1964 NCAA skiing championships

The 1964 NCAA Skiing Championships were contested at the Cannon Mountain Ski Area in Franconia Notch, New Hampshire at the eleventh 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]

1964 NCAA Skiing Championships
Tournament information
SportCollege skiing
LocationNew Hampshire Franconia Notch and Lyme, New Hampshire
DatesMarch 5–7, 1964
AdministratorNCAA
Host(s)Dartmouth
Venue(s)Cannon Mountain (alpine)
Dartmouth Skiway (nordic)
Teams10
Number of
events
4 events (7 titles)
Final positions
ChampionsDenver (8th title)
1st runners-upDartmouth
2nd runners-upWyoming
← 1963
1965 →

Denver, coached by Willy Schaeffler, captured their eighth, and fourth consecutive, national championship, edging out host Dartmouth in the team standings.[2][3]

Venues

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This year's championships were held in New Hampshire, with the alpine events at Cannon Mountain, near Franconia Notch, and the nordic events at Dartmouth Skiway, near Lyme.[4][5]

The eleventh edition, these were the second NCAA championships in New Hampshire (1958 at Dartmouth Skiway) and the fourth in the East; the other two (1955, 1961) were in Vermont.

Originally scheduled for March 5–7 at Dartmouth Skiway, rain forced a move of the alpine events to nearby Vermont at Mount Ascutney,[4] and again to Cannon Mountain; the nordic events were held at Dartmouth on Friday.[5] The downhill was replaced with a giant slalom on Saturday morning, followed by a slalom in the afternoon, both won by John Clough of Middlebury.[2]

Team scoring

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Cannon Mountain
Rank Team Points
  Denver 370.2
  Dartmouth 368.8
  Wyoming 359.7
4 Western State 355.0
5 Middlebury 354.3
6 Washington 333.8
7 Williams 322.1
8 Vermont 308.9
9 Harvard 298.5
10 Notre Dame 221.7
Source:[1][2]

Individual events

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Cannon Mountain
 
Dartmouth Skiway

Four events were held, which yielded seven individual titles.

  • Thursday: Downhill (cancelled, rain)
  • Friday: Cross Country, Jumping
  • Saturday: Giant slalom, Slalom
Event Champion
Skier Team Time/Score
Alpine John Clough Middlebury 2:49.4
Cross Country Eddie Demers (2) Western State 56:30
Giant slalom ^ John Clough Middlebury 1:31.3
Jumping   Frithjof Prydz
  Erik Jansen
Utah
Denver
214.5
Nordic   Erik Jansen Denver 7:16.3
Skimeister Jennings Cress Western State 336.0
Slalom John Clough Middlebury 1:24.5
Source:[1][2]
^ A giant slalom replaced the weather-cancelled downhill

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "NCAA Skiing Championships Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved December 22, 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d "Denver again dominates NCAA ski championships". Nashua Telegraph. (New Hampshire). Associated Press. March 9, 1964. p. 13.
  3. ^ "Denver wins 4th straight NCAA skiing crown". Lewiston Evening Journal. (Maine). Associated Press. March 9, 1964. p. 10.
  4. ^ a b "Rain threatens ski races". Nashua Telegraph. (New Hampshire). Associated Press. March 5, 1964. p. 18.
  5. ^ a b "Revise ski races at Dartmouth". Nashua Telegraph. (New Hampshire). Associated Press. March 6, 1964. p. 15.

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