By JEREMY OBERMYER
Salina Post Contributor
The Southeast of Saline boys and girls each won their respective divisions in the annual SES Invitational held on Tuesday.
The boys dominated by a margin of 26-49 over second-place finisher Berean Academy, while the girls won by a score of 63-78 over runner-up Smoky Valley.
The Lady Trojans placed five runners in the top twenty spots.
Piper Brown (20:42.57) was the first Lady Trojan to cross the finish line, followed by Anna Jackson (20:54.33) in 7th place, with Cali Augustine (12th place, 21:14.82), Ava McGraw (14th, 21:30.05), and Regan Duran (20th, 21:46.91) rounding out the top twenty.
For the boys, it was Brayden Walker extending his gold medal streak to 4 as he won with a time of 16:33.96.
Jacob Bircher brought home the silver medal, crossing the finish line at the 16:42.82 mark.
The Trojans placed three more runners in the top ten with Jacob Tonne (4th, 17:08.50), Zachary Carlin (9th, 17:51.26), and Cole Frankin (10th, 17:56.83).
Southeast will travel to Halstead on Thursday, October 3rd, for their next meet.