Pape earns first state medal for Comfort track since ’04

Comfort High long jumper Carter Pape made a lot of school history this year and capped off his record-setting season with a silver medal at the 3A state track and field meet for one last school record.

Pape earned a silver medal at the 3A state meet on Thursday in Austin and is the first Comfort athlete to medal at state track since Javon Bryant earned silver in the high jump and bronze in the triple jump back in 2004.

Pape, who had broken the school’s long jump record three times prior to state, did it again on Thursday with a leap of 23-11.25 for silver.