The NCAA Skiing Championships are held annually to crown the
National Collegiate Athletic Association
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combined men's and women's team
skiing
Skiing is the use of skis to glide on snow. Variations of purpose include basic transport, a recreational activity, or a competitive winter sport. Many types of competitive skiing events are recognized by the International Olympic Committee ( ...
champion. Before 1983, the championship was only for men's skiing. Unlike many NCAA sports, only one
National Collegiate championship is held each season with teams from
Division I,
Division II, and
Division III
In sport, the Third Division, also called Division 3, Division Three, or Division III, is often the third-highest division of a league, and will often have promotion and relegation with divisions above and below.
Association football
*Belgian Thir ...
competing together.
The
University of Denver
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has won a record 24 team titles, including ten since 2000. The
University of Colorado
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is second with 20 titles (plus one
AIAW
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title), and the
University of Utah
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is third with 14 (plus one AIAW title).
Denver won the first NCAA championship in
1954 at
Reno
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with 384 points,
34.4 points ahead of runner-up
Seattle University.
The scoring system has been modified over the years; in 2012,
Vermont
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scored a record 832 points, with a record margin of 161 points over second-place
Utah
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.
The 2020 edition started on schedule, but was canceled in progress due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
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.
Team champions
Titles by team
Individual Winners
Women's Alpine
*4 wins:
Kristine Gjelsten Haugen (GS: 2013, 2014, 2016; SL: 2013). 8 All American honors (4x1st, 2x3rd, 1x5th and 1x6th).
*3 wins: Malin Hemmingsson (SL: 2007, 2009, 2010); Anke Friedrich (GS: 1989, 1990; SL: 1990); Christl Hager (GS: 1994, 1995, 1997); Lucie Zikova (GS: 2008; SL: 2006, 2008); Amelia Smart (GS: 2018; SL: 2018, 2021).
*6 sweeps (GS and SL in same year): Bente Dahlum (1984), Anke Friedrich (1990), Lucie Zikova (2008),
Kristine Gjelsten Haugen (2013), Amelia Smart (2018), and
Laurence St. Germain (2019).
Men's Alpine
:*6 wins -
Chiharu Igaya (1955–57)
:*5 wins -
Otto Tschudi (1970–72)
:*4 wins -
Buddy Werner
Wallace Jerold "Buddy" Werner (February 26, 1936 – April 12, 1964) was an American alpine ski racer in the 1950s and early 1960s.
Early years
Born and raised in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, Werner was the middle child of Ed "Pop" and Hazel ...
(1961–63),
Bill Marolt
William Charles Marolt (born September 1, 1943) is a retired American alpine ski racer, coach, and sports administrator. Originally from Aspen, Colorado, Marolt made the U.S. Olympic team in 1964 at age twenty and was twelfth in the giant sla ...
(1961–63), Mike Porcarelli (1970–72),
Peik Christensen (1973–75)
Alpine Sweep (9):
Chiharu Igaya (1955),
Marvin Melville (1959), Joch Clough (1964),
Otto Tschudi (1971), Stephen Heinzsch (1977), John Skajem (1987), Adam Cole (2007), John Buchar (2008), David Ketterer (2017)
Men's Nordic
4 Wins - Thorodd Bakken, Vermont (1996–98)
Nordic Sweeps: Egil Nilssen (1982), John Aalberg (1984), Hans Martin Sjulstad (1986), Osmund Driveness (1987), Per Kare Jakobsen (1988), Thorod Bakken (1998), Pietro Broggini (2000), Ola Berger (2002), Henning Dybendel (2004), Rene Reisshauer (2005), Mads Stroem (2016), Martin Bergstrom (2017), Magnus Boee (2021)
Women's Nordic
4 Wins - Laura Wilson (1990–91), Katerina Hanusova, 2000–02), Antje Maempel (2009-10)
Nordic Sweeps: Brenda White (1988), Sari Argillander (1989), Laura Wilson (1990, 1991), Heidi Selnes (1995), Lisbeth Johnson (1996), Line Selnes (1998), Katerina Hanusova (2000), Mandy Kaempf (2005), Jana Rehemaa (2006), Maria Grevsgaard (2008), Antje Maempel (2009, 2010), Petra Hyncicova (2017), Katharine Ogden (2018), Sydney Palmer-Leger (2021)
Men's Combined
All four events (Cross Country, Downhill, Jumping, Slalom)
Hosts
Host sites, by school (Includes co-hosts)
*Non-School Hosts: 1966-69, 1971, 1980, 1983
Host sites, by location
Individual events
Current events
;Cross-Country events
*20-Kilometer Freestyle, Men
*10-Kilometer Freestyle, Men
*15-Kilometer Freestyle, Women
*5-Kilometer Freestyle, Women
*10-Kilometer Classical, Men
*20-Kilometer Classical, Men
*5-Kilometer Classical, Women
*15-Kilometer Classical, Women
;Downhill Events
*Men's
Slalom (1954–present)
*Women's Slalom (1983–present)
*Men's
Giant Slalom (1976–present)
*Women's Giant Slalom (1983–present)
Discontinued events
;Cross-country events
*Cross-country, Men (1954–1988)
*Cross-country, Women (1983–1988)
*Cross-country relay, Men (1983–1988)
*Cross-country relay, Women (1983–1988)
;Alpine events
*
Alpine combined
Combined is an event in alpine ski racing. A traditional combined competition consists of one run of downhill and two runs of slalom, each discipline runs on separate days. The winner is the skier with the fastest aggregate time. (Until the 1990s, ...
, Men (1955–1976)
*
Downhill
Downhill may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* ''Downhill'' (1927 film), a British film by Alfred Hitchcock
* ''Downhill'' (2014 film), a British comedy directed by James Rouse
* ''Downhill'' (2016 film), a Chilean thriller directed by Patrici ...
, Men (1954–1975)
;Other events
*
Nordic combined
Nordic combined is a winter sport in which athletes compete in cross-country skiing and ski jumping. The Nordic combined at the Winter Olympics has been held since the first ever Winter Olympics in 1924, while the FIS Nordic Combined World Cup ...
, Men (1955–1976)
*
Ski jumping
Ski jumping is a winter sport in which competitors aim to achieve the farthest jump after sliding down on their skis from a specially designed curved ramp. Along with jump length, competitor's aerial style and other factors also affect the fina ...
, Men (1954–1980)
*Skimeister, Men (1954–1973)
Individual Championships
*''Results through 2021''
Championships by coach
*''Results through 2022, no team title awarded in 2020 due to
COVID-19 pandemic in the United States''
:
[http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/skiing_champs_records/2016-17/2016.pdf ]
See also
*
List of NCAA skiing programs
The following are schools that field NCAA affiliated ski teams. The NCAA holds a single, all-division championship for men, and a single, all-division championship for women.
There are three NCAA affiliated ski conferences: the Central Collegiate ...
*
AIAW Intercollegiate Women's Skiing Champions
*
Pre-NCAA Intercollegiate Skiing Champions
References
External links
NCAA sports Skiing
{{National Collegiate Athletic Association
Skiing competitions in the United States
College skiing in the United States
Recurring sporting events established in 1954
1954 establishments in Nevada