WATERVILLE - Conditions were ideal this morning as the Colby College Woodsmen’s Team’s Annual Mud Meet got under way. There was plenty of mud for the meet, as well as snow, ice and temperatures in the 30s.

The meet includes competitions in chopping, sawing, ax throwing, chain sawing, log rolling and fire building.

Teams from Colby, Unity College, University of Maine, Dartmouth College, University of New Hampshire and State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry are competing all day.

“This is a great program, it’s a lot of fun, the kids have a lot of fun, a lot of camaraderie,” Colby College President William “Bro” Adams said from the competition this morning. “It’s a really important part of the student culture here and we have a very good team."

Events are being held at the Colby woodmen's yard on Washington Street, opposite Johnson Pond.