1966 NCAA skiing championships

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1966 NCAA Skiing Championships
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Tournament information
Sport College skiing
Location Flag of Colorado.svg Crested Butte, Colorado
DatesMarch 3–5, 1966
Administrator NCAA
Venue Crested Butte
Teams9
Number of
events
4 (7 titles)
Final positions
Champions Denver (10th title)
1st runners-up Western State
2nd runners-up Wyoming
  1965
1967  

The 1966 NCAA Skiing Championships were contested at the Crested Butte ski area in Created Butte, Colorado at the thirteenth 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 tenth, and sixth consecutive, national championship, edging out locals Western State in the team standings. [1] [2] The Pioneers' sole individual win was by Terje Øverland in downhill. [1]

Repeat individual champions were Mike Elliott of Fort Lewis in cross country, [3] and Western State's Loris Werner (skimeister). Bill Marolt of Colorado won the slalom and alpine titles to add to his two previous in downhill (1963, 1965). Utah's Frithjof Prydz regained the jumping crown he won two years earlier and added the nordic. [1] [2]

Venue

This year's championships were held March 3–5 in Colorado at Crested Butte, [3] north of Gunnison.

The thirteenth edition, these were the third championships in Colorado and the first at Crested Butte; Winter Park hosted in 1956 and 1959.

Team scoring

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RankTeamPoints
Gold medal icon.svg Denver 381.02
Silver medal icon.svg Western State 365.92
Bronze medal icon.svg Wyoming 359.22
4 Washington 357.88
5 Utah 355.04
6 Montana State 291.63
7 Nevada–Reno 168.84
8 Michigan Tech 150.86
9 Michigan State 115.66
Source: [1] [2]

Individual events

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Four events were held, which yielded seven individual titles.

EventChampion
SkierTeamTime/Score
Alpine Bill Marolt Colorado 3:16.2
Cross Country Mike Elliott (2) Fort Lewis 53:19
Downhill Flag of Norway.svg Terje Øverland Denver 1:52.50
Jumping Flag of Norway.svg Frithjof Prydz (2) Utah 225.3
Nordic Flag of Norway.svg Frithjof Prydz Utah 7:09.4
SkimeisterLoris Werner (2) Western State 361.47
Slalom Bill Marolt Colorado 1:38.21
Source: [1] [2] [3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "NCAA Skiing Championships Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved January 3, 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Denver captures NCAA ski title". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. Associated Press. March 6, 1966. p. 14.
  3. 1 2 3 "Denver skiers capture NCAA lead; Utes fifth". Deseret News. Salt Lake City, Utah. Associated Press. March 4, 1966. p. D2.

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