1963 NCAA skiing championships

1963 NCAA Skiing Championships
Tournament information
SportCollege skiing
LocationUtah Big Cottonwood Canyon, Utah
DatesMarch 21–23, 1963
AdministratorNCAA
Host(s)Utah
Venue(s)Solitude Ski Resort
Teams6
Number of
events
4 (7 titles)
Final positions
ChampionsDenver (7th title)
1st runners-upColorado
2nd runners-upDartmouth
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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 skiing, cross-country skiing, and ski jumping in the United States.[1]

Denver, coached by Willy Schaeffler, captured their seventh, and third consecutive, national championship, again edging out rival Colorado in the team standings.[2]

Jim Page of Dartmouth repeated as Skimeister (all four events). The downhill competition on Friday was a three-way tie, won by Dave Gorsuch of Western State and Colorado's Bill Marolt and Buddy Werner,[3] who reclaimed the alpine combined title he won two years earlier.[4] Future Olympic bronze medalist Jimmie Heuga of Colorado won Thursday's slalom, passing teammates Marolt and Werner in the second run.[5][6]

Venue

Main article: Solitude Mountain Resort

This year's championships were held March 21–23 in Utah at Solitude in Big Cottonwood Canyon, southeast of Salt Lake City.[7] The tenth edition, these were the second in Utah and the Wasatch Range; Snow Basin (on Mount Ogden) hosted six years earlier in 1957.

Team scoring

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Rank Team Points
1st place, gold medalist(s) Denver 384.6
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Colorado 381.6
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Dartmouth 348.9
4 Western State 336.4
5 Notre Dame 190.6
6 Chico State 155.0
Source:[1][2]

Individual events

Solitude is located in Utah
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Location in Utah

Four events were held, which yielded seven individual titles.

  • Thursday: Slalom
  • Friday: Downhill, Cross Country
  • Saturday: Jumping
Event Champion
Skier Team Time/Score
Alpine Buddy Werner (2) Colorado 3:42.6
Cross Country Eddie Demers Western State 66:51
Downhill Dave Gorsuch
Bill Marolt
Buddy Werner		 Western State
Colorado
Colorado		 1:50.0
Jumping Norway Ole Tom Nord Washington 237.35
Nordic Finland Aarne Valkama Denver 7:48.42
Skimeister Jim Page (2) Dartmouth 336.0
Slalom Jimmie Heuga Colorado 1:42.0
Source:[1][2][3][4][5][6]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "NCAA Skiing Championships Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved December 21, 2017.
  2. ^ a b c Kadleck, Dave (March 25, 1963). "It's No. 3 for Denver U. in NCAA ski competition". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). p. B2.
  3. ^ a b Kadleck, Dave (March 23, 1963). "C.U. keeping point pace, has eye on NCAA title". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). p. A4.
  4. ^ a b Kadleck, Dave (March 22, 1963). "Three-way tie sparks NCAA downhill race". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). p. B5.
  5. ^ a b Kadleck, Dave (March 21, 1963). "Colorado skiers race to early NCAA lead". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). p. C1.
  6. ^ a b "NCAA slalom official results". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). March 22, 1963. p. B5.
  7. ^ Kadleck, Dave (March 20, 1963). "Collegiate skiers poised for Thursday's NCAA slalom". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). p. B3.

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