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| Tournament information | |
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| Sport | College skiing |
| Location |  Big Cottonwood Canyon,Utah |
| Dates | March 21–23, 1963 |
| Administrator | NCAA |
| Host | Utah |
| Venue | Solitude Ski Resort |
| Teams | 6 |
Number of events | 4 (7 titles) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Denver (7th title) |
| 1st runners-up | Colorado |
| 2nd runners-up | Dartmouth |
The1963NCAA Skiing Championships were contested at theSolitude Ski Resort inBig Cottonwood Canyon,Utah at the tenth annual NCAA-sanctioned ski tournament to determine the individual and team national champions of men's collegiatealpine skiing,cross-country skiing, andski jumping in theUnited States.[1]
Denver, coached byWilly Schaeffler, captured their seventh, and third consecutive, national championship, again edging out rivalColorado in the team standings.[2]
Jim Page ofDartmouth repeated as Skimeister (all four events). The downhill competition on Friday was a three-way tie, won by Dave Gorsuch ofWestern State and Colorado'sBill Marolt andBuddy Werner,[3] who reclaimed the alpine combined title he wontwo years earlier.[4] FutureOlympic bronze medalistJimmie Heuga of Colorado won Thursday's slalom, passing teammates Marolt and Werner in the second run.[5][6]
This year's championships were held March 21–23 inUtah at Solitude inBig Cottonwood Canyon, southeast ofSalt Lake City.[7] The tenth edition, these were the second in Utah and theWasatch Range;Snow Basin (onMount Ogden) hosted six years earlier in1957.
| Rank | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|
 | Denver | 384.6 |
 | Colorado | 381.6 |
 | Dartmouth | 348.9 |
| 4 | Western State | 336.4 |
| 5 | Notre Dame | 190.6 |
| 6 | Chico State | 155.0 |
Four events were held, which yielded seven individual titles.
| Event | Champion | ||
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| Skier | Team | Time/Score | |
| Alpine | Buddy Werner(2) | Colorado | 3:42.6 |
| Cross Country | Eddie Demers | Western State | 66:51 |
| Downhill | Dave Gorsuch Bill Marolt Buddy Werner | Western State Colorado Colorado | 1:50.0 |
| Jumping |  Ole Tom Nord | Washington | 237.35 |
| Nordic |  Aarne Valkama | Denver | 7:48.42 |
| Skimeister | Jim Page(2) | Dartmouth | 336.0 |
| Slalom | Jimmie Heuga | Colorado | 1:42.0 |
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