Tournament information | |
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Sport | College skiing |
Location | Hancock, Vermont |
Dates | March 7–10, 1973 |
Administrator | NCAA |
Host(s) | Middlebury College |
Venue(s) | Middlebury College Snow Bowl |
Teams | 14 |
Number of events | 4 (7 titles) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Colorado (4th title) |
1st runners-up | Wyoming |
2nd runners-up | Vermont |
The 1973 NCAA Skiing Championships were contested at the Middlebury College Snow Bowl in Hancock, Vermont at the twentieth 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]
Defending champion Colorado, coached by alumnus Bill Marolt, captured their fourth, and second consecutive, national championship, finishing 4.04 points ahead of Wyoming in the team standings. [2]
These were the first NCAA championships in which Denver did not finish in either first (fourteen titles) or second (five times).
Repeat champions were Colorado's Vidar Nilsgard (jumping) and Kim Kendall (skimeister) of New Hampshire,
This year's championships were held March 7–10 in Vermont at the Middlebury College Snow Bowl in Hancock. Middlebury College, located in nearby Middlebury, served as hosts.
The twentieth edition, these were the second NCAA championships hosted by Middlebury (1961), third in Vermont (Northfield, 1955), and seventh in the East, all in New England.
Rank | Team | Points |
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Colorado | 381.89 | |
Wyoming | 377.83 | |
Vermont | 376.85 | |
4 | Denver | 372.55 |
5 | Middlebury | 362.38 |
6 | Dartmouth | 361.14 |
7 | Fort Lewis | 355.70 |
8 | Northern Michigan | 350.52 |
9 | New Hampshire | 345.78 |
10 | Western State | 341.05 |
11 | Montana | 335.23 |
12 | Washington | 187.20 |
13 | Michigan Tech | 178.37 |
14 | Alaska Methodist | 90.79 |
Four events were held, which yielded seven individual titles.
Event | Champion | ||
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Skier | Team | Time/Score | |
Alpine | Peik Christensen | Denver | 3:35.06 |
Cross Country | Steiner Hybertsen | Wyoming | 53:41 |
Downhill | Bob Cochran | Vermont | 1:46.94 |
Jumping | Vidar Nilsgard (2) | Colorado | 226.3 |
Nordic | Pertti Reijula | Northern Michigan | 6:31.7 |
Skimeister | Kim Kendall (2) | New Hampshire | 336.45 |
Slalom | Peik Christensen | Denver | 1:20.31 |
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