1965 NCAA Skiing Championships explained

1965 NCAA Skiing Championships
Sport:	College skiing
Location:	Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, Pierce County, Washington
Start Date:	March 25
End Date:	28, 1965
Administrator:	NCAA
Host:	Washington
Venues:	Crystal Mountain
Teams:	17
Events:	4 (7 titles)
Champions:	Denver (9th title)
Runners-Up1:	Utah
Previous:	1964
Next:	1966

The 1965 NCAA Skiing Championships were contested at the Crystal Mountain ski area in the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest in Pierce County, Washington at the twelfth 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, coached by Willy Schaeffler, captured their ninth, and fifth consecutive, national championship, edging out Utah in the team standings. The downhill title went to Bill Marolt of Colorado,^[2] and Rick Chaffee of Denver won the slalom and the combined.^{[3] [4] [5] [6]}

Venue

See main article: Crystal Mountain (Washington). This year's championships were held March 25–28 in Washington at Crystal Mountain, located in the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest in Pierce County, southeast of Seattle. Opened in late 1962, the ski area was completing its third season.

The twelfth edition, these were the first championships held in Washington and the first in the Cascade Range.

Team scoring

Rank	Team	Points
	Denver	380.5
		378.4
		367.3
		360.3
		344.9
		300.7
		294.8
		190.5
		114.6
		91.9
		74.7
		65.8
		59.4
		30.3
		29.8
		0.33
		0.27

^{[1] [5] [6]}

Individual events

Four events were held, which yielded seven individual titles.

• Thursday: Cross Country
• Friday: Slalom
• Saturday: Downhill
• Sunday: Jumping

Event	Champion
	Skier	Team	Time/Score
			2:49.4
			55:34
			2:11.89
	Erik Jansen		219.8
	Matz Jenssen		7:31.65
Skimeister	Loris Werner		356.6
			1:48.25

^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

See also

• List of NCAA skiing programs

References

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Notes and References

1. Web site: NCAA Skiing Championships Results . NCAA. NCAA.org. December 24, 2017.
2. News: Bill Marolt wins slalom (downhill) at Crystal . Spokesman-Review . (Spokane, Washington) . Associated Press . March 28, 1965 . 1, sports.
3. News: Heuga charges, but Chaffee wins . Spokesman-Review . (Spokane, Washington) . Associated Press . March 27, 1965 . 9.
4. News: Rick Chaffee combined champ . Spokesman-Review . (Spokane, Washington) . Associated Press . March 28, 1965 . 1, sports.
5. News: Collegians get short rest before next ski tourney . Spokesman-Review . (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press . March 29, 1965 . 11.
6. News: Denver nabs ski crown . Ellensburg Daily Record . (Washington) . Associated Press . Hewins . Jack . March 29, 1965 . 4.