1955 NCAA Skiing Championships

The 1955 NCAA Skiing Championships were contested in Northfield, Vermont at the second 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]

1955 NCAA Skiing Championships
Tournament information
SportCollege skiing
Location Northfield, Vermont
Administrator(s)NCAA
Host(s)Norwich University
Venue(s)Norwich University Ski Area
Teams13
Number of
events
7
Final positions
ChampionsDenver (2nd title)
1st runners-upDartmouth
2nd runners-upMiddlebury

Denver, coached by Willy Schaeffler, repeated as national champions, topping Dartmouth in the team standings. It was the second national title for both Denver and coach Schaeffler.

Highlights
  • As a result of the event's location in the east, multiple programs participated for the first time: Dartmouth, Middlebury, New Hampshire, Norwich, Vermont, and Williams
  • Two new individual events were added to the championship: alpine and Nordic skiing.
  • Dartmouth skier Chiharu Igaya, a Japanese national, claimed three of the individual titles: alpine, downhill, and slalom
  • Denver ski jumper Willis Olson repeated as national champion in his event, the first collegiate skier to accomplish this feat

Venue
Northfield
1955 NCAA Skiing Championships site

This year's championships were contested at the Norwich University Ski Area in Northfield, Vermont.

It was the first event hosted in Vermont and in the Eastern United States as well as the first hosted by Norwich University.

Team scoring
  • (H) = Hosts
RankTeamPoints
Denver567.050
Dartmouth558.935
Middlebury546.878
4Colorado540.926
5New Hampshire534.663
6Vermont530.284
7Utah516.429
8Wyoming512.081
9Williams508.282
10Norwich (H)410.847
11Washington State373.400
12Washington257.018
13Western State (CO)91.235

Individual events
EventChampion
SkierTime/Score
Alpine Chiharu Igaya
Dartmouth		4:16.7
Cross CountryLarry Damon
Vermont		54:10.2
Downhill Chiharu Igaya
Dartmouth		2:09.3
JumpingWillis Olson
Denver		204.9
NordicErik Berggren
Idaho		7:12.1
SkimeisterLes Streeter
Middlebury		368.2
Slalom Chiharu Igaya
Dartmouth		2:07.4

References
  1. "NCAA Skiing Championships Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved July 3, 2016.
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