Plenty of high jumpers are able to land one big jump in their careers, maybe even two or three.

But only the best can achieve their mark over and over. Being able to count on making a height when it matters is what they all strive to achieve.

Consistency is the key, as has been the case for Northwestern Lehigh senior Gavin Nelson.

Nelson cleared 6 feet, 8 inches to defend his Colonial League crown in the high jump last week, then came within inches of clearing 6-11 — a mark that would have been a new personal best, which is currently 6-10.

“I was right there,” Nelson said. “It was just a tweak — maybe my run-up or speed. But it’s something that can be fixed with practice. I’m confident I’ll get it.”

Nelson, who steadily worked his way up from 6-1 and placed third in the event at states a year ago, mirrored the same calm and methodical approach that has helped him become one of the state’s most reliable jumpers. The inspiration? Tigers’ graduate Faith Yost, who won a state title in the same event during Gavin’s freshman year.

“She always told me it’s not about how high you jump — it’s how consistent you are,” he said. “That’s stuck with me.”

While Nelson was the Tigers’ only gold medalist at leagues, several of his teammates earned medals for finishing in the top four in their events. Freshman Rosalia Nestor came away from her first league championships with four medals. She finished second in the 800- and 1600-meter runs and took third in the 3200. She was also part of a silver-medal winning 4x800 relay team. She posted personal best times in all of her events and qualified for freshman New Balance Nationals in the 800 and 3200.

“I’ve been running since seven or eight so I’m used to big meets like this,” said Nestor, who experienced great success in her first year at the high school level in both track and cross country. “My mindset is if you believe you can, you can. If you believe you can’t, you can’t. I knew if I push myself I would have that success. I just needed to trust the process and take care of my body.”

Other individual silver medalists at leagues for the Tigers included Shane Leh, who ran the 110-meter hurdles in 15.90, and Kylie Christman, who took second place with a 115-foot throw in javelin.

The Northwestern girls 4x400 also finished second at leagues, while the boys 4x800 team finished third at the meet.

Four Tiger athletes earned fourth-place medals at leagues, including Bradley Burnard (triple jump, 42-9), Brendan Miller (javelin, 155-9), Megan Fornwalt (400, 1:00.14) and Norah Silfies (high jump, 4-11).

Medals were awarded to the top four finishers in each event.

The Tigers are back in action this week at the District 11 Class 3A Championships.

Colonial League Track and Field

Championship

Results

The following results include the top four finishers in each event along with all Northwestern finishers.

LEGEND

Bangor (B), Catasauqua (C), Jim Thorpe (JT), Lehighton (L), Northern Lehigh (NL), Northwestern Lehigh (NW), Notre Dame of Green Pond (ND), Palmerton (Palm), Palisades (Palis), Pen Argyl (PA), Salisbury (S), Saucon Valley (SV), Southern Lehigh (SL), Wilson (W).

BOYS

100: 1. Noah Tapler (SL) 10.82, 2. Lincoln Cook (Palisades) 10.90, 3. Gig Durandisse (W) 10.93, 4. Shane Kerosetz (SV) 11.14, 10. Ben Moyes (NW) 1.49, 20. Kemurray Morgan (NW) 11.93,;

200: 1. Alex Clark (ND) 22.17, 2. Gig Durandisse (W) 22.23, 3. Shane Kerosetz (SV) 22.63, 4. Hamaad Jenkins (C) 22.68, 21. Kemurray Morgan (NW) 24.39;

400: 1. Kayden Spence (JT) 50.28, 2. Alexander Pirog (ND) 50.87, 3. Stanley Wempe (SL) 50.98, 4. Benjamin Bachman (NW) 51.45, 14. Luke Fugazotto (NW) 54.89;

800: 1. Peter Jones (SL) 2:00.23, 2. Gregory Tenzer (S) 2:04.69, 3. Jason Hall (W) 2:04.73, 4. Gregory Rubino (SL) 2:05.05, 10. Brady Furman (NW) 2:09.77, 16. Isaac Grub (NW) 2:12.76;

