TAPPS State Meet Recap

William Grundy
TAPPS 3A Recap

3A Girls

After a runner-up finish last season, Avery Owen (Dallas Lakehill) captured her first cross country state championship on Monday. She ran 12:41 to capture the win ahead of Caroline Karr (San Jacinto Christian).

Karr went 12:52 to finish as the runner-up ahead of third place finisher Audrey Roberts (Conroe Covenant Christian) who finished in 12:58.

3A GIRLS TWO MILE RUN FINALS	
PLACE	ATHLETE		TEAM	RESULT	POINTS
1	Avery Owen	11	Dallas Lakehill Prep	12:41.70	0
2	Caroline Karr	12	San Jacinto Christian Academy	12:52.20	0
3	Audrey Roberts	10	Conroe Covenant Christian	12:58.30	0
4	Avery Junk	11	Denton Calvary Christian	13:16.00	1
5	Angel Stewart	12	Denton Calvary Christian	13:21.30	2
6	Kat Helmer	11	Waco Live Oak Classical School	13:22.40	3
Spring Providence Classical had one runner (Hannah Mann - 9th place) in the top 10, but when the rest of the girls came across the finish line they came across in droves.

Their second through five runners all finished within 17 seconds to seal the win.
TEAM SCORES
PLACE	TEAM	POINTS	SCORERS	TIMES
1	Spring Providence Classical School	56	6+10+12+13+15 (34+41)	1:01 1-5 Split | 14:10 Avg
2	Denton Calvary Christian	58	1+2+8+20+27	2:38 1-5 Split | 14:18 Avg
3	Vanguard College Preparatory School	84	7+11+16+17+33 (39+50)	3:03 1-5 Split | 14:48 Avg
Denton Calvary Christian had two girls in the top 10 and an additional in 11th place overall to lead them to the second place trophy. Vanguard College Preparatory was third with 84 points.

3A Boys

Zachary Kleppel (Spring Providence Classical) was the runner-up in 2020, but was able to take down last year's champ Cullen McCaleb (Dallas Lakehill Prep).

Kleppel ran 16:37 for the win outlasting McCaleb's 17:01. Reagan Layh (Midland Classical Academy) finished third by going 17:12

3A BOYS 5000 METER RUN FINALS	
PLACE	ATHLETE		TEAM	RESULT	POINTS
1	Zachary Kleppel	11	Spring Providence Classical School	16:37.50	1
2	Cullen Mccaleb	12	Dallas Lakehill Prep	17:01.30	0
3	Reagan Layh	11	Midland Classical Academy	17:12.30	2
4	Graham Young	11	Spring Providence Classical School	17:22.00	3
5	Kolbe Zuniga	11	Spring Providence Classical School	17:23.40	4
Kleppel grabbed his second championship of the day with the team title. 

The Spring Providence guys gave him support at the front, as expected when Graham Young, Kolbe Zuniga, and Cole Pickle all finished in the top 10.
TEAM SCORES
PLACE	TEAM	POINTS	SCORERS	TIMES
1	Spring Providence Classical School	27	1+3+4+7+12 (16+18)	2:04 1-5 Split | 17:39 Avg
2	The Griffin School	97	6+9+10+35+37 (63+71)	2:57 1-5 Split | 19:23 Avg
3	Plano Coram Deo Academy	115	14+15+20+32+34 (40+46)	1:53 1-5 Split | 19:44 Avg

The Griffin School was second overall with 97 point, topping Plano Coram Deo Academy's 115 point total as they finished third overall.