1958 NCAA Skiing Championships

The 1958 NCAA Skiing Championships were contested at the Dartmouth Skiway in Lyme, New Hampshire at the fifth 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.[1]

1958 NCAA Skiing Championships
Tournament information
SportCollege skiing
Location Lyme, New Hampshire
DatesFebruary 28 –
March 2, 1958
Administrator(s)NCAA
Host(s)Dartmouth College
Venue(s)Dartmouth Skiway
Teams7
Number of
events
4 (7 titles)
Final positions
ChampionsDartmouth (1st title)
1st runners-upDenver
2nd runners-upColorado
Dartmouth Skiway
Location in the United States

Host Dartmouth, coached by Al Merrill, edged four-time defending champion Denver in the team standings to claim their first national championship.[2][3][4]

For the first time in its brief history, there were no repeat individual NCAA champions.

Venue

This year's championships were held February 28 to March 2 in New Hampshire at the Dartmouth Skiway in Lyme, hosted by nearby Dartmouth College.[5]

The fifth edition, these were the first NCAA championships in New Hampshire and the second in the East; the 1955 events were in central Vermont at Northfield, about fifty miles (80 km) northwest of Lyme.

The championships returned to Dartmouth Skiway in 2003; its vertical drop in 2020 was approximately 970 feet (295 m).

Team scoring
RankTeamPoints
Dartmouth (H)561.2
Denver550.6
Colorado532.6
4Middlebury525.2
5St. Lawrence502.9
6New Hampshire440.7
7Michigan Tech374.3
Source:[1][2]

Individual events
Dartmouth
Skiway
Location in New Hampshire

Four events were held, which yielded seven individual titles.

EventChampion
SkierTeamTime/Score
AlpineDave VorseDartmouth1:38.2
Cross Country Clarence ServoldDenver63:50
DownhillGary VaughnNorwich1:48.5
Jumping Oddvar RønnestadDenver214.7
Nordic Clarence ServoldDenver1:33.5
SkimeisterDave HarwoodDartmouth366.9
SlalomRobert GebhardtDartmouth1:38.1
Source:[1][3][4][5]

See also

References
  1. "NCAA Skiing Championships Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved July 6, 2016.
  2. "Dartmouth rules college ski world". The Day. (New London, Connecticut). Associated Press. March 3, 1958. p. 12.
  3. "Denver loses NCAA crown". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). INS. March 3, 1958. p. B5.
  4. "Aaberg 2d in NCAA ski jump". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. March 3, 1958. p. 13.
  5. "Wins slalom event". Nashua Telegraph. (New Hampshire). (AP photo). March 3, 1958. p. 8.

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