The Cardinals placed second overall with 49 points to claim a silver medal only 24 points behind state champion Southcrest Christian (25 points).
Highlighting the meet for Ascension Academy was sophomore Roman Martinez. Martinez came in fourth overall individually with a time of 17:47.56. Teammate Owen Chow also had a top 10 finish placing 10th overall clocking a time of 18:56.07.
Zachary Parker (19:14.84) and LJ Zubia (19:31.73) were top 20 finishers for the Cardinals team.
On the girls’ side, the Ascension Academy Lady Cardinals were sixth overall at the TAPPS Class 2A state meet with a total of 150 points. St. Paul Catholic was the state champions (46 points).
Kathleen Bartley paced the Lady Cardinals finishing eighth overall individually with a time of 13:55.32. Teammate Mackenzie Morris was 12th coming across the finish line with a 14:25.12.