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1976 NCAA Skiing Championships
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American college skiing competition
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1976 NCAA Skiing Championships College skiing Alpine skiing pictogram.svg 120 Maine Newry, Maine March 3 6, 1976 NCAA Bates College Sunday River 8 4 (6 titles) Colorado (7th title)Dartmouth (2nd title) Vermont (3rd place) 1975 1977
The 1976 NCAA Skiing Championships were contested at Sunday River ski area, near the town of Newry, Maine, at the 23rd 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.NCAA Skiing Championships Results http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/skiing_champs_records/2012-13/2012-13_ski_rec.pdf NCAA NCAA.org January 29, 2018
Four-time defending champion Colorado, coached by alumnus Bill Marolt, finished tied with Dartmouth, coached by Jim Page, atop the team standings, with 112 points each, and shared the team national championship.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ej4pAAAAIBAJ&sjid=F2YFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3757%2C1023164 Lewiston Daily Sun Maine Associated Press Colorado and Dartmouth share NCAA ski crown March 8, 1976 21 Both teams finished a mere four points ahead of third-place Vermont, a point ahead of Wyoming; this was the seventh title for the Buffaloes and the second for the Big Green.
Venue
Sunday River (ski resort)
This year's championships were held March 3–6 in Maine at Sunday River ski area in the town of Newry.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=dz4pAAAAIBAJ&sjid=F2YFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1567%2C527006 Lewiston Daily Sun Maine MacDonald Ed Cleveland wins giant slalom; Colorado leads March 4, 1976 21https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=eT4pAAAAIBAJ&sjid=F2YFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1443%2C857403 Lewiston Daily Sun Maine MacDonald Ed Meleski wins NCAA slalom to pace Wyoming spurt into lead March 6, 1976 16 Bates College of Lewiston served as host.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=dj4pAAAAIBAJ&sjid=F2YFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1369%2C360578 Lewiston Daily Sun Maine MacDonald Ed Giant slalom opening NCAA March 3, 1976 21
These were the second NCAA championships in Maine (1967, Sugarloaf) and eighth in the East, all in New England.
Team scoring
United States 1 SundayRiver 44.473 -70.858 Location in the United States left 5 230
Rank Team Points ColoradoDartmouth112 Vermont 108 04 4 Wyoming 107 05 5 Utah 64 06 6 Middlebury 52 07 7 Northern Michigan 49 08 8 Nevada–Reno 8
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Individual events
Maine 1 SundayRiver 44.473 -70.858 Location in Maine 5 150
Four events were held, which yielded six individual titles.
Wednesday: Giant Slalom
Thursday: Cross Country
Friday: Slalom
Saturday: Jumping
Event Champion Skier Team Time/ScoreAlpine Mike Meleski Wyoming 5:47.7Cross Country Stan Dunklee Vermont 42:11.7Giant Slalom Dave Cleveland Dartmouth 2:56.96Jumping Kip Sundgaard Utah 215.9Nordic Jack Turner Colorado 6:20.3Slalom Mike Meleski Wyoming 1:34.74
Source:https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Uf4xAAAAIBAJ&sjid=730DAAAAIBAJ&pg=7120%2C604228 Deseret News Salt Lake City, Utah Associated Press Utes chase ski title March 3, 1976 D3https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=EJ4rAAAAIBAJ&sjid=MfwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3593%2C940351 Nashua Telegraph Associated Press Dartmouth assumes lead at NCAA ski competition March 5, 1976 17https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=M_NLAAAAIBAJ&sjid=de0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=1921%2C2648722 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Associated Press Meleski's good runs leads team March 7, 1976 D2
See also
List of NCAA skiing programs
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