Tournament information | |
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Sport | College skiing |
Location | Durango, Colorado |
Dates | March 5–8, 1975 |
Administrator(s) | NCAA |
Host(s) | Fort Lewis College |
Venue(s) | Durango Mountain |
Teams | 13 |
Number of events | 4 (6 titles) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Colorado (6th title) |
1st runners-up | Vermont |
2nd runners-up | Wyoming |
The 1975 NCAA Skiing Championships were contested at Durango Mountain ski area, north of Durango, Colorado, at the 22nd 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] [2] [3]
Three-time defending champion Colorado, coached by alumnus Bill Marolt, captured their sixth national championship, finishing 68 points ahead of runner-up Vermont, the largest victory margin to date.
Repeat champions were Wyoming's Steiner Hybertsen (cross country), Colorado's Didrik Ellefsen (jumping), and Stig Hallingbye (nordic) of Wyoming; Hybertsen's win was his third consecutive. Denver's Peik Christensen reclaimed his slalom title of two years earlier; he entered the week as the two-time defending champion in alpine.
This was the last time for the downhill event at the NCAA championships; it was replaced by giant slalom in 1976. [1]
This year's championships were held March 5–8 in Colorado at Durango Mountain in the San Juan Mountains of La Plata County, north of Durango. Fort Lewis College in Durango served as host.
These were the first NCAA championships at Durango, and the seventh in Colorado; previous sites were Winter Park (1956, 1959, 1972), Crested Butte (1966), and Steamboat Springs (1968, 1969).
Rank | Team | Points |
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Colorado | 183 | |
Vermont | 115 | |
Wyoming | 93 | |
4 | Northern Michigan | 85.5 |
5 | Denver | 83 |
6 | Utah | 78 |
7 | Western State | 68.5 |
8 | Dartmouth | 64 |
9 | Middlebury | 44 |
10 | Fort Lewis | 43 |
11 | Montana State | 24 |
12 | Nevada–Reno | 18 |
13 | Boise State | 15 |
Four events were held, which yielded six individual titles.
Event | Champion | ||
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Skier | Team | Time/Score | |
Alpine | Mark Ford | Colorado | 2:31.45 |
Cross Country | Steiner Hybertsen (3) | Wyoming | 53:53.06 |
Downhill | Mark Ford | Colorado | 1:14.80 |
Jumping | Didrik Ellefsen (2) | Colorado | 214.2 |
Nordic | Stig Hallingbye (2) | Wyoming | 6:37.0 |
Slalom | Peik Christensen (2) | Denver | 1:48.83 |
The NCAA Skiing Championships are held annually to crown the National Collegiate Athletic Association combined men's and women's team skiing champion. Before 1983, the championship was only for men's skiing.
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The 1958 NCAA Skiing Championships were contested at the Dartmouth Skiway in Lyme, New Hampshire at the fifth 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.
The 1960 NCAA Skiing Championships were contested at Bridger Bowl near Bozeman, Montana, at the seventh 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. Montana State College served as the hosts.
The 1961 NCAA Skiing Championships were contested at the Middlebury College Snow Bowl in Hancock, Vermont at the eighth 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.
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The 1963 NCAA Skiing Championships were contested at the Solitude Ski Resort in Big Cottonwood Canyon, Utah at the tenth 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.
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The 1968 NCAA Skiing Championships were contested at Mount Werner ski area near Steamboat Springs, Colorado, at the fifteenth 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.
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, cross country skiing, and ski jumping in the United States.
The 1971 NCAA Skiing Championships were contested at Terry Peak ski area in Lead, South Dakota, at the 18th 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.
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