1973 NCAA Skiing Championships

The 1973 NCAA Skiing Championships were contested at the Middlebury College Snow Bowl in Hancock, Vermont at the 20th 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]

1973 NCAA Skiing Championships
Tournament information
SportCollege skiing
Location Hancock, Vermont
Administrator(s)NCAA
Host(s)Middlebury College
Venue(s)Middlebury College Snow Bowl
Teams14
Final positions
ChampionsColorado (4th title)
1st runners-upWyoming
2nd runners-upVermont

Defending champions Colorado, coached by Bill Marolt, captured their fourth, and second consecutive, national championship, finishing 4.04 points ahead of Wyoming in the team standings.

These were the first NCAA championships in which Denver did not finish in either first or second.

Venue
Main article: Middlebury College Snow Bowl
Middlebury
1973 NCAA Skiing Championships site

This year's championships were contested at the Middlebury College Snow Bowl in Hancock, Vermont. Middlebury College served as hosts.

This was the second time that Middlebury hosted the NCAA championships (the Panthers previously hosted in 1961) and the third held in the state of Vermont (1955–Northfield).

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 other disciplines.

Team scoring
RankTeamPoints
Colorado381.89
Wyoming377.83
Vermont376.85
4Denver372.55
5Middlebury362.38
6Dartmouth361.14
7Fort Lewis355.70
8Northern Michigan350.52
9New Hampshire345.78
10Western State341.05
11Montana335.23
12Washington187.20
13Michigan Tech178.37
14Alaska Methodist90.79

See also

References
  1. "NCAA Skiing Championships Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved January 24, 2018.
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