1972 NCAA Skiing Championships

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1972 NCAA Skiing Championships
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Tournament information
Sport College skiing
Location Flag of Colorado.svg Winter Park, Colorado
DatesMarch 16–18, 1972
Administrator NCAA
Host(s) Colorado
Venue(s) Winter Park Ski Area
Teams16
Number of
events
4 (7 titles)
Final positions
Champions Colorado (3rd title)
1st runners-up Denver
2nd runners-up Wyoming
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The 1972 NCAA Skiing Championships were contested in Winter Park, Colorado at the nineteenth 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]

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Host Colorado, coached by alumnus Bill Marolt, captured their third national championship (and first since 1960), finishing 5.2 points ahead of three-time defending champion Denver in the team standings. [2]

Colorado's Mike Porcarelli reclaimed the slalom and alpine titles he won two years earlier; the repeat champions were Otto Tschudi of Denver in downhill and Bruce Cunningham of New Hampshire in Nordic combined. Denver's Odd Hammernes won his second jumping title, three years after the first. [2]

In the downhill race, Utah sophomore David Novelle was killed after he lost a ski, went off the course, and collided with a tree. As a result, the Utah team withdrew from the competition. [3] [4] [5]

Venue

This year's championships were held March 16–18 in Colorado at Winter Park, west of Denver.

The nineteenth edition, these were the sixth NCAA Championships in Colorado and the third at Winter Park (1956, 1959); the others were at Crested Butte (1966) and Steamboat Springs (1968, 1969).

Team scoring

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RankTeamPoints
Gold medal icon.svg Colorado 385.3
Silver medal icon.svg Denver 380.3
Bronze medal icon.svg Wyoming 373.0
4 Middlebury 368.9
5 Dartmouth 367.0
6 Fort Lewis 360.9
7 New Hampshire 359.3
8 Nevada–Reno 324.6
9 Northern Michigan 310.5
10 Idaho 290.0
11 Michigan Tech 249.7
12 Montana 220.3
13 Weber State 181.3
14 Western State 93.0
15 Alaska Methodist 92.9
16 Utah 92.0
Source: [1] [2]

Individual events

Four events were held, which yielded seven individual titles.

EventChampion
SkierTeamTime/Score
Alpine Mike Porcarelli (2) Colorado 2:19.6
Cross Country Flag of Norway.svg Stale Engen Wyoming 52:24
Downhill Flag of Norway.svg Otto Tschudi (3) Denver 1:09.22
Jumping Flag of Norway.svg Odd Hammernes (2) Denver 224.5
Nordic Bruce Cunningham (2) New Hampshire 7:07.7
SkimeisterKim Kendall New Hampshire 336.1
Slalom Mike Porcarelli (2) Colorado 1:25.71
Source: [1] [2] [3] [4] [6]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "NCAA Skiing Championships Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved January 21, 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Big Colorado finish captures ski crown". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. March 19, 1972. p. 9, sports.
  3. 1 2 "Utah racer is killed in NCAA downhill ski". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. March 17, 1972. p. 36.
  4. 1 2 "Ute skier killed". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). UPI. March 17, 1972. p. B12.
  5. ↑ "NCAA Skiing Delayed A Day". U. of Colorado. Retrieved June 10, 2019.[ permanent dead link ]
  6. ↑ "Colorado, Wyoming close in NCAA ski competition". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. March 19, 1972. p. 15.

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