Ryerson bolted out of the start, racing with skiers who placed in the 20s. The freshman may have been overly ambitious, as he spent much of the first half recovering from the early push. But a small recovery was enough to rejuvenate him as he spent the second half of the race moving up through the competition.

“It was fun to watch him reel in skiers,” City said. “He was catching people who were tired.”

While the freshmen led many of Harvard’s events, it was a senior who paced the men’s Alpine team. Co-captain Chris Kinner had the Crimson’s highest finish in both events, placing 25th in the slalom and 41st in the giant slalom.

Meanwhile, the battle at the top remained between Dartmouth and University of Vermont, who traded events throughout the weekend. Middlebury, who finished third, managed to sneak in a victory in the men’s 3x5k freestyle relay, but it finished almost 200 points behind the league juggernaut Big Green, which could go undefeated for the second season in a row.

Dartmouth, which sends skiers to the Winter Olympics every four years, remains leagues ahead of the Crimson, but if the rest of Harvard’s skiers can match the performances of its women’s nordic team, the rest of the pack may not be so far off.

—Staff writer Christina C. McClintock can be reached at ccmcclin@fas.harvard.edu.