South Effingham’s Susan Salisbury took ninth in the Class AAA girls cross country meet Saturday at Carrollton High School, finishing in a time of 20:09.58.

Salisbury edged North Hall’s Mallory VanGorder for the ninth spot.

Katie Pittman of SEHS was 99th at 23:39.25 and Alyssa Mastrianni was two spots back with a time of 23:43.05. Shelli Clay finished in 25:13.74, Kimberly Tabakian had a time of 25:58.21 and Brittany Way finished in 26:50.30.

South Effingham finished 18th while Westminster captured the state title as four runners placed in the top 15.

Emily Reese of Chamblee won the individual title with a time of 17:56.44, more than a minute ahead of second-place finisher Bret McDaniel of Riverwood (19:10.66).

Richmond Hill was 15th and St. Vincent’s Academy was 16th in the team standings.

Bradley Boyd was the top South Effingham boys finisher with a time of 18:00.44, taking 53rd among the 224 runners. Isaiah Broomfield finished in 19:04.08, JB Braswell finished in 19:08.51, .36 in front of teammate Adam Schaffner, Ryan Pittman came in at 21:02.08, Zac Nelson finished in 21:13.53 and Martin Porterfield finished in 21:28.63.

South Effingham’s boys were 25th in the 32-team field. Westminster, with four runners in the top 15, won the state title.

Charles Sparks of Columbus was the individual winner with a time of 15:46.51, almost 10 seconds ahead of second-place finisher Nabil Hamid of Druid Hills.

Benedictine, led by Pearson Beasley’s 58th-place finish, was 12th in the team standings as five runners finished in the top 86.