The 1971 NCAA Skiing Championships were contested at Terry Peak ski area in Lead, South Dakota, at the 18th 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, under new head coach Peder Pytte, captured their fourteenth national championship and tenth in eleven years. They finished 21.6 points ahead of rival Colorado in the team standings.
Denver's Otto Tschudi, winner of the previous year's giant slalom, swept the three alpine titles; teammate Ole Hansen repeated as Cross Country champion, and John Kendall of New Hampshire repeated as Skimeister (all four events).
Despite Denver's impressive streak of success, the Pioneers' next team title came in 2000, nearly three decades later.
Venue
The eighteenth edition, this year's NCAA skiing championships were held March 4–6 in South Dakota at Terry Peak, in the Black Hills near Lead.
Through 2020, these remain the only championships hosted in South Dakota.
Team scoring
Rank Team Points Denver 394.7 Colorado 373.1 Middlebury 368.8 Dartmouth 368.3 New Hampshire 367.0 Wyoming 360.8 Fort Lewis 358.5 Utah 328.8 Montana 326.3 Northern Michigan 317.7 Nevada–Reno 308.2 Michigan Tech 249.0
Individual events
Four events were held, which yielded seven individual titles. Thursday: Downhill (2 runs), Cross Country Friday: Slalom Saturday: Jumping Event Champion Skier Team Time/ScoreAlpine Otto Tschudi Denver 3:21.68Cross Country Ole Hansen Denver 55:05 Downhill Otto Tschudi Denver 2:31.22Jumping Vidar Nilsgard Colorado 222.5Nordic Bruce Cunningham New Hampshire 7:04.9Skimeister John Kendall New Hampshire 346.8Slalom Otto Tschudi Denver 1:33.40
See also List of NCAA skiing programs
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