Still, despite the difficulty it may have had, the Crimson was able to post two top-40 finishers with one not far behind.

Captain Christopher Kinner placed 35th and junior Sam Harrison and freshman Andrew Spielvogel followed closely with 40th- and 41st-place finishes, respectively.

“Overall, on the alpine side, we’re making progress,” Kankainen said. “Our men have been very fast in training, but we just have to build the consistency to put that speed into races.”

On the whole, the performances of the four Harvard teams are encouraging, particularly because the skiing program has only recently begun to gain real competitiveness and attention.

“We just celebrated our 75th anniversary,” City said of the skiing program. “But [it’s] only in the past five or ten years that we’ve started putting effort into getting our team to a competitive level in the league.”

According to City, this progress has been made by a steady coaching staff, support from the athletic department, and stronger recruiting classes.

“We have some talented athletes who came in with the freshman class,” City said. “Now, we’re really starting to catch up with the rest of the league.”

The carnival at St Michael’s this weekend offered an opportunity to see the new and seasoned talent of the team in action.

“This is by far the strongest team we’ve had in a long time,” Kankainen said. “We’re looking forward to good results in the upcoming weeks.”

—Staff writer B. Marjorie Gullick can be reached at gullick@college.harvard.edu.