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Columbia Bruins cross country makes 1A state meet
Columbia Bruin girls runners get ready for a race earlier this year  Â
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Columbia Bruin girls runners get ready for a race earlier this year  Â
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WHITE SALMON — The Columbia High School boys and girls cross country teams competed at the 2025 WIAA state meet Nov. 8 at Sun Willows Golf Course in the Tri Cities. The Bruin girls finished 11th out of 16 teams in the 1A meet. Columbia scored 255 points. Meridian won the girls meet with 107 points.
Junior Lilah Zimmerman paced the Bruins at state, finishing 21st in 20 minutes, 23 seconds over the 5,000-meter course. Sophomore teammate Kathryn O’Connor was 29th in 20:28. Also scoring team points for Columbia were Maisy Kollman, 95th, 22:26; Maya Tama, 99th, 22:40; and Eda O’Connor, 134th, 24:31. Bruin sophomore Jana Deinhofer was 138th (25:13) and senior Reyna Pinchot was 142nd (25:42).
The Bruin girls qualified for state by finishing second at the District 4 meet. Columbia was eighth at the 2024 state meet. The Columbia boys team finished 16th at state after a fourth-place finish at district. The Bruins’ team score of 400 points included: Colby Clark (98th, 18:21); Carter Smith (113th, 18:36); Jack Brooks (117th, 18:38); Ethan Hayes, (127th, 18:53); and Luther Thomas, (136th, 19:12). Also for Columbia, Everett Coyner was 145th in 19:36, and Oliver Brokenshire was 147th in 19:48.
The 1A state boys team champion was Cedar Park Christian with 50 points.
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