1967 NCAA Skiing Championships

The 1967 NCAA Skiing Championships were contested at Sugarloaf ski area in Carrabassett Valley, Maine at the 14th 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][2]

1967 NCAA Skiing Championships
Tournament information
SportCollege skiing
Location Carrabassett Valley, Maine
DatesMarch 2–4, 1967
Administrator(s)NCAA
Venue(s)Sugarloaf
Teams12
Number of
events
4 (7 titles)
Final positions
ChampionsDenver (11th title)
1st runners-upWyoming
2nd runners-upDartmouth

Denver, coached by Willy Schaeffler, captured their eleventh, and seventh consecutive, national championship, edging Wyoming by less than a point in the team standings.[3]

No individual champions from the previous year repeated, but two reclaimed titles won two years earlier, Rick Chaffee (slalom) and Matz Jennsen (nordic).

Venue
Main article: Sugarloaf (ski resort)

This year's championships were held March 2–4 in Maine at Sugarloaf in Carrabassett Valley.[4]

The fourteenth edition, these were the first championships in Maine and the fifth in the East; the previous eastern sites were in New Hampshire and Vermont.

Team scoring
Sugarloaf
Location in the United States
RankTeamPoints
Denver376.7
Wyoming375.9
Dartmouth374.0
4Utah366.5
5Western State362.2
6Middlebury356.1
7Washington354.5
8Williams342.6
9Harvard336.4
10Colby320.0
11St. Lawrence292.0
12Maine291.2
Source:[1][3]

Individual events
Sugarloaf
Location in Maine

Four events were held, which yielded seven individual titles.

  • Thursday: Slalom
  • Friday: Downhill, Cross Country
  • Saturday: Jumping
EventChampion
SkierTeamTime/Score
Alpine Terje ØverlandDenver4:25.83
Cross CountryNed GilletteDartmouth64:07
DownhillDennis McCoyDenver2:11.20
Jumping Bjorn LokenUtah213.5
Nordic Matz Jenssen (2)Utah7:10.5
Skimeister Matz JenssenUtah365.2
SlalomRick Chaffee (2)Denver1:21.96
Source:[1][2][3][4]

See also

References
  1. "NCAA Skiing Championships Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved January 4, 2018.
  2. "Pioneers in ski lead; Redskins hold fourth". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). UPI. March 3, 1967. p. C3.
  3. "Denver wins ski crown for 7th year". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. March 6, 1967. p. 11.
  4. "Denver loses lead in collegiate skiing". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. March 4, 1967. p. 11.

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