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Columbia weightlifter Reece Chasteen lifts the bar during her clean and jerk at the Class 2A state meet on Saturday. (JEN CHASTEEN/Special to the Reporter)
Columbia weightlifter Reece Chasteen placed ninth in the 199-pound weight class at the Class 2A state meet on Saturday in Panama City.
Chasteen finished with a 355 total, breaking her own school bench press record by five pounds with a lift of 200 to go with her 155 clean and jerk.
SOFTBALL
Columbia shut out Bradford 4-0 in Saturday's preseason finale at the Hal Brady Rec Center in Alachua.
Emma Edson pitched six innings while Zoryana Hughes shut the door in the seventh. Morgan Hoyle also hit a home run for the Lady Tigers while Caroline Lewis went 2 for 2 and Lucy Giebeig batted 2 for 3.
Columbia opens the regular season on Tuesday at Madison County.
WRESTLING
Despite Jayden Thomas and Ian McGuigan missing weight and not having wrestlers for two more weight classes, Columbia managed to pull out a fourth-place finish at the T.D. Talbott Duals at The Villages on Saturday.
The Tigers finished 4-1, losing to American Heritage 38-30 to start the day before defeating Union County 48-18, Masters Academy 60-12, Leesburg 57-11 and Belleview 57-24. Joseph Rice, Shawn Raggins, Preston O'Quinn, Jaycob Jones and Matthew Smith all went undefeated for CHS, which finishes the dual season 22-4.
Next up for Columbia is the District 2-2A Tournament on Feb. 22 at Lincoln.
TRACK & FIELD
Columbia competed at the Raider Relays at Santa Fe on Saturday. Winners for the Tigers included:
— Asherah Collins in the triple jump (36 feet, 2.5 inches)
— the boys 4x100 relay team of James Williamson, Derek Johnson, Devin Johnson and Tracy White (42.79 seconds)
— Marvin Farmer in the shot put (39 ft., 6.7 in.)
— the girls 4x100 relay team of Trinity Steele, Stacy White, Talisha Pope and Collins (50.98)
— the girls 800 sprint medley relay of Ja’ckyria White, Jalecia Lumpkin, Collins and Pope (1:59.80)
— Kaliyah Gainer in the shot put (29 ft., 10.25 in.)
— boys 100 weight man relay of Kylen Callum, Nathaniel Walmsley, Le'vontae Camiel and Farmer (53.17)