James Burns took the win in the Winter Series short-course race (4 miles) on Jan. 26 at El Pomar Youth Sports Park.

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VIDEO: Start of the Winter Series II long-course race
VIDEO: Start of Winter Series II short-course race

The top runners in the Pikes Peak Road Runners' Winter Series put on a repeat performance on Saturday in the second of four series races.

James Burns and Katie Rainsberger extended their leads in the Winter Series (short course) taking their second wins in as many starts on a mostly flat Pikes Peak Greenway course that began and ended at El Pomar Youth Sports Park.

Burns (24, Colorado Springs) held off a charging Michael Weiss (31, Colorado Springs) in the final meters to win the 4-mile race in 20 minutes, 47 seconds. Weiss finished in 20:50 and set a new age-group (30-34) record. Justin Chaston (44, Colorado Springs, 21:13) was third.

Rainsberger, a 14-year-old Air Academy High School freshman, placed 14th overall and won the women's race in 24:12. She also crushed her own age-group (10-14) record of 25:04, set last year.

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Young women runners swept the top three places in the first series race two weeks ago. They dominated again in Winter Series II. Tabor Scholl, 15, of Kremmling, finished second in an age-group (15-19) record 24:48, while Chantae Steele, 11, ran 25:54 for third.

In the overall series standings, 10 of the top 11 women runners in the short-course series are 18 or younger. Rainsberger leads second-place Kayli Tabares by nearly three minutes.

In the men's overall, Burns leads Justin Chaston by 55 seconds

In the long course race, Clare Bar and Tommy Manning won again in the Pikes Peak Road Runners Winter Series (long course) on Saturday, Jan. 26 in Colorado Springs.

Manning, 36, of Colorado Springs, covered the flat 8-mile course on the Pikes Peak Greenway Trail in 46 minutes, 58 seconds, nearly a minute ahead of second-place Marcus Corbett (37, Colorado Springs, 47:53). Jay Messervey (23, Colorado Springs) placed third in 48:07.

Bar, 25, of Colorado Springs,  didn't have such an easy time. She hit the finish line in 53:50, but had to sprint to hold off Stephanie Wurtz (30, Colorado Springs), who charged a stride behind in 53:51. Amanda Ewing (31, Colorado Springs) was third in 54:22.
Manning leads Corbett by 1:15 after two of four long-course series races. Bar has a 55-second lead over Wurtz in the women's series.