1980 NCAA Skiing Championships

The 1980 NCAA Skiing Championships were contested at both the Whiteface Ski Resort at Lake Placid, New York and the Stowe Mountain Resort in Stowe, Vermont as part of the 27th annual NCAA-sanctioned ski tournament to determine the individual and team national champions of men's collegiate slalom skiing, cross country skiing, and ski jumping in the United States.[1]

1980 NCAA Skiing Championships

Tournament information
Sport	College skiing
Location	Lake Placid, New York Stowe, Vermont
Administrator(s)	NCAA
Venue(s)	Whiteface Ski Resort (NY) Stowe Mountain Resort (VT)
Teams	13
Final positions
Champions	Vermont (1st title)
1st runners-up	Utah
2nd runners-up	Colorado

Vermont, coached by Chip LaCasse, claimed their first team national championship, finishing 20 points ahead of Utah in the cumulative team standings.

Events

This was the final year that ski jumping was included in the event program.

Venue

Main articles: Whiteface Ski Resort and Stowe Mountain Resort

Whiteface

Stowe

1980 NCAA Skiing Championships site

This year's NCAA skiing championships were co-hosted at the Whiteface Ski Resort in Lake Placid, New York and the Stowe Mountain Resort in Stowe, Vermont.

These were the first championships held in the state of New York and fourth in Vermont (1955, 1961, 1973, and 1980).

Team scoring

Rank	Team	Points
	Vermont	171
	Utah	151
	Colorado	98
4	Northern Michigan	92
5	Dartmouth	88
6	Middlebury	86
7	Wyoming	82
8	Montana State	15
9	New Hampshire	14
10	St. Lawrence	10
11	New Mexico	8
12	Minnesota	4
13	Nevada–Reno	3

See also

• List of NCAA skiing programs

References

1. "NCAA Skiing Championships Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved 25 May 2019.