1955 NCAA Skiing Championships

The 1955 NCAA Skiing Championships were contested in Northfield, Vermont at the second 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]

1955 NCAA Skiing Championships

Tournament information
Sport	College skiing
Location	Northfield, Vermont
Administrator(s)	NCAA
Host(s)	Norwich University
Venue(s)	Norwich University Ski Area
Teams	13
Number of events	7
Final positions
Champions	Denver (2nd title)
1st runners-up	Dartmouth
2nd runners-up	Middlebury

Denver, coached by Willy Schaeffler, repeated as national champions, topping Dartmouth in the team standings. It was the second national title for both Denver and coach Schaeffler.

Highlights

• As a result of the event's location in the east, multiple programs participated for the first time: Dartmouth, Middlebury, New Hampshire, Norwich, Vermont, and Williams
• Two new individual events were added to the championship: alpine and Nordic skiing.
• Dartmouth skier Chiharu Igaya, a Japanese national, claimed three of the individual titles: alpine, downhill, and slalom
• Denver ski jumper Willis Olson repeated as national champion in his event, the first collegiate skier to accomplish this feat

Venue

Northfield

1955 NCAA Skiing Championships site

This year's championships were contested at the Norwich University Ski Area in Northfield, Vermont.

It was the first event hosted in Vermont and in the Eastern United States as well as the first hosted by Norwich University.

Team scoring

• (H) = Hosts

Rank	Team	Points
	Denver	567.050
	Dartmouth	558.935
	Middlebury	546.878
4	Colorado	540.926
5	New Hampshire	534.663
6	Vermont	530.284
7	Utah	516.429
8	Wyoming	512.081
9	Williams	508.282
10	Norwich (H)	410.847
11	Washington State	373.400
12	Washington	257.018
13	Western State (CO)	91.235

Individual events

Event	Champion
	Skier	Time/Score
Alpine	Chiharu Igaya Dartmouth	4:16.7
Cross Country	Larry Damon Vermont	54:10.2
Downhill	Chiharu Igaya Dartmouth	2:09.3
Jumping	Willis Olson Denver	204.9
Nordic	Erik Berggren Idaho	7:12.1
Skimeister	Les Streeter Middlebury	368.2
Slalom	Chiharu Igaya Dartmouth	2:07.4

References

1. "NCAA Skiing Championships Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved July 3, 2016.