1962 NCAA skiing championships

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1962 NCAA Skiing Championships
Tournament information
SportCollege skiing
LocationCalifornia Olympic Valley, California
DatesMarch 22–25, 1962
AdministratorNCAA
Venue(s)Squaw Valley
Teams7
Number of
events
4 (7 titles)
Final positions
ChampionsDenver (6th title)
1st runners-upColorado
2nd runners-upWestern State
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Squaw Valley is located in the United States
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Location in the United States

The 1962 NCAA Skiing Championships were contested at the Squaw Valley Ski Resort in Olympic Valley, California at the ninth 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.[1]

Denver, coached by Willy Schaeffler, captured their sixth national championship (and second consecutive), edging out rival Colorado in the team standings.[2][3]

Scheduled as the opening event on Thursday, the downhill was postponed to Saturday due to heavy snowfall, and the jumping moved to Sunday.[4][5]

Utah's Jim Gaddis reclaimed the alpine title he won two years earlier; he won the slalom,[6] and was runner-up in the downhill, just a tenth of a second behind.[2][7]

Venue

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Main article: Squaw Valley Ski Resort

This year's championships were held March 22–25 in California at Squaw Valley in Olympic Valley. Two years earlier, Squaw Valley had hosted the 1960 Winter Olympics.[8]

The ninth NCAA championships, these were the first in California and the second in the Lake Tahoe area of the Sierra Nevada (1954 in Reno, Nevada).

Team scoring

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Rank Team Points
1st place, gold medalist(s) Denver 390.08
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Colorado 374.30
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Western State 361.40
4 Dartmouth 356.32
5 Nevada–Reno 333.79
6 California 294.17
7 Montana State 280.51
Source:[1][2][3]

Individual events

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Squaw Valley is located in California
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Location in California

Four events were held, which yielded seven individual titles.

  • Thursday: Downhill (postponed to Saturday)
  • Friday: Slalom
  • Saturday: Downhill, Cross Country
  • Sunday: Jumping
Event Champion
Skier Team Time/Score
Alpine Jim Gaddis (2) Utah 3:29.7
Cross Country Jim Page Dartmouth 59:03
Downhill Myke Baar Denver 1:44.8
Jumping Norway Oyvind Floystad Denver 223.6
Nordic Norway Tor Fageraas Montana State 3:13.57
Skimeister Jim Page Dartmouth 361.67
Slalom Jim Gaddis Utah 1:26.7
Source:[1][6][2][3][7]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "NCAA Skiing Championships Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved December 21, 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d "Denver grabs NCAA ski title". Bend Bulletin. (Oregon). UPI. March 26, 1962. p. 3.
  3. ^ a b c Kadleck, Dave (March 26, 1962). "Denver snares ski title in NCAA four-way meet". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). p. B5.
  4. ^ Kadleck, Dave (March 22, 1962). "New snow delays NCAA downhill race". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). p. B6.
  5. ^ Kadleck, Dave (March 23, 1962). "Denver ski squad seen favorites in Squaw Valley NCAA tourney". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). p. B6.
  6. ^ a b "Denver leading ninth annual NCAA ski meet". Bend Bulletin. (Oregon). UPI. March 24, 1962. p. 3.
  7. ^ a b Kadleck, Dave (March 24, 1962). "Gaddis appears cinch for ninth NCAA alpine combined title". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). p. A4.
  8. ^ "College skiers eye cost meet". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). March 21, 1962. p. D3.

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