Some firsts and records set in Thunder Mt. meet

The high school’s track and field team headed to Thunder Mountain over the weekend to take part in the annual Capital Invitational.

“It was a good meet for us,” said Brad Taylor, Petersburg’s track coach. “We had some outstanding performances.”

One of the stand-out showings was from freshman Maia Cowan, whose 3200-meter run at 11:53.32 set a personal best and beat the school’s standing record by 14 seconds.

“It was super good,” said Taylor. “It was a significant record for us.”

Sophomore Isaac Taylor also had a good performance in the triple jump, setting a personal record at 40 feet nine inch...