A winning tradition

The St. Anne Catholic School track team (pictured) finished in second place in the large-school division of the Greater Houston Catholic Athletic Association (GHCAA) 2018 championship meet, hosted at Strake Jesuit High School. Each year, for the past five years, St. Anne has placed in the top 3 of 46 schools. This year, 29 St. Anne students qualified for the finals; the boys’ team placed second, and the girls’ team placed fourth. The middle-school track stars are (top row, from left) Graham Arnold, Trey Robinson, William Blakes, Patrick Bates, Brin McCauley, coach Yasmin Taylor, Joseph Rivero, Sarah Olmos, Arissa Jokhio, Jane Volf and Alexander Ostrom; (middle row, from left) coach Leo Monsegue, coach Monico Nunnally, Cannon Dickerson, Anna Smaistrala, Eduardo del Olmo, Reed Ruffeno, Andres Aleman, Trevor Lombard, Leah Jordan and Elia Volf; (bottom row, from left) Parker Tran, Nicolas Barriga, Ben Lauzon, Reed Smaistrala, Trip Arnold, Nolan Hughes, Leo Heuring and Henry Loft.

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