1971 NCAA Skiing Championships

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1971 NCAA Skiing Championships
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Tournament information
SportCollege skiing
LocationSouth Dakota Lead, South Dakota
DatesMarch 4–6, 1971
Administrator(s)NCAA
Venue(s)Terry Peak
Teams12
Number of
events
4 (7 titles)
Final positions
ChampionsDenver (14th title)
1st runners-upColorado
2nd runners-upMiddlebury
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The 1971 NCAA Skiing Championships were contested at Terry Peak ski area in Lead, South Dakota, at the 18th 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, under new head coach Peder Pytte, captured their fourteenth national championship and tenth in eleven years. They finished 21.6 points ahead of rival Colorado in the team standings.

Denver's Otto Tschudi, winner of the previous year's giant slalom, swept the three alpine titles; teammate Ole Hansen repeated as Cross Country champion,[2] and John Kendall of New Hampshire repeated as Skimeister (all four events).[1]

Despite Denver's impressive streak of success, the Pioneers' next team title came in 2000, nearly three decades later.

Venue[]

Main article: Terry Peak

The eighteenth edition, this year's NCAA skiing championships were held March 4–6 in South Dakota at Terry Peak, in the Black Hills near Lead.[2][3]

Through 2020, these remain the only championships hosted in South Dakota.

Team scoring[]

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Location in the United States
Rank Team Points
1st place, gold medalist(s) Denver 394.7
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Colorado 373.1
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Middlebury 368.8
4 Dartmouth 368.3
5 New Hampshire 367.0
6 Wyoming 360.8
7 Fort Lewis 358.5
8 Utah 328.8
9 Montana 326.3
10 Northern Michigan 317.7
11 Nevada–Reno 308.2
12 Michigan Tech 249.0
Source:[1]

Individual events[]

Terry Peak is located in South Dakota
Terry Peak
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Location in South Dakota

Four events were held, which yielded seven individual titles.

  • Thursday: Downhill (2 runs), Cross Country
  • Friday: Slalom
  • Saturday: Jumping
Event Champion
Skier Team Time/Score
Alpine Norway Otto Tschudi Denver 3:21.68
Cross Country Norway Ole Hansen (2) Denver 55:05
Downhill Norway Otto Tschudi (2) Denver 2:31.22
Jumping Norway Vidar Nilsgard Colorado 222.5
Nordic Bruce Cunningham New Hampshire 7:04.9
Skimeister John Kendall (2) New Hampshire 346.8
Slalom Norway Otto Tschudi Denver 1:33.40
Source:[1][2]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d "NCAA Skiing Championships Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved January 17, 2018.
  2. ^ a b c "Denver takes lead in NCAA ski meet". New York Times. Associated Press. March 5, 1971. p. 42.
  3. ^ "Weber skiers in NCAA". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). March 6, 1971. p. A4.

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