St. John Paul II Catholic High School XC/T&F

A newest San Antonio Track and Field Weekly notes are now online. It was a great week of action on and off the track with more to come. tx.milesplit.com/articles/48872… @TXMileSplit @TexasXCCoaches @sa_results

The Guardians are in action again this coming Thursday at Randolph High School for the Ro-Hawk Relays.  GO BLUE

That includes 2 new school records (100m and 200m) that were broken by Junior Rylee Higginbotham, who won both events. 1st place performances came from Cami Ruiz ( JV Long Jump and 200m), Allie Wood ( 100H), Brooke Walker (J.V High Jump), and Garner Proff ( High Jump).

The Guardian Track team had an AMAZING meet at Holy Cross Thursday. Both the Varsity Girls and Varsity Boys teams finished 2nd in their respective divisions scoring 124 and 142 points respectively. In addition, 41 athletes set a New Personal record in at least one event!

#GoBlue #Compete #WeareJohnPaul

Big shout out to those who came in during spring break to continue improving! Hard work doesn’t go unnoticed. #GoBlue

Congrats to Junior Garner Proff for clearing 6’0” to win the Varsity Boys High jump at the St.Andrews meet this Morning! 🥇 #GoBlue

Great first showing at Holy Cross! Amazing effort from all that competed including Junior Rylee Higginbotham who broke her own school record with a time of 25.29 in the 200m dash! #wearejohnpaul

Congratulations to John Paul II Catholic High School, your TAPPS 2025 Cross Country 4A Girls 3rd Place State Team!!

The Guardian XC team finished the Regular season in Style with great performances at the Marble Falls Faith Meet. The Girls won the meet, scoring 32 points!The Guardians were lead by Top 10 showings from Abby Garcia-3rd, Emma Lane-6th, Jocelyn Trevino-7th, and Andrea Leal-10th

The Boys finished 2nd, scoring 77 points. Patrick Bauknecht finished 2nd to lead the boys. Sophomore Hunter Natho added an 8th place finish to help lead the Guardians. The Guardians next compete at the State Meet on October 27th at Cottonwood Creek Golf Course in Waco!

The Boys finished 3rd! Freshman Patrick Bauknecht celebrated his birthday in style, finishing in 2nd place. He was followed by Hunter Natho-18th, David Bennett-23rd, Will Rion-41st, and Robin Bugarin 47th to complete the scoring for the Gentlemen

Congratulations to both Guardian XC teams for outstanding performances at the BCS invitational in Austin! The Girls won the meet! Abby Garcia finished 3rd to lead the way. She was followed by Emma Lane- 4th, Andrea Leal-11th, Karina Hernandez 28th, and Lily Frausto-29th!

One month until @TappsXCountry State! #WeareJohnPaul #GoBlue

AMAZING showing at the Seguin XC Invite! The Women's team was led by Sophomore Emma Lane who finished in 17th place, running 12:40 for the 2 miles Abby Garcia 19th, Jocelyn Trevino 24th,Andrea Leal 31st, Ryan Traeger 50th and Karina Hernandez 55th also had incredible efforts!

The Men's team was led by Freshman Patrick Bauknecht who finished in 8th place, running 17:04. Hunter Natho 52nd, David Bennett 54th, Will Rion 73rd, Robin Bugarin 76th, Reed Kerne 88th, Luke Breitenkemp 90th-20:57.5, and Ben Sparks 91st 20:57.6, competed amazingly well!

Abby Garcia’s time is also a NEW SCHOOL RECORD in the Girls 5k!

Excellent work today at NEISD Sports Park! The Varsity Girls, paced by Freshman Abby Garcia (8th place and Sophomore Emma Lane ( 14th Place) finished 3rd Overall! Junior Andrea Leal (21st), Junior Liliana Frausto (29th) and Senior Karina Hernandez (31st) rounded out the scoring

In total 15 athletes set New PR’s on a tough 5k course! #GoBlue #WeareJohnPaul

The Varsity Boys,lead by Freshman Patrick Bauknecht (5th Place) and Sophomore Hunter Natho ( 14th Place) finished 4th! Senior David Bennett (26th), Sophomore Will Rion (28th) and Sophomore Robin Bugarin (31st) rounded out the scoring.