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1967 NCAA skiing championships

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1967 NCAA Skiing Championships
Tournament information
SportCollege skiing
LocationMaine Carrabassett Valley, Maine
DatesMarch 2–4, 1967
AdministratorNCAA
Venue(s)Sugarloaf
Teams12
Number of
events
4 (7 titles)
Final positions
ChampionsDenver (11th title)
1st runners-upWyoming
2nd runners-upDartmouth
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The 1967 NCAA Skiing Championships were contested at Sugarloaf ski area in Carrabassett Valley, Maine at the 14th 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][2]

Denver, coached by Willy Schaeffler, captured their eleventh, and seventh consecutive, national championship, edging Wyoming by less than a point in the team standings.[3]

No individual champions from the previous year repeated, but two reclaimed titles won two years earlier, Rick Chaffee (slalom) and Matz Jennsen (nordic).

Venue

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This year's championships were held March 2–4 in Maine at Sugarloaf in Carrabassett Valley.[4]

The fourteenth edition, these were the first championships in Maine and the fifth in the East; the previous eastern sites were in New Hampshire and Vermont.

Team scoring

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Rank Team Points
1st place, gold medalist(s) Denver 376.7
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Wyoming 375.9
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Dartmouth 374.0
4 Utah 366.5
5 Western State 362.2
6 Middlebury 356.1
7 Washington 354.5
8 Williams 342.6
9 Harvard 336.4
10 Colby 320.0
11 St. Lawrence 292.0
12 Maine 291.2
Source:[1][3]

Individual events

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Four events were held, which yielded seven individual titles.

  • Thursday: Slalom
  • Friday: Downhill, Cross Country
  • Saturday: Jumping
Event Champion
Skier Team Time/Score
Alpine Norway Terje Øverland Denver 4:25.83
Cross Country Ned Gillette Dartmouth 64:07
Downhill Dennis McCoy Denver 2:11.20
Jumping Norway Bjorn Loken Utah 213.5
Nordic Norway Matz Jenssen (2) Utah 7:10.5
Skimeister Norway Matz Jenssen Utah 365.2
Slalom Rick Chaffee (2) Denver 1:21.96
Source:[1][2][3][4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "NCAA Skiing Championships Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved January 4, 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Pioneers in ski lead; Redskins hold fourth". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). UPI. March 3, 1967. p. C3.
  3. ^ a b c "Denver wins ski crown for 7th year". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. March 6, 1967. p. 11.
  4. ^ a b "Denver loses lead in collegiate skiing". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. March 4, 1967. p. 11.

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