1958 NCAA Skiing Championships

The 1958 NCAA Skiing Championships were contested at the Dartmouth Skiway in Lyme, New Hampshire at the fifth 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]

1958 NCAA Skiing Championships
Tournament information
SportCollege skiing
LocationNew Hampshire Lyme, New Hampshire
DatesFebruary 28 –
March 2, 1958
AdministratorNCAA
Host(s)Dartmouth College
Venue(s)Dartmouth Skiway
Teams7
Number of
events
4 (7 titles)
Final positions
ChampionsDartmouth (1st title)
1st runners-upDenver
2nd runners-upColorado

Host Dartmouth, coached by Al Merrill, edged four-time defending champion Denver in the team standings to claim their first national championship.[2][3][4]

For the first time in its brief history, there were no repeat individual NCAA champions.

Venue

This year's championships were held February 28 to March 2 in New Hampshire at the Dartmouth Skiway in Lyme, hosted by nearby Dartmouth College.[5]

The fifth edition, these were the first NCAA championships in New Hampshire and the second in the East; the 1955 events were in central Vermont at Northfield, about fifty miles (80 km) northwest of Lyme.

The championships returned to Dartmouth Skiway in 1964, but rain forced the transfer of the alpine events to Cannon Mountain; the next time at Dartmouth was in 2003. The vertical drop of the Skiway in 2020 was approximately 970 feet (295 m).

Team scoring
Dartmouth Skiway is located in the United States
Dartmouth Skiway
Dartmouth Skiway
Location in the United States
RankTeamPoints
1st place, gold medalist(s)Dartmouth (H)561.2
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Denver550.6
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Colorado532.6
4Middlebury525.2
5St. Lawrence502.9
6New Hampshire440.7
7Michigan Tech374.3
Source:[1][2]

Individual events
DartmouthSkiway is located in New Hampshire
DartmouthSkiway
Dartmouth
Skiway
Location in New Hampshire

Four events were held, which yielded seven individual titles.

EventChampion
SkierTeamTime/Score
AlpineDave VorseDartmouth1:38.2
Cross CountryCanada Clarence ServoldDenver63:50
DownhillGary VaughnNorwich1:48.5
JumpingNorway Oddvar RønnestadDenver214.7
NordicCanada Clarence ServoldDenver1:33.5
SkimeisterDave HarwoodDartmouth366.9
SlalomRobert GebhardtDartmouth1:38.1
Source:[1][3][4][5]

See also

References
  1. "NCAA Skiing Championships Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved July 6, 2016.
  2. "Dartmouth rules college ski world". The Day. (New London, Connecticut). Associated Press. March 3, 1958. p. 12.
  3. "Denver loses NCAA crown". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). INS. March 3, 1958. p. B5.
  4. "Aaberg 2d in NCAA ski jump". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. March 3, 1958. p. 13.
  5. "Wins slalom event". Nashua Telegraph. (New Hampshire). (AP photo). March 3, 1958. p. 8.

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