1971 NCAA Skiing Championships

American college skiing competition

1971 NCAA Skiing Championships

Tournament information
Sport| College skiing
Location|  Lead, South Dakota
Dates| March 4–6, 1971
Administrator| NCAA
Venue(s)| Terry Peak
Teams| 12

Number of
events

| 4 (7 titles)
Final positions
Champions| Denver (14th title)
1st runners-up| Colorado
2nd runners-up| Middlebury

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The 1971 NCAA Skiing Championships were contested at Terry Peak ski area in Lead, South Dakota, at the 18th 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]

Denver, under new head coach Peder Pytte, captured their fourteenth national championship and tenth in eleven years. They finished 21.6 points ahead of rival Colorado in the team standings.

Denver's Otto Tschudi, winner of the previous year's giant slalom, swept the three alpine titles; teammate Ole Hansen repeated as Cross Country champion,[2] and John Kendall of New Hampshire repeated as Skimeister (all four events).[1]

Despite Denver's impressive streak of success, the Pioneers' next team title came in 2000, nearly three decades later.

## Venue

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Main article: Terry Peak

The eighteenth edition, this year's NCAA skiing championships were held March 4–6 in South Dakota at Terry Peak, in the Black Hills near Lead.[2][3]

Through 2020, these remain the only championships hosted in South Dakota.

## Team scoring

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Terry
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Location in the United States

Rank | Team | Points

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| Denver | 394.7
| Colorado | 373.1
| Middlebury | 368.8
4 | Dartmouth | 368.3
5 | New Hampshire | 367.0
6 | Wyoming | 360.8
7 | Fort Lewis | 358.5
8 | Utah | 328.8
9 | Montana | 326.3
10 | Northern Michigan | 317.7
11 | Nevada–Reno | 308.2
12 | Michigan Tech | 249.0

Source:[1]

## Individual events

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Terry Peak

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Location in South Dakota

Four events were held, which yielded seven individual titles.

* Thursday: Downhill (2 runs), Cross Country
* Friday: Slalom
* Saturday: Jumping

Event | Champion

|

Skier | Team | Time/Score
Alpine |  Otto Tschudi | Denver | 3:21.68
Cross Country |  Ole Hansen (2) | Denver | 55:05
Downhill |  Otto Tschudi (2) | Denver | 2:31.22
Jumping |  Vidar Nilsgard | Colorado | 222.5
Nordic | Bruce Cunningham | New Hampshire | 7:04.9
Skimeister | John Kendall (2) | New Hampshire | 346.8
Slalom |  Otto Tschudi | Denver | 1:33.40

Source:[1][2]

## See also

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* List of NCAA skiing programs

## References

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1. ^ a b c d "NCAA Skiing Championships Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved January 17, 2018.
2. ^ a b c "Denver takes lead in NCAA ski meet". New York Times. Associated Press. March 5, 1971. p. 42.
3. ^ "Weber skiers in NCAA". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). March 6, 1971. p. A4.

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