SMCA hosted the TAPPS 5A District 3 Championships on Tuesday, April 9th. On a day that started with rainy and overcast skies and ended with a 1-hour lightning delay, St. Michael's was able to bring out some sunny performances to secure berths in the upcoming TAPPS Regionals – both the boys and girls teams finished in second place. With first and second place finishers in each event qualifying for regionals, regional qualifying berths were earned by the following individual athletes and relay teams:
Boys Regional Qualifiers
William Talbot (’25) – 110M Hurdles; Andres Patino (’26) – 300M Hurdles; Ethan Dang (’25) – Long Jump; Max Pahlke (’24) – High Jump; Miller Bohnsack (‘25) – Shot Put; Justin Thar (’27) – Pole Vault; Cole Nguyen (’25) – Pole Vault; 4x200 Relay (Hodapp, Dang, Ogden, Kovacs); and 4x400 Relay (Hodapp, Ogden, Barkley, Dang). Each relay will also include alternates.
Girls Regional Qualifiers
Lucy Lamy (‘26) – 1600M; Claire Lawler (’24) – 100M Hurdles, 300M Hurdles and Pole Vault; Ruthie Zboril (’27) – 300M Hurdles, Triple Jump, and Pole Vault; Kyra Lorenz (’25) – Long Jump; Mia Kropewnicki (’26) – High Jump and Discus; 4x100M relay (Nanez, Lorenz, Hernandez Olvera, Koberg); 4x200 (Lorenz, Koberg, Kadenacy, Kalsu); 4x400 (Lorenz, Koberg, Kadenacy, Kalsu). Each relay will also include alternates.
Outstanding event performances were recorded by the trio of boys 800M runners, Jake Broxterman, Gabriel Aguilar, and Jack Queralt, who finished 3rd, 4th, and 5th, respectively, with each athlete recording a personal record (PR) by over 4 seconds. Similarly, the trio of 100M Hurdles runners of Wiliam Talbot, Max Pahlke, and Nico Anderson also finished 1st, 3rd, and 5th, each recording a PR. For the girls, the 100M, 200M, 800M, and 100 Hurdles each had 2 athletes recording PRs. Notable among those were Frida Hernandez Olvera with a whopping 1.57s PR in the 100M and Riley Owen with a 5.3s PR in the 800M.
The following athletes earned points towards their respective team total by finishing in the top 6 in their respective events:
For varsity boys
100M - Pierce Kovacs – 3rd (PR), Etienne Isidore – 6th; 200M – Nick Hodapp – 4th, Angel Cordova – 6th (PR); 800M – Jake Broxterman – 3rd (PR), Gabriel Aguilar – 4th (PR), Jack Queralt – 5th (PR); 1600M – Gabriel Aguilar – 5th, Ben Greff – 6th; 3200M – Ben Greff – 5th, Josh McCarty – 6th (PR); 110H – William Talbot – 1st (PR), Max Pahlke – 3rd (PR), Nico Anderson – 5th (PR); 300H – Andres Patino – 1st, William Talbot – 5th, Justin Thar – 6th (PR); 4x100M Relay (Isidore, Dang, Patino, Kovacs) – 3rd; 4x200M Relay (Hodapp, E. Dang, Ogden, Kovacs) – 1st; 4x400M Relay (Hodapp, E. Ogden, Barkley, Dang) – 1st; Long Jump – Ethan Dang – 1st, Angel Cordova – 5th; Triple Jump – Bo Ogden – 3rd, Christian Dang – 4th; High Jump – Max Pahlke – 2nd (PR), Nolan Barkley – 5th (PR); Shot Put – Miller Bohnsack – 2nd, George Ramirez – 6th (PR); Discus – Nico Anderson – 4th, George Ramirez – 5th; Pole Vault – Justin Thar – 1st, Cole Nguyen – 2nd.
For varsity girls
100M – Frida Hernandez Olvera – 4th (PR); 200M – Annabel Kadenacy – 3rd; 400M – Riley Owen – 4th, Harlee Hillert – 5th, Clare Dolan – 6th; 800M – Laney Kalsu – 3rd, Riley Owen – 6th (PR); 1600M – Lucy Lamy – 2nd, Isa Rangel-Medina – 3rd; 100H – Claire Lawler – 1st (PR); Ruthie Zboril – 2nd (PR); 300H – Claire Lawler – 2nd (PR), Ruthie Zboril – 6th; 4X100M Relay (Nanez, Lorenz, Hernandez Olvera, Koberg) – 2nd; 4X200M Relay (Nanez, Koberg, Kadenacy, Kalsu) – 1st; 4X400M Relay (Lorenz, Koberg, Kadenacy, Kalsu) – 2nd; Long Jump – Kyra Lorenz – 2nd, Frida Hernandez Olvera – 3rd, Merrit Lane – 5th; Triple Jump – Ruthie Zboril – 1st; High Jump – Mia Kropewnicki – 2nd, Claire Lawler – 4th; Shot Put – Janis Dubois – 4th, Mia Kropewnicki – 5th; Discus – Mia Kropewnicki – 1st; Pole Vault – Claire Lawler – 1st, Ruthie Zboril – 2nd (PR), Allie Germer – 3rd.