TAPPS 4A Recap
4A Girls
Emily Smith (Colleyville Covenant Christian) didn't have to run as fast as she did last year to win the title.
The sophomore grabbed her second TAPPS 4A cross country title by holding off two fast freshmen runners.
Marian Mann (Houston Northland Christian) finished second in 12:48 and Tayley Bullen (Lubbock Trinity Christian) was third in 13:05.
4A GIRLS TWO MILE RUN FINALS PLACE ATHLETE TEAM RESULT POINTS 1 Emily Smith 10 Colleyville Covenant Christian 12:23.80 1 2 Marian Mann 9 Houston Northland Christian 12:48.00 2 3 Tayley Bullen 9 Lubbock Trinity Christian 13:05.90 0 4 Charlotte Freeman 9 The Woodlands Legacy Prep Christian Academy 13:21.00 3 5 Gracee Whiteaker 10 Willow Park Trinity Christian 13:26.00 4
The Woodlands Legacy Prep was able to win the team title by a slim four point margin over Tyler TK Gorman.
TEAM SCORES PLACE TEAM POINTS SCORERS TIMES 1 The Woodlands Legacy Prep Christian Academy 74 3+6+18+22+25 (40+55) 1:26 1-5 Split | 14:07 Avg 2 Tyler TK Gorman 78 7+13+16+19+23 (42+46) 0:55 1-5 Split | 14:07 Avg 3 Dallas Covenant 138 11+21+31+32+43 (53+70) 1:33 1-5 Split | 14:48 Avg
4A Boys
In the meet preview, we said that William Peters (Dallas Covenant) was trying to win his third state title, but Luke Mason (Sugarland Logos Preparatory Academy) would be one of the challengers.
Not only did he challenge, but he came away with the victory 16:38 to 16:54 over Peters.
4A BOYS 5000 METER RUN FINALS PLACE ATHLETE TEAM RESULT POINTS 1 Luke Mason 11 Sugarland Logos Preparatory Academy 16:38.60 1 2 William Peters 12 Dallas Covenant 16:54.30 2 3 Logan Rice 10 Dallas Covenant 17:30.30 3 4 Edward Graham 11 Dallas Covenant 17:40.70 4 5 Aidan Rivers 9 The Woodlands Legacy Prep Christian Academy 17:42.20 5
Mason still came away with a state championship by the end of the day. No, he didn't get the individual win, but he once again got the team win. His Covenant squad backed him up big time going third and fourth individually with Logan Rice and Edward Graham.
Freshman Josh Hook finished in seventh place and Andrew Morgan finished ninth to end the scoring and the race for the championahip.
TEAM SCORES PLACE TEAM POINTS SCORERS TIMES 1 Dallas Covenant 25 2+3+4+7+9 (12+15) 0:59 1-5 Split | 17:33 Avg 2 Sugarland Logos Preparatory Academy 86 1+11+14+20+40 (46+97) 3:22 1-5 Split | 18:15 Avg 3 Houston St. Thomas Episcopal 99 13+18+19+23+26 (43+75) 1:06 1-5 Split | 18:39 Avg
Covenant only scored 25 points and they did it with a 59 second 1-5 split.
Mason's team helped get him another medal and took the second place trophy to Sugarland by totalling 86 points and Houston St. Thomas took third place with 99 points.