1973 NCAA Skiing Championships

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1973 NCAA Skiing Championships
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Tournament information
Sport College skiing
Location Flag of Vermont.svg Hancock, Vermont
DatesMarch 7–10, 1973
Administrator NCAA
Host Middlebury College
Venue Middlebury College Snow Bowl
Teams14
Number of
events
4 (7 titles)
Final positions
Champions Colorado (4th title)
1st runners-up Wyoming
2nd runners-up Vermont
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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]

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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,

Venue

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.

Program changes

Team scoring

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RankTeamPoints
Gold medal icon.svg Colorado 381.89
Silver medal icon.svg Wyoming 377.83
Bronze medal icon.svg 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
Source: [1] [2]

Individual events

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Four events were held, which yielded seven individual titles.

EventChampion
SkierTeamTime/Score
Alpine Flag of Norway.svg Peik Christensen Denver 3:35.06
Cross Country Flag of Norway.svg Steiner Hybertsen Wyoming 53:41
Downhill Bob Cochran Vermont 1:46.94
Jumping Flag of Norway.svg Vidar Nilsgard (2) Colorado 226.3
Nordic Flag of Finland.svg Pertti Reijula Northern Michigan 6:31.7
SkimeisterKim Kendall (2) New Hampshire 336.45
Slalom Flag of Norway.svg Peik Christensen Denver 1:20.31
Source: [1] [3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "NCAA Skiing Championships Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved January 24, 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Buff skiers win NCAA with rally". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. March 11, 1973. p. 13.
  3. ↑ Strauss, Michael (March 9, 1973). "Christensen wins slalom on sunny day in Vermont". New York Times. p. 81.

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