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Columbia's Jose Rodriguez walks up to the start line of the 800m run at the Santa Fe mini meet on Thursday. (COURTESY)
Columbia traveled to Alachua to compete in the Santa Fe mini meet on Thursday and took home four victories.
For the boys, Jose Rodriguez ran 1:58.74 to win the 800m run, while Seth Stockton won another triple jump by breaking his own school record with a leap of 14.99m. On the girls side, Hannah Williams won the discus with a throw of 26.38m and Kyndall Norris won the javelin with a toss of 27.73m, just ahead of teammate Janiyah Williams who was second at 24.26m.
Norris also finished third in the shot put with a toss of 8.78m.
For the boys in the discus, Rolando Dominguez finished in second place with a throw of 38.61 meters, while Evan Morse finished a close third with a throw of 38.18m.
The best finish in the sprint events was J'Liyn Smith in the girls 200m dash with a time of 27.11 for a third-place finish.
Suwannee’s Morgan Mobley was also in attendance at the meet, winning the boys 800m in a time of 1:58.74 and also placing fifth in the 800m (2:03.78).
Reese Todd, a seventh grader, led Fort White with a second-place finish in the girls 1600 (5:58.07).