Gallaudet and de Saint Phalle go 1-2 in boys race and Preston takes 2nd in girls race.
The full Andover squad travelled to the Weston Ski Track on Friday evening for a 4k ski race under the lights with Middlesex, Rivers, and Belmont Hill.
Gallaudet and de Saint Phalle placed 1-2 in the race, nearly a full minute ahead of third place. Nico von Eckartsberg was 18th, newcomer Luke Williamson was 21st, newcomer James Snow was 25th, Rex Tuller was 28th and newcomers Jonas Giannoni and Adrian Werner finished 31st and 32nd.
In the short race (2K) newcomer Noah Binkowski was 1st and Miklosh Frusztajer was 4th.
Belmont Hill: 20 points
Andover: 37 points
Rivers: 46 points
Middlesex: 69 points
In the girls race, Sage Preston finished a close 2nd to a Middlesex skier. Anna Korczak came on strong at the end to finish 6th and Sophia Aalami 8th. Yazmine Tazi (11th), Caitlyn Chow (12th), and newcomers Zoe von Eckartsberg (13th) and Amina Hurd (14th) finished out the Andover squad.
In the short race, newcomer Vanessa Fan was 2nd, Co-captain Amelia Vinton was 4th while working her way back from injury and skiing classic, and newcomer Kira Fulda was 5th.
Middlesex: 13 points
Andover: 27 points
Rivers: 55 points