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Columbia’s Sakiya Merriex completes her clean and jerk during the District 3-2A meet on Friday. (PAUL BUCHANAN/Special to the Reporter)
LIVE OAK — Columbia placed third in the Olympic and fourth in the traditional at the District 3-2A meet on Friday, which was hosted by Yulee at Suwannee High School.
Paxon won both team titles.
Sakiya Merriex led the Tigers with a first-place finish in Olympic in the 101 class with a 160-pound total to clinch an automatic bid to regionals. She also placed second in the traditional with a 195 total.
The rest of Columbia’s lifters will have to wait and find out if they receive an at-large bid to regionals.
Other scorers for the Tigers included:
Olympic
— Jaleiah Burch (sixth in 101, 130 total)
— Amber Millard (fourth in 110, 155 total)
— Sarah Beth Hornbaker (second in 154, 230 total)
— McKenna O’Sullivan (fifth in 169, 210 total)
— Alexandrya Collins (sixth in 169, 190 total )
— Gracie Hall (third in 183, 170 total)
— Raelyn Wehinger (fourth in 183, 150 total)
— Amaya Hawkins (fourth in 199, 180 total)
— Alexis Blair (second in unlimited, 255 total)
Traditional
— Burch (sixth in 101, 145 total)
— Millard (second in 110, 205 total)
— Hornbaker (third in 154, 265 total)
— Collins (fourth in 169, 230 total)
— O’Sullivan (sixth in 169, 220 total)
— Hall (fourth in 183, 195 total)
— Wehinger (fifth in 183, 185 total)
— Hawkins (second in 199, 240 total)
— Blair (second in unlimited, 310 total)