The NCAA Skiing Championships are held annually to crown the

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combined men's and women's team

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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

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competing together. The

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has won a record 24 team titles, including ten since 2000. The

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is second with 20 titles (plus one

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title), and the

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is third with 14 (plus one AIAW title). Denver won the first NCAA championship in 1954 at

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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,

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scored a record 832 points, with a record margin of 161 points over second-place

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. The 2020 edition started on schedule, but was canceled in progress due to the

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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 -

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(1961–63),

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(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 *

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, Men (1955–1976) *

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, Men (1954–1975) ;Other events *

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, Men (1955–1976) *

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, 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

References

External links

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