1965 NCAA Skiing Championships

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, cross country skiing, and ski jumping in the United States.[1]

1965 NCAA Skiing Championships

Tournament information
Sport	College skiing
Location	Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, Pierce County, Washington
Dates	March 25–28, 1965
Administrator(s)	NCAA
Host(s)	Washington
Venue(s)	Crystal Mountain
Teams	17
Number of events	4 (7 titles)
Final positions
Champions	Denver (9th title)
1st runners-up	Utah
2nd runners-up	Western State

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

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

Crystal Mountain

Location in the United States

Crystal Mountain

Location in Washington

Rank	Team	Points
	Denver	380.5
	Utah	378.4
	Western State	367.3
4	Dartmouth	360.3
5	Washington	344.9
6	Colorado	300.7
7	Nevada–Reno	294.8
8	Idaho	190.5
9	Fort Lewis	114.6
10	Harvard	91.9
11	Montana	74.7
12	Middlebury	65.8
13	Vermont	59.4
14	Williams	30.3
15	Michigan Tech	29.8
16	Montana State	0.33
17	Wyoming	0.27

Source:[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
Alpine	Rick Chaffee	Denver	2:49.4
Cross Country	Mike Elliott	Fort Lewis	55:34
Downhill	Bill Marolt (2)	Colorado	2:11.89
Jumping	Erik Jansen (2)	Denver	219.8
Nordic	Matz Jenssen	Utah	7:31.65
Skimeister	Loris Werner	Western State	356.6
Slalom	Rick Chaffee	Denver	1:48.25

Source:[1][2][3][4][5][6]

See also

• List of NCAA skiing programs

References

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