1969 NCAA Skiing Championships

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1969 NCAA Skiing Championships
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Tournament information
Sport College skiing
Location Flag of Colorado.svg Steamboat Springs, Colorado
DatesMarch 27–29, 1969
Administrator(s) NCAA
Venue(s) Mount Werner,
Howelsen Hill (jumping)
Teams12
Number of
events
4 (7 titles)
Final positions
Champions Denver (12th title)
1st runners-up Dartmouth
2nd runners-up Fort Lewis
  1968
1970  

The 1969 NCAA Skiing Championships were contested at Mount Werner ski area near Steamboat Springs, Colorado at the 16th 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 twelfth national championship and eighth in nine years (the Pioneers' previous streak of seven consecutive titles was interrupted by Wyoming in 1968). Denver finished 16.6 points ahead of runners-up Dartmouth in the team standings. [1] [2]

The sole repeat champion was Clark Matis of Colorado in cross country. [3]

Venue

This year's championships were held March 27–29 in Colorado at Mount Werner ski area in Steamboat Springs, with the jumping event at Howelsen Hill. The previous year's championships were held at the same sites. [4]

The sixteenth edition, these were the fifth in Colorado, and the second at Steamboat Springs. Winter Park hosted the state's first two (1956, 1959), followed by Crested Butte in 1966.

Mount Werner was sold later this year and rebranded as "Steamboat" in 1970.

Team scoring

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Steamboat
Springs
Location in the United States
RankTeamPoints
Gold medal icon.svg Denver 388.6
Silver medal icon.svg Dartmouth 372.0
Bronze medal icon.svg Fort Lewis 367.5
4 Montana State 365.1
5 Colorado
Wyoming
360.6
7 Middlebury
Western State
359.4
9 Washington 352.1
10 Nevada–Reno 336.7
11 Harvard 325.8
12 Montana 320.6
Source: [1] [2]

Individual events

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Steamboat Springs
Location in Colorado

Four events were held, which yielded seven individual titles.

EventChampion
SkierTeamTime/Score
Alpine Paul Rachetto Denver 3:25.3
Cross Country Clark Matis (2) Colorado 52:22
Downhill Mike Lafferty Colorado 1:31.41
Jumping Flag of Norway.svg Odd Hammernes Denver 220.0
Nordic Georg Krog Denver 7:22.2
SkimeisterEd Damon Dartmouth 347.6
Slalom Paul Rachetto Denver 1:31.43
Source: [1] [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "NCAA Skiing Championships Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved January 12, 2018.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  2. 1 2 "Skiing: NCAA Championships". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). March 31, 1969. p. 4B.
  3. 1 2 "Colorado claims two ski firsts". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. March 30, 1969. p. 2, sports.
  4. "Steamboat again hosts NCAA Ski Champs". Steamboat Pilot. (Steamboat Springs, Colorado). March 27, 1969. p. 1.

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