1976 NCAA Skiing Championships

1976 NCAA Skiing Championships

Tournament information
Sport	College skiing
Location	Newry, Maine
Dates	March 3–6, 1976
Administrator	NCAA
Host(s)	Bates College
Venue(s)	Sunday River
Teams	8
Number of events	4 (6 titles)
Final positions
Champions	Colorado (7th title) Dartmouth (2nd title)
Runner-up	Vermont (3rd place)

The 1976 NCAA Skiing Championships were contested at Sunday River ski area, near the town of Newry, Maine, at the 23rd 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]

Four-time defending champion Colorado, coached by alumnus Bill Marolt, finished tied with Dartmouth, coached by Jim Page, atop the team standings, with 112 points each, and shared the team national championship. Both teams finished a mere four points ahead of third-place Vermont; this was the seventh title for the Buffaloes and the second for the Big Green.

Venue

Main article: Sunday River (ski resort)

This year's championships were held March 3–6 in Maine at Sunday River ski area in the town of Newry. Bates College of Lewiston served as host.

These were the second NCAA championships in Maine (1967, Sugarloaf) and eighth in the East, all in New England.

Team scoring

Sunday
River

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Location in the United States

Rank	Team	Points
	Colorado Dartmouth	112
	Vermont	108
4	Wyoming	107
5	Utah	64
6	Middlebury	52
7	Northern Michigan	49
8	Nevada–Reno	8

Source:^[1]

Individual events

Sunday
River

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Location in Maine

Four events were held, which yielded six individual titles.

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

Event	Champion
	Skier	Team	Time/Score
Alpine	Mike Meleski	Wyoming	5:47.7
Cross Country	Stan Dunklee	Vermont	42:11.7
Giant Slalom	Dave Cleveland	Dartmouth	2:56.96
Jumping	Kip Sundgaard	Utah	215.9
Nordic	Jack Turner	Colorado	6:20.3
Slalom	Mike Meleski	Wyoming	1:34.74

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

See also

• List of NCAA skiing programs

References

1. "NCAA Skiing Championships Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved January 29, 2018.
2. "Utes chase ski title". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). Associated Press. March 3, 1976. p. D3.
3. "Dartmouth assumes lead at NCAA ski competition". Nashua Telegraph. Associated Press. March 5, 1976. p. 17.
4. "Meleski's good runs leads team". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. March 7, 1976. p. D2.

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