1600: 1. Connor Hibell (Palm) 4:33.46, 2. Gregory Rubino (SL) 4:33.47, 3. Jeffrey Sunderlin (W) 4:35.16, 4. Miles Etters (SL) 4:36.59, 5. Greyson Wellings (NW) 4:44.09, 13. Weston Killar (NW) 4:56.08, 15. Noah Griffith (NW) 4:59.6117. Xander Giandomenico (NW) 5:00.98;

3200: 1. Jeffrey Sunderlin (W) 9:53.12, 2. Connor Hibell (Palm) 9:556.48, 3. Miles Etters (SL) 10:15.28, 4. Alden Twist (B) 10:20.65, 8. Xander Giandomenico (NW) 10:38.02, 9. Noah Griffith (NW) 10:48.33, 14. Jonathan Fornauf (NW) 11:01.62;

110H: 1. Jake Rutkowitz (Palm) 15.28, 2. Shane Leh (NW) 15.90, 3. Equan Warner (L) 16.43, 4. Joshua Allen (SL) 16.49, 22. Brendan Miller (NW) 19.25;

300H: 1. Jack Pavis (SL) 40.99, 2. Gaddiel Bidohuertas (SV) 41.24, 3. Joshua Allen (SL) 41.82, 4. Franklin Pujolls (C) 41.84, 16. Shane Leh (NW) 45.08;

4x100: 1. Palisades 43.32, 2. Notre Dame 43.69, 3. Southern Lehigh 43.88, 4. Catasauqua 44.08, 6. Northwestern Lehigh 44.74;

4x400: 1. Southern Lehigh 3:27.79, 2. Notre Dame 3:31.49, 3. Palisades 3:35.14, 4. Lehighton 3:37.38, 5. Northwestern Lehigh 3:36.39;

4x800: 1. Southern Lehigh 8:17.15, 2. Wilson 8:20.13, 3. Northwestern Lehigh 8:40.72, 4. Notre Dame 8:45.25, 6. Salisbury 9:05.87;

High jump: 1. Gavin Nelson (NW) 6-8, 2. Calvin Gehman (SL) 6-0, 3. Trent Ader (Palm) 5-10, 4. Joshua Hudak (S) 5-8;

Long jump: 1. Jake Rukowitz (Palm) 23-2, 2. Emmanuel Bolmer (C) 22-11, 3. Calvin Gehman (SL) 22-7, 4. Owen Eckhart (L) 20-6.5, 19. Ben Moyes (NW) 18-5;

Triple jump: 1. Jake Rutkowitz (Palm) 45-6.75, 2. Steven Lozada (S) 44-8, 3. Joshua Hudak (S) 44-6.5, 4. Bradley Burnard (NW) 42-9;

Pole vault: 1. Steven Lozada (S) 13-9, 2. Aaron Lyon (SL) 12-9. 3. Wyatt Summerer (Palis) 11-9, 4. John Parnes (PA) 11-3, 15. Ethan Solderich (NW) 9-9;

Discus: 1. Ryan Burkett (Palm) 169-8, 2. Silas Day (Palis) 148-4, 3. Landen Klimek (NL) 141-8, 4. Carter Giberson (SL) 137-4;

Javelin: 1. Joseph Roth (L) 175-6, 2. Grady Oravec (SL) 162-4, 3. Jacob Hillis (B) 158-6, 4. Brendan Miller (NW) 155-9;

Shot put: 1. Logan Anthony (Palm) 54-9.5, 2. Eli Torres (SV) 60-5, 3. Silas Day (Palis) 47-9, 4. Jacob Hillis (B) 47-2.5.

GIRLS

100: 1. Hailey Jenkins (C) 12.11, 2. Erin Gombert (Palm) 12.47, 3. Nataly Walters (Palm) 12.60, 4. Chloe Posavek (SL) 12.64, 8. Carsyn Van Norman (NW) 12.14, 22. Ella Dangello (NW) 13.54, 25. Madison Milks (NW) 13.75, 26. Isabella Smith (NW) 13.91;

200: 1. Hailey Jenkins (C) 25.36, 2. Erin Gombert (Palm) 25.62, 3. Chloe Posavek (SL) 26.01, 4. Malya Best (SL) 26.33, 13. Carsyn Van Norman (NW) 27.52, 20. Madison Milks (NW) 28.34;

