The 1960

NCAA Skiing Championships The NCAA Skiing Championships are held annually to crown the National Collegiate Athletic Association combined men's and women's team skiing champion. Before 1983, the championship was only for men's skiing. Unlike many NCAA sports, only one Na ...

were contested at

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near

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, at the seventh annual NCAA-sanctioned ski tournament to determine the individual and team national champions of men's collegiate

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, and

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in the

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served as the hosts.

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, coached by Bob Beattie, repeated as national champions, again edging out rival

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in the team standings. This was the second title for the Buffaloes. There were no repeat individual champions this year, but downhill winner Dave Butts of Colorado won his third title; the

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native took the jumping and Skimeister honors the previous year.

Venue

This year's championships were held March 24–26 in

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, north of

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, located in Bozeman, served as hosts. The seventh edition of the championships, these were the first in Montana.

Team scoring

Individual events

Four events were held, which yielded seven individual titles. *Thursday: Slalom *Friday: Downhill, Cross Country *Saturday: Jumping :

References

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NCAA Skiing Championships

Skiing in Montana

Venue

Team scoring

Individual events

See also

References