The men had more difficulty breaking into the upper reaches of the standings. In both events, freshman Matthew Mansson was the only skier to finish both runs in both events, coming in 43rd overall in the giant slalom and the slalom.

Freshman Jack Stobierski qualified for the second round in the slalom for the first time in his career, but he did not finish.

“It’s pretty tough with the top 60 cutoff [to qualify for the second race],” Nadler said. “The men’s team is competing against guys who were on national teams and skiing world cups. Our guys don’t quite have the mileage that those guys do.”

The alpine team also traveled back to Hanover to make up a race that was cancelled last weekend due to poor weather. The conditions weren’t much better this time, and the skiers had to ride a snow cat up the mountain after the chairlifts were closed due to strong winds.

Harvard had to contend with tough conditions all weekend, and City credits the Nordic team’s success with its ability to handle the variable weather.

“The temperature changed a lot, and there was some fresh snow and some ice,” City said. “It’s easy on days when the snow isn’t perfect to let that rattle you. We did a nice job just coming out and skiing our race and knowing that the skis will work well in some places and not in others.”

—Staff writer Hope Schwartz can be reached at hschwartz@college.harvard.edu. Follow her on Twitter @HopeSchwartz16.