400: 1. Savina Steele (ND) 57.38, 2. Chloe Posavek (SL) 57.89, 3. Lilyanna Shapiro (L) 59.19, 4. Megan Fornwalt (NW) 1:00.14, 5. Sophia Schaffer (NW) 1:00.65, 7. Emily Kistler (NW) 1:03.03;

800: 1. Katelynn Barthold (NL) 2:19.22, 2. Rosalia Nestor (NW) 2:22.06, 3. Brenna Hammerstone (ND) 2:23.60, 4. Ella Schweitzer (ND) 2:24.24, 20. Sophia Cornell (NW) 2:38.24;

1600: 1. Virginia Kraus (SV) 5:00.49, 2. Rosalia Nestor (NW) 5:09.94, 3. Avery Errico (W) 5:12.90, 4. Juliana Bonham (W) 5:17.09, 8. Sophia Cornell (NW) 5:31.04;

3200: 1. Virginia Kraus (SV) 10:27.09, 2. Avery Errico (W) 11:26.72, 3. Rosalia Nestor (NW) 11:27.46, Juliana Bonham (W) 11:38.25, 6. Sophia Cornell (NW) 12:15.33, 15. Devon Heinly (NW) 13:38.29;

100H: 1. Faith Schiffer (SL) 15.08, 2. Sofia Pandey (SV) 16.06, 3. Karla Tshiyonga (W) 16.60, 4. Ruby Walters (Palm) 26.86;

300H: 1. Faith Schiffer (SL) 44.14, 2. Savina Steele (ND) 45.13, 3. Emma Yakaitis (S) 46.81, 4. Ruby Walters (Palm) 47.43, 5. Megan Fornwalt (NW) 49.49, 19. Kiersten Kllein (NW) 54.50;

4x100: 1. Palmerton 48.93, 2. Southern Lehigh 49.01, 3. Bangor 50.54, 4. Catasauqua 50.61, 5. Northwestern Lehigh 51.09;

4x400: 1. Notre Dame 4:04.56, 2. Northwestern Lehigh 4:09.60, 3. Southern Lehigh 4:11.07, 4. Lehighton 3:12.54;

4x400: 1. Notre Dame 9:52.89, 2. Northwestern Lehigh 9:56.59, 3. Wilson 9:58.86, 4. Southern Lehigh 10:01.34;

High jump: 1. Elena Johnson (SL) 5-3, 2. (tie) Julianne Skibinski (ND), Ella Schweitzer (ND) 5-1, 4. Norah Silfies (NW) 4-11;

Long jump: 1. Nataly Walters (Palm) 19-2, 2. Farrah Smith (SL) 16-11, 3. Katelynn Barhtolld (NL) 16-9, 4. Evelyn Kurlansik (SL) 16-4, 8. Taylor Langley (NW) 15-11;

Triple jump: 1. Nataly Walters (Palm) 40-8.25, 2. Farrah Smith (SL) 36-2.5, 3. Isabella Johnson (B) 35-5.5, 4. Gracelynn Dickinson (SL) 34-8.75;

Pole vault: 1. Ella Kimmel (SL) 8-9, 2. Mia Stanten (SL) 8-9, 3. Gracelynn Dickinson (SL) 8-9, 4. Sofie Davis (PA) 8-3, 5. Ava Okuley (NW) 7-9,13. Jossalin Romanot (NW) 7-3;

Discus: 1. Evelyn Hersh (ND) 118-6, 2. Breanna Pruger (SV) 110-5, 3. Anna Trelease (SL) 109-3, 4. Hallie Miller (L) 100-11, 7. Adisan Kistler (NW) 93-10, 8. Mallory Conner (NW) 91-1;

Javelin: 1. Emma Repsher (L) 136-6, 2. Kylie Christman (NW) 115-0, 3. Anna Trelease (NL) 113-10, 4. Hannah Gober (NW) 109-4, 8. Alexandra Diehl (NW) 99-6, 18. Olivia Bllanken (NW) 77-1;

Shot put: 1. Evelyn Hersh (ND) 34-2.75, 2. Vanessa Sadler (JT) 33-6.5, 3. Lorah Thomas (L) 33-4, 4. Sarah Zambo (ND) 32-9, 5. Adisan Kistler (NW) 32-4.25, 15. Mallory Conner (NW) 29-1.25.