From left are Lake Placid coach Mel Frazer, Norah Francis, Leila Fey, Jenna Fay, Rose Wenzler, Maya Garrison, Holly Erenstone and Kai McKinnon following the team’s Burnt Hills Invitation title on Saturday, Oct. 12. (Photo provided)

LAKE PLACID — The Lake Placid girls cross country team added another piece of hardware to their already dominating season on Saturday, Oct. 12. The squad won the Division I Burnt Hills Invitational.

Leila Fey and Kai McKinnon led the pack for the Blue Bombers with a second- and third-place finish, respectively, in a race that featured 103 runners.

Fey finished in a time of 19 minutes, 52.3 seconds, while McKinnon followed behind in 20:18.9. Pine Plains’ Violet Bliss was the lone runner ahead of them, crossing the finish line in 18:31.6.

The Blue Bombers girls won the invitational with 46 points, edging out Marymount School (86) and Oakfield-Alabama (91). The girls Division I race had 12 different schools.

Lake Placid’s Maya Garrison (20:55.2) and Norah Francis (21:39.5) placed 11th and 19th overall, respectively. It was the second time this season that the Blue Bomber girls won an invitational meet. The squad won the McQuaid Invitational in September.

Holly Erenstone finished 29th overall for Lake Placid in 22:22.3. Jenna Fay was close behind in 32nd overall in 22:41.4. Rose Wenzler (27:56.5) rounded the day for the team in 77th.

The Blue Bomber boys placed sixth out of 15 teams in their race. Lake Placid earned 166 points, while Oakfield-Alabama won the team race 84 points. Galway (115) earned second and AuSable Valley (121) was third.

Aidan Fay was the top Blue Bomber finisher, placing third overall in 16:50.0. Pine Plains runners Daniel McPherson (15:43.4) was first, followed by teammate Maxwell Decker (15:43.7).

Along with Aidan Fay, the Blue Bombers had four other runners finish within 20 minutes. Colin Francis (17:31.3) was 12th; Graham Scull (19:16.7) was 43rd; Connor Mannion (19:54.2) was 60th; and Jesse Carlson (19:58.5) was 63rd.

Lake Placid was rounded out by Jim Guglielmi (20:36.2) in 86th; Nicholas O’Brien (20:58.1) in 95th; Robert Bowen (22:40.4) in 113th; and Calvin Branchaud (25:36.2) in 129th. There were 135 runners competing in the race.