From left, Lake Placid’s Lilly Rother, Kai McKinnon and Harley Cohen lead a pack of runners during the meet at Mount Van Hoevenberg on Oct. 18. (News photo — Parker O’Brien)

LAKE PLACID — With playoffs a little over a week away, the Lake Placid cross country teams were strong in their final regular season meet at home on Tuesday, Oct. 18.

The Blue Bomber girls swept past AuSable Valley, Plattsburgh and Ticonderoga by identical 15-50 scores to improve to 9-4. The Lake Placid boys earned two wins while also losing in a close race to Plattsburgh 27-28. The boys beat AuSable Valley 15-50 and Ticonderoga 21-34 to improve to 7-7.

Lake Placid senior Andrew Scanio, who had missed a few races early in the season due to an injury, was the top runner in the boys race, finishing with a time of 18 minutes and 6 seconds.

“He’s getting back to himself and it was his senior meet, so it was cool,” Blue Bombers coach Mel Frazer said. “He’s been working hard and training again.”

Lake Placid’s Aidan Fay, who raced side by side with Scanio, claimed second place in 18:11. Collin Francis (20:22) had a solid race for the Blue Bombers, finishing in eighth place.

Lake Placid’s Ethan Cash makes his way toward the finish line during the race on Oct. 18. (News photo — Parker O’Brien)

Lake Placid’s Kenny Lawrence and Ethan Cash rounded out the top five runners, finishing in 15th and 16th, respectively.

On the girls side, the Blue Bombers claimed five of the top 10 spots, with senior Lilly Rother winning the race in 21:44.

“It was nice that two seniors took the win,” Frazer said.

Rother was followed by teammates Kai McKinnon (23:09) in second place overall and Harley Cohen (24:49) in fourth. The Blue Bombers were rounded out by Jenna Fay (26:39) in seventh place and Holly Erenstone (28:15) in eighth.

While it was a dominating win for the girls team, Frazer noted that a few Ticonderoga girls, who will race against Lake Placid in sectional, didn’t finish the race on Tuesday.

“So to see where we were against Ti is very hard. But overall it was a good senior race,” Frazer said.

Lake Placid will wrap up the regular season in a meet against Northeastern Clinton, Moriah/Boquet Valley and Saranac Lake on Oct. 25 at the Dewey Mountain Recreation Center. The race will start at 4:30 p.m.

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Burnt Hills

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The Lake Placid boys and girls cross country teams turned in solid performances on Oct. 15 at the Burnt Hills Invitational at Saratoga Spa State Park in Saratoga Springs.

The Lake Placid boys finished 15th out of 34 teams in the Division 1 race with 408 points. Tri-Valley was the top team with 50 points.

The Blue Bombers were led by Fay and Scanio, both of whom finished in the top 10. Fay (16:33.90) was fifth overall and Scanio (16:49.90) was eighth. Lake Placid’s Francis (19:03.30) was 40th overall, Lawrence (21:07.40) was 79th and Cash (21:39.30) was 87. Tri-Valley’s Adam Furman won the boys’ Division 1 race in 15:12.20.

On the girl’s side, the Blue Bombers shined, placing fourth in the 12-team field in the Division 1 race with 149 points. Voorheesville’s Mariem Sayahi (18:30.70) was the top runner and her team took first place overall with 40 points.

Lake Placid’s Rother led her team with a seventh-place finish in 19:54.70 while McKinnon had a stand-out performance by taking 22nd in 21:22.60.

The Blue Bombers top five runners were rounded out by Cohen (22:16.80) in 40th place, Fay (25:19.90) in 72nd and Erenstone (25:55.80) in 77th.