Didn’t matter if it was in 3A or 4A, the Camas High School girls cross country team dominated.
Four Papermakers finished in the top 15 to help the program capture the state championship for the second year in a row. Alexa Efraimson finished first place individually with a time of 17:34.2. She beat defending champion Jordan McPhee of Mount Rainier by more than 40 seconds.
Alissa Pudlitzke placed fifth (18:30.2), Maddie Woodson earned 14th (18.44.3), Megan Napier followed in 15th (18:47.1) and Camille Parsons placed 32nd (19:13.8). Mckenzie Good (20:08.8) and Alexa Jones (20:30.7) rounded out the rotation. Camas beat Tahoma for the state title 50-103.
Washougal senior Sean Eustis outkicked two runners to the finish line for fourth place with a time of 15:39.7. Isaac Stinchfield notched ninth (15:49.3) and Thomas Normandeau took 50th (16:55.4).
The Camas boys cross country team settled for ninth place at state. Andrew Kaler was 35th (16:14.1), Andrew Duffy finished 41st (16:16.8) and Tucker Boyd grabbed 50th (16:22.4). Riley Hein (16:48.1), Zach Hein (16:51.6), Taryk Boyd (17:04.8) and Oliver Stanchfield (17:11.4) also paced the Papermakers.