
15 Michigan Tech 29.8
16 Montana State 0.33
17 Wyoming 0.27
Source: [1] [5] [6]

Individual events

Four events were held, which yielded seven individual titles.

EventChampion
SkierTeamTime/Score
Alpine Rick Chaffee Denver 2:49.4
Cross Country Mike Elliott Fort Lewis 55:34
Downhill Bill Marolt (2) Colorado 2:11.89
Jumping Flag of Norway.svg Erik Jansen (2) Denver 219.8
Nordic Flag of Norway.svg Matz Jenssen Utah 7:31.65
SkimeisterLoris Werner Western State 356.6
Slalom Rick Chaffee Denver 1:48.25
Source: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "NCAA Skiing Championships Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved December 24, 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Bill Marolt wins slalom (downhill) at Crystal". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. March 28, 1965. p. 1, sports.
  3. 1 2 "Heuga charges, but Chaffee wins". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. March 27, 1965. p. 9.
  4. 1 2 "Rick Chaffee combined champ". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. March 28, 1965. p. 1, sports.
  5. 1 2 3 "Collegians get short rest before next ski tourney". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. March 29, 1965. p. 11.
  6. 1 2 3 Hewins, Jack (March 29, 1965). "Denver nabs ski crown". Ellensburg Daily Record. Washington. Associated Press. p. 4.

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