The St. Paul girls and boys track teams along with coaches Emily Mieschen, Nicco Brown, Ryan Geiger and Jake Wachsmuth gather for team photo after the regional meet Friday in Seguin.Not shown are coaches Emma Mikulik and Karli Rodriguez. Photo courtesy of Jake Wachsmuth.
Petra Kock (left) and Gabby Rodriguez (right) leap over the hurdles during the 100-meter hurdles event Friday in the TAPPS South Regional track meet in Seguin. Koch was second with 17.48 seconds and Rodriguez came in seventh place. Photo by Mark Lube.
Nora Koch takes off down the runway during the pole vault. She got first place with a vault of 8 feet. Photo by Mark Lube.
Gage Anders’s best throw of 40 feet, 8 inches earned him second in shot put. Photo by Mark Lube.
Zeke Rodriguez got second in long jump with 20 feet, 3 1/2 inches. Photo by Mark Lube.

The St. Paul Lady Cardinals are the TAPPS 2A South regional champions after outscoring Bryan St. Joseph 179-134.
The Cardinals finished runner up with 105 points with Waco Providence Classical scoring 154 points.
Top four in each event will compete at the state meet today through Saturday at Midway ISD’s Panther Stadium.
Girls
200 — 4th, Tatum Walker, 29.28
400 — 1st, Brooke Cerny, 59.08; 4th, Kristin Cerny, 1:05.48.
800 — 1st, Brooke Cerny, 2;22.7; 7th, Dallyn, Pesek, 2:53.51.
1600 — 1st, Brooke Cerny, 5:37.89; 2nd, Pesek, 6:15.23; 5th, Frances Filip, 6:28.36.
3200 —2nd, Pesek, 13:46.72; 6th, Filip, 16:04.45.
100 Hurdles — 2nd, Petra Koch, 17.48; 7th Gabby Rodriguez, 19.44 .
300 Hurdles — 4th, Petra Koch, 55.79; 8th, Clara Kinney, 57.85.
400 Relay — 3rd, St. Paul (Skylar Mozisek, Riley Mozisek, Walker, Kristin Cerny),
800 Relay — 4th, St. Paul (Nora Koch, Riley Mozisek, Walker, Skylar Mozisek), 1:54.96.
1600 Relay — 4th, St. Paul (Kristin Cerny, Riley Mozisek, Nora Koch, Skylar Mozisek
High Jump — 4th, Skylar Mozisek, 4-4.
Long Jump —3rd, Brooke Cerny, 16-2 ¼.
Triple Jump — 2nd, Brooke Cerny, 34-5 ¾.
Pole Vault — 1st, Nora Koch, 8; 3rd, Dallyn Pesek, 7-6; 4th, Rodriguez, 6-6.
Discus — 2nd, Faith Machart, 111-6; 3rd, Jessica Fikac, 107-3.
Shot Put — 2nd, Machart, 37-3 ¾; 5th, Jenna Stock, 30-2 ¼.
State Qualifiers — Walker, 200, 400 Relay, 800 Relay; Brooke Cerny, 400, 800, 1600, Long Jump, Triple Jump; Kristin Cerny, 400, 400 Relay, 1600 Relay; Pesek, 1600, 3200, Pole Vault; Petra Koch, 100 Hurdles, 300 Hurdles; Skylar Mozisek, 400 Relay, 800 Relay, 1600 Relay, High Jump; Riley Mozisek, 400 Relay, 800 Relay, 1600 Relay; Nora Koch, 800 Relay, 1600 Relay, Pole Vault; Rodriguez, Pole Vault; Machart, Discus; Fikac, Discus, Shot Put.
Boys
800 — 5th, Gabe Darilek, 2:16.33.
1600 —7th, Darilek, 5:21.84.
3200 — 6th, Darilek, 11:37.03; 8th, Andrew Nunez, 12:56.9.
110 Hurdles — 2nd, Gus Collins, 17.05; 7th, Jack Ehrig, 18.7; 8th, Jacob Arriola, 18.89.
300 Hurdles — 6th, Collins, 47.77; 7th, Arriola, 48.4; 8th, Ehrig, 48.99.
400 Relay — 5th, St. Paul (Carter Chilek,Sam Perez, Donnie Jones, Blaine Humes), 46.82.
800 Relay — 4th, St. Paul (Chilek, Perez, Jones, Humes), 1:37.26.
Long Jump — 2nd, Ezekiel Rodriguez, 20-3 ½.
Triple Jump — 1st, Rodriguez, 41-5 ¾; 7th, Ehrig, 35-7 ½.
Pole Vault — 2nd, Collins, 10; 3rd, Perez, 9-6; 4th, Arriola, 8-6.
Discus — 1st, Gage Anders, 128-9; 6th, Arriola, 86-4.
Shot Put — 2nd, Anders, 40-8.
State Qualiifiers —Collins, 110 Hurdles, Pole Vault; Rodriguez, Long Jump, Triple Jump; Perez, 800 Relay, Pole Vault; Arriola, Pole Vault; Anders, Discus, Shot Put; Chilek, 800 Relay; Jones, 800 Relay; Humes, 800 Relay.
For more information on the state meet, including schedules, go to https://tapps.biz/athletics/track-field/.

St. Paul track and field: Lady Cards track win regional title, boys come in second place