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Columbia's boys cross country team won the Tiger Run on Saturday. (COURTESY) -
Branford’s girls cross country team won the Tiger Run on Saturday. (COURTESY)
The Columbia boys once again defended their title at the Tiger Run on Saturday at the Columbia County Fairgrounds, led by a first-place finish by Nolan Martin.
Martin ran the race in 18:00.41 minutes, while teammate Joshua Thompson placed second in 18:20.77. The Tigers tallied 28 points, cruising past second-place Bishop Snyder (68). Also scoring for CHS were Nathan Matsubara in seventh (18:46.15), Brandyn Pope in eighth (18:48.05), Timmy Todd in 10th (19:22.17), Dylan Aspenwall in 17th (20:18.50) and Jacob McLeod in 21st (21:01.45).
The girls race was won by Branford with 31 points ahead of Bishop Snyder (57) thanks to a gold medal from Anna Moore, who won a gold medal by more than a minute with a run of 20:36.00. Also scoring for Branford were Kayleigh Wardle in third (22:11.32), Kelbie Snider in seventh (23:16.54), Delilah Poore in ninth (23:49.40), Ella Harris in 11th (24:22.39), Kalyn Osgood in 16th (25:42.95) and Brianna Barrs in 40th (33:00.28).
Abigail Candler placed fifth (22:56.53) to lead Columbia’s girls, who finished third with 59 points. Also scoring for the CHS girls were Morgan Golden in 12th (24:25.24), Mallory Golden in 13th (24:43.42), Kendall Todd in 14th (25:02.87), Laelle Thompson in 15th (25:10.33), Vanessa Todd, 21st (26:24.62) and Kensi Shaw in 26th (27:54.91).
Fort White didn’t have enough runners to score but four ran the race, led by Daelyn Cooper in 17th (25:52.17). Raffaellie Carreras finished 24th (27:27.60), Madison Bishop was 35th (29:43.20) and Keagan Ayers was 36th (30:45.18).
Branford’s boys finished sixth, led by Nathaniel Rojas in 15th (20:11.96). Also scoring for the Buccaneers were Ayden Humphries in 31st (22:28.90), Matthew Lynn in 32nd (22:29.30), Zander Hegenauer in 33rd (22:30.60), Brendan Hegenauer in 49th (24:47.73) and Kalix Smith in 59th (29:03.13).