NATCHITOCHES, La. – Tanner Salsman and Ava Pitarro were the top finishers for the Southeastern Louisiana University men's and women's cross country teams at the Southland Conference Championships Friday morning on the Northwestern State University campus.

On the women's side, Pitarro covered the 6K course in a team-best time of 23:17.28 to finish 42^nd. Nikola Vimmerova (26:05.82, 77^th), JoAnna Cornette (26:43.14, 78^th), Mya Parker (26:58.47, 79^th) and Callie Arthur (33:22.74, 82^nd) were the other participants for the Lady Lions, who finished in 11^th place.

Salsman's 8K time of 25:42.91 paced the Lions and was good for a 65^th-place finish. Matthew Norman (26:19.13, 77^th), Landen Schillage (27:14.84, 83^rd), Matthew Berthelot (28:24.89, 93^rd) and D'Juan Joseph (28:42.41, 96^th) also represented the Southeastern men in a 12^th-place showing.

Stephen F. Austin swept the team championships in both the men's and women's competitions. SFA's Nathan Kapel won the men's race, while the women's individual championship went to Elizabeth Khatevi of Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.

The NCAA South Central Region Championships is set for Nov. 15 in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

Men's Team Standings
1. SFA – 20
2. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi – 52
3. UIW – 67
4. Lamar – 130
5. UTRGV – 173
6. McNeese – 178
7. East Texas A&M – 192
8. HCU – 199
9. New Orleans – 221
10. Nicholls – 332
11. Northwestern State – 334
12. Southeastern – 344

Women's Team Standings
1. SFA – 36
2. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi – 39
3. UTRGV – 65
4. UIW – 136
5. McNeese – 157
6. New Orleans – 185
7. HCU – 187
8. Lamar – 207
9. Nicholls – 225
10. East Texas A&M – 254
11. Southeastern – 318
12. Northwestern State - 351

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