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1973 NCAA Skiing Championships
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American college skiing competition
August 2023
1973 NCAA Skiing Championships College skiing Alpine skiing pictogram.svg 120 Vermont Hancock, Vermont March 7 10, 1973 NCAA Middlebury College Middlebury College Snow Bowl 14 4 (7 titles) Colorado (4th title) Wyoming Vermont 1972 1974
The 1973 NCAA Skiing Championships were contested at the Middlebury College Snow Bowl in Hancock, Vermont at the twentieth 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.NCAA Skiing Championships Results http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/skiing_champs_records/2012-13/2012-13_ski_rec.pdf NCAA NCAA.org January 24, 2018
Defending champion Colorado, coached by alumnus Bill Marolt, captured their fourth, and second consecutive, national championship, finishing 4.04 points ahead of Wyoming in the team standings.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6h1OAAAAIBAJ&sjid=DO0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=2101%2C4463259 Spokesman-Review Spokane, Washington Associated Press Buff skiers win NCAA with rally March 11, 1973 13
These were the first NCAA championships in which Denver did not finish in either first (fourteen titles) or second (five times).
Repeat champions were Colorado's Vidar Nilsgard (jumping) and Kim Kendall (skimeister) of New Hampshire,
Venue
Middlebury College Snow Bowl
This year's championships were held March 7–10 in Vermont at the Middlebury College Snow Bowl in Hancock. Middlebury College, located in nearby Middlebury, served as hosts.
The twentieth edition, these were the second NCAA championships hosted by Middlebury (1961), third in Vermont (Northfield, 1955), and seventh in the East, all in New England.
Program changes
This was the final year that skimeister was included in the event program. This award went to the skier with the best performance across all four disciplines.
Team scoring
United States 1 Middlebury 43.939 -72.958 Location in the United States bottom 5 230
Rank Team Points Colorado381.89 Wyoming 377.83 Vermont 376.85 04 4 Denver 372.55 05 5 Middlebury 362.38 06 6 Dartmouth 361.14 07 7 Fort Lewis 355.70 08 8 Northern Michigan 350.52 09 9 New Hampshire 345.78 10 10 Western State 341.05 11 11 Montana 335.23 12 12 Washington 187.20 13 13 Michigan Tech 178.37 14 14 Alaska Methodist 90.79
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Individual events
Vermont 1 MiddleburyCollegeSnow Bowl 43.939 -72.958 Location in Vermont 5 160
Four events were held, which yielded seven individual titles.
Wednesday: Cross Country
Thursday: Slalom
Friday: Downhill
Saturday: Jumping
Event Champion Skier Team Time/ScoreAlpine NOR Peik Christensen Denver 3:35.06Cross Country NOR Steiner Hybertsen Wyoming 53:41Downhill Bob Cochran Vermont 1:46.94Jumping NOR Vidar Nilsgard (2) Colorado 226.3Nordic FIN Pertti Reijula Northern Michigan 6:31.7Skimeister Kim Kendall (2) New Hampshire 336.45Slalom NOR Peik Christensen Denver 1:20.31
Source:https://www.nytimes.com/1973/03/09/archives/christensen-wins-slalom-on-sunny-day-in-v-ermont.html New York Times Strauss Michael Christensen wins slalom on sunny day in Vermont March 9, 1973 81
See also
List of NCAA skiing programs
References
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