1970 NCAA Skiing Championships

The 1970 NCAA Skiing Championships were contested at the Cannon Mountain Ski Area in Franconia, New Hampshire, at the seventeenth 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]

1970 NCAA Skiing Championships
Tournament information
SportCollege skiing
LocationNew Hampshire Franconia, New Hampshire
DatesMarch 4–7, 1970
AdministratorNCAA
Venue(s)Cannon Mountain Ski Area
Teams14
Number of
events
4 events (7 titles)
Final positions
ChampionsDenver (13th title)
1st runners-upDartmouth
2nd runners-upColorado
← 1969
1971 →

Denver, coached by Willy Schaeffler, captured their thirteenth national championship and ninth in ten years. Denver finished 7.8 points ahead of runners-up Dartmouth in the team standings, the second straight year the Pioneers bested the Big Green.

Venue

edit

This year's NCAA skiing championships were held March 4–7 in New Hampshire at Cannon Mountain Ski Area near Franconia.

The seventeenth edition, these were the second at Cannon Mountain (1964) and third in New Hampshire (1958). The 1964 championships were scheduled for Dartmouth Skiway, but rain forced the transfer of the alpine events to Cannon Mountain.

Team scoring

edit
 
 
Cannon Mountain
Rank Team Points
  Denver 386.6
  Dartmouth 378.8
  Colorado 377.3
4 Wyoming 367.0
5 Fort Lewis 362.3
6 Middlebury 362.2
7 New Hampshire 357.3
8 Air Force 351.4
9 Washington 345.2
10 Vermont 341.9
11 St. Lawrence 326.5
12 Montana 323.4
13 Northern Michigan 295.5
14 Northern Arizona 247.1
Source:[1]

Individual events

edit
 
 
Cannon Mountain

Four events were held, which yielded seven individual titles.

  • Wednesday: Giant Slalom (1st run)
  • Thursday: Giant Slalom (2nd run), Cross Country
  • Friday: Slalom
  • Saturday: Jumping
Event Champion
Skier Team Time/Score
Alpine Mike Porcarelli Colorado 5:04.34
Cross Country   Ole Hansen Denver 62:35
Giant Slalom ^   Otto Tschudi Denver 2:31.22
Jumping Jay Rand Colorado 206.3
Nordic Jim Miller (2) Fort Lewis 7:15.2
Skimeister John Kendall New Hampshire
Slalom Mike Porcarelli Colorado 1:34.99
Source:[1][2][3][4][5]
^ A giant slalom (2 runs) replaced the downhill

See also

edit

References

edit
  1. ^ a b c "NCAA Skiing Championships Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
  2. ^ Dew, Dick (March 5, 1970). "Denver tops ski competition". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). UPI. p. D3.
  3. ^ Dew, Dick (March 6, 1970). "Denver awaits NCAA trophy". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). UPI. p. D1.
  4. ^ Dew, Dick (March 7, 1970). "Denver U. still tops in skiing". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). UPI. p. A5.
  5. ^ "Denver is still the favorite on slippery slopes". Lewiston Evening Journal. (Maine). Associated Press. March 7, 1970. p. 15.

44°10′37″N 71°42′04″W / 44.177°N 71.701°W / 44.177; -71.701