Photo from Saline Athletics

Another stellar season for the Saline cross country program ended Saturday with both the boys’ and girls’ teams earning runner-up finishes at the D1 state finals at Michigan International Speedway.

The second-place finish for the girls was the 23^rd straight top ten finish for the Hornets and the 27^th straight appearance at the state finals and the longest current streak for girls or boys.

The girls entered the race ranked third in the state in D1 and clipped second ranked Holland West Ottawa by one point to claim the second spot. Romeo ran away with the title with six runners in the top thirty.

Freshman McKinley Jones earned all-state honors with an 18^th place finish with a PR of 17:59.6 to lead the way for Saline. The PR was the sixth fastest in Saline history.

Savannah Staton just missed all-state honors with a 33^rd place finish with a time of 18:32.2.

Senior Corynn Gady closed out her career with a PR of 18:35.3 and placed 35^th, while Katarina Munson was right behind in 37^th with a PR time of 18:37.2.

Lilli Schlack finished 63^rd with a season best time of 18:58.6Adelynn Turck was 111^th in 19:34.8, and Grace Roth 192^nd in 20:15.4.

The boys came home with a surprising second-place finish after entering the race ranked seventh.

Saline finished with 169 points in the race won by three-time champion Northville with 99.

Five of the seven Hornets set new PR’s led by sophomore Jacob Szalay with a 16^th place finish in 15:38.1. The finish places Szalay ninth on the Hornets all time list and earned him D1 all-state honors.

Brennan LaRusso set a new PR with a time of 15:50.1 and just missed all-state honors with a 33^rd place finish.

Saman Meshinchi placed 37^th with a new PR of 15:53.1.

LaRusso and Meshinchi both moved into the top twenty on Saline’s all-time list with their finishes.

Collin Eckerman finished 45^th with a PR of 15:58.8.

Wesley Rogan was 94^th in 16:19.6, Carlos Basulto 105^th with a PR of 16:23.8, and Jack Klein 116^th in 16:27.3.