1963 NCAA Skiing Championships

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, cross country skiing, and ski jumping in the United States.[1]

1963 NCAA Skiing Championships
Tournament information
SportCollege skiing
Location Big Cottonwood Canyon, Utah
DatesMarch 21–23, 1963
Administrator(s)NCAA
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

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
Solitude
Location in the United States
RankTeamPoints
Denver384.6
Colorado381.6
Dartmouth348.9
4Western State336.4
5Notre Dame190.6
6Chico State155.0
Source:[1][2]

Individual events
Solitude
Location in Utah

Four events were held, which yielded seven individual titles.

  • Thursday: Slalom
  • Friday: Downhill, Cross Country
  • Saturday: Jumping
EventChampion
SkierTeamTime/Score
AlpineBuddy Werner (2)Colorado3:42.6
Cross CountryEddie DemersWestern State66:51
DownhillDave Gorsuch
Bill Marolt
Buddy Werner		Western State
Colorado
Colorado		1:50.0
Jumping Ole Tom NordWashington237.35
Nordic Aarne ValkamaDenver7:48.42
SkimeisterJim Page (2)Dartmouth336.0
SlalomJimmie HeugaColorado1:42.0
Source:[1][2][3][4][5][6]

See also

References
  1. "NCAA Skiing Championships Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved December 21, 2017.
  2. 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. Kadleck, Dave (March 23, 1963). "C.U. keeping point pace, has eye on NCAA title". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). p. A4.
  4. Kadleck, Dave (March 22, 1963). "Three-way tie sparks NCAA downhill race". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). p. B5.
  5. Kadleck, Dave (March 21, 1963). "Colorado skiers race to early NCAA lead". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). p. C1.
  6. "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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