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1973 NCAA Skiing Championships
Tournament information
Sport	College skiing
Location	Hancock, Vermont
Dates	March 7–10, 1973
Administrator	NCAA
Host(s)	Middlebury College
Venue(s)	Middlebury College Snow Bowl
Teams	14
Number of; events	4 (7 titles)
Final positions
Champions	Colorado (4th title)
1st runners-up	Wyoming
2nd runners-up	Vermont
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The 1973 NCAA Skiing Championships were contested at the Middlebury College Snow Bowl in Hancock, Vermont at the twentieth 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]

Defending champion Colorado, coached by alumnus Bill Marolt, captured their fourth, and second consecutive, national championship, finishing 4.04 points ahead of Wyoming in the team standings.^[2]

These were the first NCAA championships in which Denver did not finish in either first (fourteen titles) or second (five times).

Repeat champions were Colorado's Vidar Nilsgard (jumping) and Kim Kendall (skimeister) of New Hampshire,

Venue

This year's championships were held March 7–10 in Vermont at the Middlebury College Snow Bowl in Hancock. Middlebury College, located in nearby Middlebury, served as hosts.

The twentieth edition, these were the second NCAA championships hosted by Middlebury (1961), third in Vermont (Northfield, 1955), and seventh in the East, all in New England.

Program changes

This was the final year that skimeister was included in the event program. This award went to the skier with the best performance across all four disciplines.

Team scoring

Middlebury

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Location in the United States

Rank	Team	Points
	Colorado	381.89
	Wyoming	377.83
	Vermont	376.85
4	Denver	372.55
5	Middlebury	362.38
6	Dartmouth	361.14
7	Fort Lewis	355.70
8	Northern Michigan	350.52
9	New Hampshire	345.78
10	Western State	341.05
11	Montana	335.23
12	Washington	187.20
13	Michigan Tech	178.37
14	Alaska Methodist	90.79

Source:^[1]^[2]

Individual events

Middlebury
College
Snow Bowl

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Location in Vermont

Four events were held, which yielded seven individual titles.

Wednesday: Cross Country
Thursday: Slalom
Friday: Downhill
Saturday: Jumping

Event	Champion
Event	Skier	Team	Time/Score
Alpine	Peik Christensen	Denver	3:35.06
Cross Country	Steiner Hybertsen	Wyoming	53:41
Downhill	Bob Cochran	Vermont	1:46.94
Jumping	Vidar Nilsgard (2)	Colorado	226.3
Nordic	Pertti Reijula	Northern Michigan	6:31.7
Skimeister	Kim Kendall (2)	New Hampshire	336.45
Slalom	Peik Christensen	Denver	1:20.31

Source:^[1]^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "NCAA Skiing Championships Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved January 24, 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Buff skiers win NCAA with rally". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. March 11, 1973. p. 13.
^ Strauss, Michael (March 9, 1973). "Christensen wins slalom on sunny day in Vermont". New York Times. p. 81.