Saranac Lake’s Cadence Kennedy takes off at the start of the Feb. 12 Section VII Nordic ski championship finale at the Paul Smith’s College VIC. (Enterprise photo — Parker O’Brien)

The Saranac Lake girls Nordic ski team secured the state title after closing out Tuesday morning’s 3×3 team relay with a victory in the NYSPHSAA Skiing Championship at the Bristol Mountain Ski Resort.

The Red Storm girls, which finished as the state runner-ups a year ago, entered the second day of the with a lead in the team scoring after five skiers placed inside the top-15 of the 7.5-kilometer individual skate event.

Saranac Lake’s trio of Tyler Burth, Pepper Laxson and Kaylee Holmes placed first in the girls team relay state championship in 32 minutes, 2.4 seconds. Burth finished her leg of race in 10:37.1, while Laxson posted a time of 10:41.9 and Holmes closed out the last portion in 10:43.4.

They beat out Honeoye Falls-Lima’s team of Emily Lawrence, Hazel Joki and Jenna Lawrence, who finished second in 32:22.0. Section 2’s team of Anna Yarsevich, Sylvia Slingerland and Raquelle Landa were third in 33:21.2. The girls race featured 16 teams.

Saranac Lake’s other team — which represented Section VII — of Kelsi Burth (10:53.7), Cadence Kennedy (11:08.8) and Lila Zobel (12:06.8) finished fourth in Tuesday’s 3×3-kilometer relay race with a total time of 34:09.2.

Lake Placid’s trio of Leila Fey (10:46.8), Norah Francis (11:53.1) and Holly Erenstone (11:34.0), which represented Section VII’s second team, placed fifth overall in 34:13.9.

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