1966_NCAA_Skiing_Championships

1966 NCAA Skiing Championships

1966 NCAA Skiing Championships

American college skiing competition

The 1966 NCAA Skiing Championships were contested at the Crested Butte ski area in Created Butte, Colorado at the thirteenth 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 tenth, and sixth consecutive, national championship, edging out locals Western State in the team standings.[1][2] The Pioneers' sole individual win was by Terje Øverland in downhill.[1]

Repeat individual champions were Mike Elliott of Fort Lewis in cross country,[3] and Western State's Loris Werner (skimeister). Bill Marolt of Colorado won the slalom and alpine titles to add to his two previous in downhill (1963, 1965). Utah's Frithjof Prydz regained the jumping crown he won two years earlier and added the nordic.[1][2]

Venue

Main article: Crested Butte Mountain Resort

This year's championships were held March 3–5 in Colorado at Crested Butte,[3] north of Gunnison.

The thirteenth edition, these were the third championships in Colorado and the first at Crested Butte; Winter Park hosted in 1956 and 1959.

Team scoring

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Source:[1][2]

Individual events

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Four events were held, which yielded seven individual titles.

  • Thursday: Slalom
  • Friday: Cross Country
  • Saturday: Downhill, Jumping
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Source:[1][2][3]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "NCAA Skiing Championships Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved January 3, 2018.
  2. [2]
    "Denver captures NCAA ski title". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. March 6, 1966. p. 14.
  3. [3]
    "Denver skiers capture NCAA lead; Utes fifth". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). Associated Press. March 4, 1966. p. D2.

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