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1980 NCAA Skiing Championships
Tournament information
SportCollege skiing
LocationNew York (state) Lake Placid, New York
Vermont Stowe, Vermont
AdministratorNCAA
Venue(s)Whiteface Ski Resort (NY)
Stowe Mountain Resort (VT)
Teams13
Final positions
ChampionsVermont (1st title)
1st runners-upUtah
2nd runners-upColorado
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The 1980 NCAA Skiing Championships were contested at both the Whiteface Ski Resort at Lake Placid, New York, and the Stowe Mountain Resort in Stowe, Vermont, as part of the 27th annual NCAA-sanctioned ski tournament to determine the individual and team national champions of men's collegiate slalom skiing, cross-country skiing, and ski jumping in the United States.

Vermont, coached by Chip LaCasse, claimed their first team national championship, finishing 20 points ahead of Utah in the cumulative team standings.

Events

This was the final year that ski jumping was included in the event program.

Venue

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This year's NCAA skiing championships were co-hosted at the Whiteface Ski Resort in Lake Placid, New York, and the Stowe Mountain Resort in Stowe, Vermont.

These were the first championships held in the state of New York and fourth in Vermont (1955, 1961, 1973, and 1980).

Team scoring

Rank Team Points
1st place, gold medalist(s) Vermont 171
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Utah 151
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Colorado 98
4 Northern Michigan 92
5 Dartmouth 88
6 Middlebury 86
7 Wyoming 82
8 Montana State 15
9 New Hampshire 14
10 St. Lawrence 10
11 New Mexico 8
12 Minnesota 4
13 Nevada–Reno 3

See also

References

  1. "NCAA Skiing Championships Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved May 25, 2019.
NCAA Skiing Championships
Championships
Women's events added from 1983
1979–80 NCAA Division I championships
† Inaugural championship – Until 1981–82, all championships for men only
National Collegiate Athletic Association
NCAA
Division I
Division II
Division III
Single-division or
National Collegiate sports
and championships
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