Lady Cardinals win TAPPS Cross Country gold
Thursday, October 30, 2014
Shiner Gazette Staff Report
St. Paul Cardinal Cross Country
WACO – The St. Paul Lady Cardinals scored a team total of 43 points and made it back-to- back state cross country championships when they won the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools (TAPPS) meet Saturday, Oct. 25.
[ NOTE: click on photo to enlarge ]The Shiner St. Paul girls' cross country team poses for pictures after receiving their gold medals at the TAPPS Class 2A state cross country meet Saturday in Waco. Front row, L-R: Juliette Siegel, Ashley Wachsmuth, Allie Kutac, Mallory Grabarkavietz. Back row, L-R: Coach Dana Beal Sestak, Elyssa Wagner, Emmi Morgan, Natalie Jackson, Asst Coach Kerry Morgan.
[ NOTE: click on photo to enlarge ]photos provided by Dana Beal Sestak
Natalie Jackson paced the Lady Cardinals finishing the 3200 meter course in 12:41.7 to place second out of 86 competitors in the meet.
Three other Lady Cardinals, Emma Morgan (13:23.2), Elyssa Wagner (14:02.1) and Mallory Grabarkievtz (14:07.6), finished sixth, 13th and 14th respectively.
Alyssa Kutac ran a 14:16.7 to place 24th, while Ashley Wachsmuth finished right behind Kutac with a 14:21.1 for 25th place.
Juliette Siegel closed out the Lady Cardinal’s runners with a time of 14:31.4 and 28th finish.
Temple Holy finished as the runner-up with a team total of 81 points and Haltom City Bethlehem placed third with 103 points.
Spring Providence’s Avery Martin topped all runners to win the gold medal with a time of 12:34.2.
The TAPPS state cross country championship was the fourth for the Lady Cardinals as they also won state titles in 2008, 09, and 13.
Congratulations to the St. Paul Lady Cardinals, who brought home the State title for the second year in a row following the 2A Cross Country meet in Waco on Oct. 25. Bottom row, from left to right: Mackenzie Parker, Daniela Hinojosa, Juliette Siegel, Ashley Wachsmuth, Allysa Kutac, Mallory Grabarkievtz, Caroline Spaeth, Scarlett Crawford. Top row, from left to right: head coach Dana Beal Sestak, Victoria Kusak, Emma Hull, Kayla Kubenka, Elyssa Wagner, Emma Morgan, Natalie Jackson, Morgan Hull, Morgan Mason, Pilar Romero, Elise Patek, Trinity Kusak, and assistant coach Kerry Morgan.
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