The 1954 NCAA Skiing Championships were contested at the first annual NCAA-sanctioned ski tournament to determine the individual and team national champions of men's collegiate alpine and cross-country skiing in the United States. This championships were held March 4–7 at Slide Mountain outside Reno, Nevada, hosted by the University of Nevada.
Denver finished ahead of Seattle to claim the team championship; the Pioneers were coached by Willy Schaeffler. Nevada senior Pat Myers won the downhill, edging out Olympian Darrell Robison of Utah.
Team scoring Rank Team Points Denver 384.0 Seattle 349.6 Colorado 348.6 Idaho 348.5 Wyoming 347.6 Utah 343.5 Washington State 338.0 Nevada (H) 302.6 Washington 290.0 Stanford 157.8
(H) = Hosts Teams declared ineligible were Western State and Whitman.
Individual events Four events were held, which yielded five individual titles. Thursday: Cross Country Friday: Downhill Saturday: Slalom Sunday: Jumping Event Champion Skier Team Time/ScoreCross-country Marvin Crawford Denver 50:09.0Downhill Pat Myers Nevada 1:46.40Jumping Willis Olson Denver 213.3Skimeister Marvin Crawford Denver 383.5Slalom John L’Orange Denver 2:07.90
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