The 1959 NCAA Skiing Championships were contested in Winter Park, Colorado at the sixth annual NCAA-sanctioned ski tournament to determine the individual and team national champions of men's collegiate alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, and ski jumping in the United States.
Colorado, coached by Bob Beattie, captured their first national championship, edging out rival Denver in the team standings.
The sole repeat individual champion was Denver's Clarence Servold, in cross country.
Venue
This year's championships were held March 27–29 in Colorado at Winter Park, west of Denver.
These were the second NCAA championships at Winter Park (and in Colorado), which previously hosted in 1956.
Team scoring Rank Team Points Colorado 549.4 Denver 543.6 Dartmouth 542.7 Utah 502.3 Western State 489.5 Nevada 460.1 Middlebury 453.5 Michigan Tech 443.6 Idaho 406.7
Individual events Four events were held, which yielded seven individual titles. Friday: Slalom Saturday: Downhill, Cross Country Sunday: Jumping Event Champion Skier Team Time/ScoreAlpine Marvin Melville Utah 1:40.0Cross Country Clarence Servold Denver 59:55.0Downhill Marvin Melville Utah 1:28.8Jumping Dave Butts Colorado 222.0Nordic Ted Farwell Denver 1:36.7Skimeister Dave Butts Colorado 365.0Slalom Marvin Melville Utah 1:59.0
See also List of NCAA skiing programs
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