Churchill Leads Varsity Ski Team During Holiday Intercollegiate Meet

Varsity ski captain Pete Churchill led four other teammates in the Invitation Intercollegiate 4-Event Meet held over New Year's weekend at Lyndonville, Vt.

Churchill finished 8th out of 51 competitors in the jumping and 21st out of 51 in the cross country. His placing and that of the rest of the team was unusually strong considering that the skiers were competing after only a week of practice against seven other college teams which had been skiing for over a month.

The scheduled slalom and downhill events were cancelled because of insufficient snow. Since the meet was intended for practice no official team score was taken. and Curt Beebe leaped to 30th and 31st, respectively.

The Crimson captain covered the 3-mile cross-country course in 51 minutes, eight minutes behind the winner, Frank Hurt of Middlebury. Poindexter followed Churchill closely across the finish line in the time of 52:30. Robbins was 24th in 54:09, and Curt Beebe 27th in 55:35. Conditions were fast with windblown powder covering a packed base.

Freshman Donald Stephenson absented himself from the competition in order to