Faith Yost wasn’t sure where she stood with the hurdles at the beginning of the season.

Her position was clear after last week’s Colonial League Track and Field Championships.

The Northwestern sophomore raced to victories in the 100- and 300-meter hurdles last Tuesday at Bangor Memorial Park. Yost was the top seed in both events.

After running the fastest time in the prelims, Yost crossed the line in 16.32 to claim gold in the 100 final.

She followed that performance with a victory in the 300s, running a 49.17.

“At the beginning of the season, I knew I was going to be in hurdles, but I didn’t think I was going to have hurdles as a main event,” said Yost. “I started getting into it and I started getting faster and I started getting more confident in my steps and form, and I surprised myself in the beginning of the season because I didn’t think I was going to be up there.

“I kept working at it and kept putting in the effort and I’m glad I’m where I am.”

Her time in the 100 was just off her seed time of 16.2.

“I feel like I executed the race I wanted to,” she said. “I’m really happy with my time, I’m really happy with how far I’ve come this season despite not having last season. It means a lot to me; I’ve put in a lot of work.

“I have had some injuries throughout the season, so being here today and being able to compete, I’m really happy with that.”

Yost has continued to progress throughout the season. After running times around 16.9 and 16.7 in the middle of the year, she hit 16.2 in the 100 near the end of the season.

In the 300, she was seeded first with a time of 48.9.

“In the 300, you have more distance and middle distance,” Yost said. “The 100 is about my form, coming out of the blocks and finishing strong.”

She was also seventh in the high jump and ran the 1600 relay for the first time this season, helping the Tigers finish third.

“You have to stay positive,” she said. “If one race doesn’t go how you want it to, you have to move on and work on the next one and stay positive and push through. I’m overall happy with how hurdles went today.”

Northwestern’s Cole Chukoskie ran to a personal best time of 10:20.94 in the 3200 to finish second.

He was seeded second with a time of 10:21.60.

Southern Lehigh’s Alexander Kane won with a time of 10:07.38.

The Tigers also had Matthew Santana and Nathan Vincent in the top five, finishing fourth and fifth, respectively.

Northwestern’s Joe Chukoskie placed eighth.

“I’m really proud of my teammates,” said Cole Chukoskie. “We had high seeds in this race, and I thought we did really well as a team.

“It helps (that we’re running so well) because you can always pace yourself off of your teammates. You know how fast you’re going relative to them and we help push each other, and run our best races.”

The top seed in the javelin with a mark of 121-10, Caitlyn Miller placed second with a throw of 116-7.

Miller had plenty of positives to take away from the performance.

“I’m super happy,” she said. “I was really struggling the past few meets and practices, so coming out there and throwing consistently around 110-feet, that was something really important to me.

“I hope to beat my PR, which is 121-10. That would be really cool because then I could break the school record again, and that would be pretty neat.”

She has a great chance to do it again at the district meet, and possibly punch her ticket to states in the process.

“After my PR throw, I felt a little more pressure than normal,” said Miller, who was also sixth in the discus. “And it’s good, but it can be hard to clear it from your mind sometimes. You just have to do what you have to do.”

Miller credited Northwestern throwing coach Mike Kistler for helping her stay on track throughout her career.

“He gives me great pointers,” Miller said of Kistler. “He’s super helpful, and we just tweak little things every so often to test things out and see what works. It’s really helpful.

“He knows what to do to mentally prepare me as well, but also the physical aspects with what to change and what not to mess with. It’s been great to work with him. I’m really excited to get another opportunity at districts as a senior.”

After sweeping the regular season dual meet titles, Southern Lehigh’s boys and girls also captured the team championships on Tuesday.

Northwestern’s Rhys George, who was the top seed in the pole vault at 12-9, did not compete Tuesday but should be back for next week’s district meet. “He had an injury over the weekend,” said Tigers head coach Chuck Groller. “He is a gymnast and made it for nationals in Florida the latter part of this week. He was devastated he couldn’t participate today; he has rips on his hands, which is from the rings and he didn’t think he would be able to pole vault today, but is looking forward to next week and hopefully he can do the things that he wants to do and achieve his goal.”