The 1962 NCAA Skiing Championships were contested at the Squaw Valley Ski Resort in Olympic Valley, California at the ninth 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.
Denver, coached by Willy Schaeffler, captured their sixth national championship (and second consecutive), edging out rival Colorado in the team standings.
Scheduled as the opening event on Thursday, the downhill was postponed to Saturday due to heavy snowfall, and the jumping moved to Sunday.
Utah's Jim Gaddis reclaimed the alpine title he won two years earlier; he won the slalom, and was runner-up in the downhill, just a tenth of a second behind.
Venue
This year's championships were held March 22–25 in California at Squaw Valley in Olympic Valley. Two years earlier, Squaw Valley had hosted the 1960 Winter Olympics.
The ninth NCAA championships, these were the first in California and the second in the Lake Tahoe area of the Sierra Nevada (1954 in Reno, Nevada).
Team scoring Rank Team Points Denver390.08 Colorado 374.30 Western State 361.40 Dartmouth 356.32 Nevada–Reno 333.79 California 294.17 Montana State 280.51
Individual events
Four events were held, which yielded seven individual titles. Thursday: Downhill (postponed to Saturday) Friday: Slalom Saturday: Downhill, Cross Country Sunday: Jumping Event Champion Skier Team Time/ScoreAlpine Jim Gaddis Utah 3:29.7Cross Country Jim Page Dartmouth 59:03Downhill Myke Baar Denver 1:44.8--> Jumping Oyvind Floystad Denver 223.6Nordic Tor Fageraas Montana State 3:13.57Skimeister Jim Page Dartmouth 361.67Slalom Jim Gaddis Utah 1:26.7
See also List of NCAA skiing programs
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