1975 NCAA Skiing Championships

1975 NCAA Skiing Championships

Tournament information
Sport	College skiing
Location	Durango, Colorado
Dates	March 5–8, 1975
Administrator	NCAA
Host(s)	Fort Lewis College
Venue(s)	Durango Mountain
Teams	13
Number of events	4 (6 titles)
Final positions
Champions	Colorado (6th title)
1st runners-up	Vermont
2nd runners-up	Wyoming

The 1975 NCAA Skiing Championships were contested at Durango Mountain ski area, north of Durango, Colorado, at the 22nd 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][3]

Three-time defending champion Colorado, coached by alumnus Bill Marolt, captured their sixth national championship, finishing 68 points ahead of runner-up Vermont, the largest victory margin to date.

Repeat champions were Wyoming's Steiner Hybertsen (cross country), Colorado's Didrik Ellefsen (jumping), and Stig Hallingbye (nordic) of Wyoming; Hybertsen's win was his third consecutive. Denver's Peik Christensen reclaimed his slalom title of two years earlier; he entered the week as the two-time defending champion in alpine.

This was the last time for the downhill event at the NCAA championships; it was replaced by giant slalom in 1976.^[1]

Venue

Main article: Durango Mountain Resort

This year's championships were held March 5–8 in Colorado at Durango Mountain in the San Juan Mountains of La Plata County, north of Durango. Fort Lewis College in Durango served as host.

These were the first NCAA championships at Durango, and the seventh in Colorado; previous sites were Winter Park (1956, 1959, 1972), Crested Butte (1966), and Steamboat Springs (1968, 1969).

Team scoring

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Location in the United States

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Location in Colorado

Rank	Team	Points
	Colorado	183
	Vermont	115
	Wyoming	93
4	Northern Michigan	85.5
5	Denver	83
6	Utah	78
7	Western State	68.5
8	Dartmouth	64
9	Middlebury	44
10	Fort Lewis	43
11	Montana State	24
12	Nevada–Reno	18
13	Boise State	15

Source:^[1]

Individual events

Four events were held, which yielded six individual titles.

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

Event	Champion
	Skier	Team	Time/Score
Alpine	Mark Ford	Colorado	2:31.45
Cross Country	Steiner Hybertsen (3)	Wyoming	53:53.06
Downhill	Mark Ford	Colorado	1:14.80
Jumping	Didrik Ellefsen (2)	Colorado	214.2
Nordic	Stig Hallingbye (2)	Wyoming	6:37.0
Slalom	Peik Christensen (2)	Denver	1:48.83

Source:^[1][2][3][4]

See also

• List of NCAA skiing programs

References

1. "NCAA Skiing Championships Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved January 27, 2018.
2. "Ute skiers off to slow start". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). March 6, 1975. p. D3.
3. "Utes await 'strong' events in ski meet". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). Associated Press. March 7, 1975. p. D2.
4. "NCAA skiing: Slalom results". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). Associated Press. March 8, 1975. p. A7.

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