Individual event: lowest combined 2-run time wins; NCAA team scoring: places 1-30 score points per published table (1st = 60 pts, 2nd = 50 pts, etc., scaling down); Team total: top 3 scores per gender per event combined
Why people argue about this
People often assume that individual event scores are added together instead of using the lowest combined time for a win, leading to disputes over who actually won an individual race in NCAA Alpine Skiing. The confusion arises because scoring is based on the lowest total time per athlete rather than summing up all times individually.