TAPPS 6A
Girls
Micaela Villarreal (San Antonio Antonian) defended her 2022 individual title by tagging on the win yesterday with a sub 12-minute championship run. Villarreal who got off to a late start proved that she can pull out a win despite a little adversity.
Despite a major track season last year, Mariana Chapa (The Village Houston) didn't have the greatest TAPPS state meet in cross. That changed this year as she went from eleventh place to second place this year.
Behind Villarreal and Chappa was a gang, nation, or party of Dallas Ursuline Academy runners. Literally all five of their scorers consecutively scored from third place to seventh place (Presley Andras, Eloise Craine, Marit Beckman, Olivia Morales, and Serena Trupiano).
6A Girls 2 Mile Run Finals
| PLACE | VIDEO | ATHLETE | TEAM | MARK | POINTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Micaela Villarreal | 11 | San Antonio Antonian | 11:59.21 | 1 | |
| 2 |  Mariana Chapa | 12 | The Village Houston | 12:33.24 | 2 | |
| 3 |  Presley Andras | 10 | Dallas Ursuline Academy | 12:57.51 | 3 | |
| 4 | Eloise Craine | 9 | Dallas Ursuline Academy | 12:57.59 | 4 | |
| 5 | Marit Beckman | 10 | Dallas Ursuline Academy | 13:01.15 | 5 | |
| 6 | Olivia Morales | 12 | Dallas Ursuline Academy | 13:01.51 | 6 | |
| 7 | Serena Trupiano | 12 | Dallas Ursuline Academy | 13:02.52 | 7 |
It had to have been a noisy ride back to Dallas on the Ursuline Academy bus. The clink clank of medals had to be quite the sound as most of the 5A medals were around the necks of DUA girls.
They capture the 6A girls team title by only scoring 25 points. What is so sick about their performance is the split for the one through five runner was only five seconds. Yes, a 0.5 second deviation is crazy good!
Despite how difficult DUA made it to beat them, Antonian and Houston St. Agnes again ran great races. The three teams were all on the podium last year and repeat again with Antonian taking second this year and St. Agnes third again.
Boys
Todd Worth (San Antonio Antonian) made it two for two state titles for the Antonian program. His teammate Micaela Villarreal won the girls individual title and he took the boys 6A title home as well.
Following his fourth place 2022 finish, he shot up the podium thanks to his 16:25 run to take the victory over Rohan Takkar (The Village Houston).
Noah Williams (Houston St. Pius), Wyatt Johnson (Houston St. Thomas), and Noah Fernandez (San Antonio Central Catholic) rounded out the five top finishers.
6A Boys 5000 Meter Run Finals
| PLACE | VIDEO | ATHLETE | TEAM | MARK | POINTS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Todd Worth | 12 | San Antonio Antonian | 16:25.67 | 1 | |
| 2 |  Rohan Takkar | 12 | The Village Houston | 16:32.37 | 2 | |
| 3 |  Noah Williams | 10 | Houston St Pius X | 16:38.95 | 3 | |
| 4 |  Wyatt Johnson | 11 | Houston St. Thomas | 16:44.11 | 4 | |
| 5 |  Noah Fernandez | 12 | San Antonio Central Catholic | 16:44.54 | 5 |
The same podium teams from last year were atop the awards stand this season as well.
Houston St. Thomas moved up two spots this year going from third to first with their ability to only total 50 points. Antonian again was in the runner-up position and just eight points behind first.
The back-to-back state champions Central Catholic gave it a valiant effort to try to make it three in a row, but came up short with their 83 point score for third place.