1967 NCAA skiing championships

1967 NCAA Skiing Championships

Tournament information
Sport	College skiing
Location	Carrabassett Valley, Maine
Dates	March 2–4, 1967
Administrator	NCAA
Venue(s)	Sugarloaf
Teams	12
Number of events	4 (7 titles)
Final positions
Champions	Denver (11th title)
1st runners-up	Wyoming
2nd runners-up	Dartmouth
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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. ^{[1] [2]}

Denver, coached by Willy Schaeffler, captured their eleventh, and seventh consecutive, national championship, edging Wyoming by less than a point in the team standings. ^[3]

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

Venue

Main article: Sugarloaf (ski resort)

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

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

Sugarloaf

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Location in the United States

Rank	Team	Points
	Denver	376.7
	Wyoming	375.9
	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: ^{[1] [3]}

Individual events

Sugarloaf

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Location in Maine

Four events were held, which yielded seven individual titles.

• Thursday: Slalom
• Friday: Downhill, Cross Country
• Saturday: Jumping

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

Source: ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

See also

• List of NCAA skiing programs

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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