Poor conditions marked the varsity ski team's opening meet last Sunday at Mad River, Vt. One hundred skiers participated in the meet, a giant slalom competition held on an icy course.

Ash Hallett turned in the best time for the Crimson entrants, 1:05 for the course. Judges recorded only the first five contestants, so the exact positions of Crimson skiers is unknown. Charles Lawrence of the Mt. Mansfield Ski Club won the meet with a time of 57 seconds.

Charley Thomas had the second best time for the Crimson with 1:06, followed by Brad Swett at 1:08. Bill Lingelbach and Hanson Robbins also raced for the varsity.

Coach Don Kennedy of the varsity ski team commented after the meet, "The team did all right considering the poor conditions and the fact that this was their first meet of the year. Several members of the team told me that they could have turned in better times but that they were forced to ski very conservatively because of the ice on the course."