1970 NCAA Skiing Championships

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1970 NCAA Skiing Championships
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Tournament information
Sport College skiing
Location Flag of New Hampshire.svg Franconia, New Hampshire
DatesMarch 4–7, 1970
Administrator NCAA
Venue(s) Cannon Mountain Ski Area
Teams14
Number of
events
4 events (7 titles)
Final positions
Champions Denver (13th title)
1st runners-up Dartmouth
2nd runners-up Colorado
  1969
1971  

The 1970 NCAA Skiing Championships were contested at the Cannon Mountain Ski Area in Franconia, New Hampshire, at the seventeenth 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 thirteenth national championship and ninth in ten years. Denver finished 7.8 points ahead of runners-up Dartmouth in the team standings, the second straight year the Pioneers bested the Big Green.

Venue

This year's NCAA skiing championships were held March 4–7 in New Hampshire at Cannon Mountain Ski Area near Franconia.

The seventeenth edition, these were the second at Cannon Mountain (1964) and third in New Hampshire (1958). The 1964 championships were scheduled for Dartmouth Skiway, but rain forced the transfer of the alpine events to Cannon Mountain.

Team scoring

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Cannon Mountain
RankTeamPoints
Gold medal icon.svg Denver 386.6
Silver medal icon.svg Dartmouth 378.8
Bronze medal icon.svg Colorado 377.3
4 Wyoming 367.0
5 Fort Lewis 362.3
6 Middlebury 362.2
7 New Hampshire 357.3
8 Air Force 351.4
9 Washington 345.2
10 Vermont 341.9
11 St. Lawrence 326.5
12 Montana 323.4
13 Northern Michigan 295.5
14 Northern Arizona 247.1
Source: [1]

Individual events

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Cannon Mountain

Four events were held, which yielded seven individual titles.

EventChampion
SkierTeamTime/Score
Alpine Mike Porcarelli Colorado 5:04.34
Cross Country Flag of Norway.svg Ole Hansen Denver 62:35
Giant Slalom ^ Flag of Norway.svg Otto Tschudi Denver 2:31.22
Jumping Jay Rand Colorado 206.3
Nordic Jim Miller (2) Fort Lewis 7:15.2
SkimeisterJohn Kendall New Hampshire
Slalom Mike Porcarelli Colorado 1:34.99
Source: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
^ A giant slalom (2 runs) replaced the downhill

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "NCAA Skiing Championships Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
  2. Dew, Dick (March 5, 1970). "Denver tops ski competition". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). UPI. p. D3.
  3. Dew, Dick (March 6, 1970). "Denver awaits NCAA trophy". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). UPI. p. D1.
  4. Dew, Dick (March 7, 1970). "Denver U. still tops in skiing". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). UPI. p. A5.
  5. "Denver is still the favorite on slippery slopes". Lewiston Evening Journal. (Maine). Associated Press. March 7, 1970. p. 15.

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