James Burns and Katie Rainsberger extended their leads in the Winter Series (short course) on Saturday,winning for the second time in as many starts.
Burns (24, Colorado Springs) held off a charging Michael Weiss (31, Colorado Springs) in the final meters in the 4-mile race. He clocked 20 minutes, 47 seconds on a mostly flat Pikes Peak Greenway course that began and ended at El Pomar Youth Sports Park.
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.
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.
After two races, 10 of the top 11 women runners in the short-course series are 18 or younger, and two of them are 11 years old. Rainsberger leads second-place Kayli Tabares by nearly three minutes.
In the men's overall, Burns leads Justin Chaston by 55 seconds.