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 skiing, cross-country skiing, and ski jumping in the United States.
Denver, coached by Willy Schaeffler, repeated as national champions, topping Dartmouth in the team standings.
Highlights As a result of the event's location in the East, six programs participated for the first time: Dartmouth, Middlebury, New Hampshire, Norwich, Vermont, and Williams Two new individual titles were added to the championship: Alpine (downhill, slalom) and Nordic (cross country, jumping) Dartmouth's 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
This year's championships were contested in Vermont at the Norwich University Ski Area in Northfield. The second edition, it was the first in the Eastern United States.
The NU ski area had a vertical drop of approximately and closed in 1992.
Team scoring Rank Team Points Denver 567.050 Dartmouth 558.935 Middlebury 546.878 Colorado 540.926 New Hampshire 534.663 Vermont 530.284 Utah 516.429 Wyoming 512.081 Williams 508.282 Norwich (H) 410.847 Washington State 373.400 Washington 257.018 Western State (CO) 91.235
(H) = Hosts Idaho sent only two competitors; three were required for the team competition.
Individual events Four events were held, which yielded seven individual titles. Event Champion Skier Team Time/ScoreAlpine Chiharu Igaya Dartmouth 4:16.7Cross Country Larry Damon Vermont 54:10.2Downhill Chiharu Igaya Dartmouth 2:09.3Jumping Willis Olson Denver 204.9Nordic Eirik Berggren Idaho 7:12.1Skimeister Les Streeter Middlebury 368.2Slalom Chiharu Igaya Dartmouth 2:07.4
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