CHITTENDEN — The Middlebury Union High School Nordic team opened on Saturday with some strong efforts at a seven-team freestyle relay meet at the Mountain Top Inn in Chittenden.
Two skiers on each relay team took turns covering a 1.2-kilometer course twice each, and the Tiger duo of sophomore Nick Wilkerson and freshman Sam Hodges posted the top result, coming in second in the boys’ race in 13:00, 34 seconds behind the winning Woodstock duo and 32 seconds ahead of the third-place Burr & Burton pair.
The top Tiger girls’ pair of seniors Emily Kiernan and Julia Rosenberg took seventh in 18:28.
MUHS coach Chas Lyons said his skiers put forth “lots of great performances.”
Also skiing for the Tiger boys were:
•  Haven Tate and Bo Tran, who were ninth in 14:59.
•  David Dregallo and Harley Punderson, 14th in 16:12.
•  Bob Avery and Ross Crowne, 17th in 17:05.
Also skiing for the Tiger girls were:
•  Amelia Ingersoll and Signi Livingstone-Peters, 10th in 19:19.
•  Michelle Peterson and Kate Oster, 17th in 22:27.