1955 NCAA skiing championships explained

1955 NCAA Skiing Championships
Sport:	College skiing
Location:	Northfield, Vermont
Start Date:	March 4
End Date:	6, 1955
Administrator:	NCAA
Host:	Norwich University
Venues:	Norwich University Ski Area
Teams:	13
Events:	4 (7 titles)
Champions:	Denver (2nd title)
Runners-Up1:	Dartmouth
Runners-Up2:	Middlebury
Previous:	1954
Next:	1956

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 skiing, cross-country skiing, and ski jumping in the United States.^{[1] [2]}

Denver, coached by Willy Schaeffler, repeated as national champions, topping Dartmouth in the team standings.^[3]

Highlights

• As a result of the event's location in the East, six programs participated for the first time: Dartmouth, Middlebury, New Hampshire, Norwich, Vermont, and Williams
• Two new individual titles were added to the championship: Alpine (downhill, slalom) and Nordic (cross country, jumping)
• Dartmouth's 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

This year's championships were contested in Vermont at the Norwich University Ski Area in Northfield. The second edition, it was the first in the Eastern United States.

The NU ski area had a vertical drop of approximately 900feet and closed in 1992.

Team scoring

Rank	Team	Points
	Denver	567.050
		558.935
		546.878
		540.926
		534.663
		530.284
		516.429
		512.081
		508.282
	Norwich (H)	410.847
		373.400
		257.018
		91.235

^[1]

• (H) = Hosts
• Idaho sent only two competitors; three were required for the team competition.

Individual events

Four events were held, which yielded seven individual titles.

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Event	Champion
	Skier	Team	Time/Score
			4:16.7
			54:10.2
			2:09.3
			204.9
	Eirik Berggren		7:12.1<	-- https://govandals.com/honors/hall-of-fame/eirik-berggren/4 -->
Skimeister	Les Streeter		368.2
			2:07.4

^{[1] [2] [3]}

References

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Notes and References

1. Web site: NCAA Skiing Championships Results . NCAA. NCAA.org. July 3, 2016.
2. News: Idaho ski ace places eighth . Spokane Daily Chronicle . (Washington) . Associated Press . March 7, 1955 . 17.
3. News: Jumper leads Denver in defense of NCAA crown . Nashua Telegraph . (New Hampshire) . Associated Press . March 7, 1955 . 9.