1956 NCAA Skiing Championships

Tournament information
Sport| College skiing
Location|  Winter Park, Colorado
Dates| March 23–25, 1956
Administrator| NCAA
Host(s)| Colorado, Denver
Venue(s)| Winter Park Ski Area
Teams| 13

Number of
events

| 4 (7 titles)
Final positions
Champions| Denver (3rd title)
1st runners-up| Dartmouth
2nd runners-up| Middlebury

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The 1956 NCAA Skiing Championships were contested in Winter Park, Colorado at the third 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][2][3][4]

Led by coach Willy Schaeffler, co-host Denver claimed their third national championship in as many years, with Dartmouth repeating as the runner-up in the team standings.[5]

Repeat individual champions were Dartmouth's Chiharu Igaya (Alpine, Slalom), Denver's Willis Olson (Jumping, third consecutive), and Idaho's Eirik Berggren (Nordic). Less than two months earlier, Igaya was the silver medalist in slalom at the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy.

## Venue[edit]

Main article: Winter Park Resort

Winter
Park

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Location in the United States

Winter Park

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Location in Colorado

This year's championships were held March 23–25 in Colorado at Winter Park, west of Denver.[6]

The third edition, these were the first NCAA championships in Colorado and the Rocky Mountains.

## Team scoring[edit]

Rank | Team | Points

|
|

| Denver | 582.01
| Dartmouth | 541.77
| Middlebury | 541.28
4 | Western State (CO) | 531.58
5 | Idaho | 528.63
6 | Colorado | 520.62
7 | Utah | 504.61
8 | Washington | 502.25
9 | Vermont | 473.51
10 | Washington State | 472.67
11 | Wyoming | 470.15
12 | Michigan Tech | 446.99
13 | California | 389.63

Source:[5]

## Individual events[edit]

Four events were held, which yielded seven individual titles.

* Friday: Slalom
* Saturday: Downhill, Cross Country
* Sunday: Jumping [2][6]

Event | Champion

|

Skier | Team | Time/Score
Alpine |  Chiharu Igaya (2) | Dartmouth | 3:02.0
Cross Country |  Eirik Berggren | Idaho | 58:27.8
Downhill | Walt Taulbee | Washington | 1:30.6
Jumping | Willis Olson (3) | Denver | 220.8
Nordic |  Eirik Berggren (2) | Idaho | 7:21.2
Skimeister | John Cress | Denver | 369.23
Slalom |  Chiharu Igaya (2) | Dartmouth | 2:07.8

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

## See also[edit]

* List of NCAA skiing programs

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b "NCAA Skiing Championships Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved July 4, 2016.
2. ^ a b c "NCAA ski tourney opens; Idaho among favored trio". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. March 23, 1956. p. 16.
3. ^ a b "Igaya wins slalom; Cougar skiers sixth". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. March 24, 1956. p. 12.
4. ^ a b "Vandals, UW capture wins in NCAA ski". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. March 25, 1956. p. 1, sports.
5. ^ a b "Denver NCAA ski champ; Vandal individuals sparkle". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. March 26, 1956. p. 12.
6. ^ a b "NCAA ski championships begin at Winter Park". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). United Press. March 23, 1956. p. B6.

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