He obtained a creditable FIS ranking of fewer than 100 points in the 15km individual classic race.
Pohl, who is based in Canada most of the year, also competed in the skiathlon (15km classic/15km free) and men's sprint freestyle.
In the men's 15km individual classic, Pohl placed 50th out of 70 for 96.94 FIS points.
Snow Sports New Zealand board member Alastair Smaill, of Auckland, said the achievement was "right on the money".
"In the big picture this is a very good result. Performances under 100 points in events at this level is where you need to be," Smaill said.
In the skiathlon, Pohl was helped by the Australian waxing technicians and then proceeded to beat all Australians in the field to obtain 41st place in a field of 66 (eight of whom did not finish).
Pohl is not a sprinter so was treating the sprint freestyle race as more of a warm-up. He was surprised to do well, following assistance from the Russian team, which he had met training at the Snow Farm last winter.
"The sprint race actually went quite well for me. I am certainly not a very good sprinter but, thanks to the Russian team, I had fantastic skis.
"I felt quite balanced on my skis and felt as if my transitions were very smooth. As I climbed the last hill in full hop skate I was thinking to myself, 'wow this is what sprinting is supposed to feel like'.
"I finished 24sec back from the leader and 14sec out of qualifying for the heats, which for me was a good result."
Snow Sports New Zealand cross-country sport committee chairman John Alexander, of Arrowtown, said Pohl had done his sport proud by racing well without team support in a discipline dominated by European and Scandinavian athletes.
"We are trying to do as much as we can for him... It is very hard for Andy, who is racing against professionals and is trying to get his studies completed," Alexander said.
The Russian team dominated the event, winning all of Pohl's races and obtaining other top-10 results throughout the meet.
