ORWIGSBURG - Blue Mountain's Colton Cryts had already wrapped up a victory in the pole vault and was looking to clear a personal-best 13 feet, 9 inches.
He hit the bar on all three of his attempts, ending what was a big day for the Eagles' senior on somewhat of a disappointing note.
"I guess you could say that, but the year is not over yet," Cryts said.
Neither is Blue Mountain's hopes for another division title.
In a meet that featured plenty of close finishes, Cryts grabbed three individual wins rather easily to lead the Eagles to a 95-55 victory over Jim Thorpe in a Schuylkill League Division I boys' track and field meet Monday at the Eagles' Nest.
Cryts finished at 13-6 in the pole vault, his final event of the day. He added wins in the high jump at 6-0 and the long jump at 21-9 as Blue Mountain (5-0, 4-0 D-I) won six of the seven field events to hand the Olympians (2-2, 2-1) their first division loss of the season.
Senior Luke Fisher (triple jump), sophomore Grayson Umbenhaur (discus) and freshman Derek Reber (shot put) added field-event wins for Blue Mountain.
The Blue Mountain girls (5-0, 4-0) completed the sweep, getting three individual victories from Cassie Woleschok (100 hurdles, long and triple jumps) in a 107-43 victory over Jim Thorpe (2-1, 1-2).
The Eagles' sweep, coupled with Pottsville's sweep of Tamaqua (117-33 boys, 104-46 girls) on Monday, set up a showdown between the two rivals next Monday at Veterans Memorial Stadium as both meets will likely decide the division title.
"It was a big win against a really good Jim Thorpe team," Blue Mountain boys' coach Al Yackenchick said. "I was really happy with the way our kids performed today. They really stepped up and obviously we got the title meet to look forward to next week."
Cryts was last year's Schuylkill League champ in both the pole vault and long jump and his 13-6 in the pole vault Monday was a season high and tied a personal best. He also hit the height on his first attempt. Monday brought the warmest temperatures of the season and Cryts felt it was a big reason why he was able to get to 13-6. He was scheduled to compete in the event at last Friday's Jim Thorpe Invitational, but pulled out due to the weather.
"We've just been having nice weather and it's been helping out," Cryts said. "The weather before wasn't good at all. It's been pretty brutal this year."
Cryts led the long jump from start to finish, hitting 19-7, 20-10 and his winning jump of 21-9. During the high jump, Cryts cleared 5-4, 5-6, 5-10 and 6-0 all on his first attempts. His only miss was on his first try at 5-8 before clearing it on the second. Cryts missed all three attempts at 6-2.
Fisher added a runner-up finish in the high jump at 5-10, and picked up a big victory in the triple jump, reaching 42-4.5 on his final attempt to get past the Olympians' Deonte St. Hill (41.10.5). Fisher did not compete at Jim Thorpe last Friday due to an injury.
"He came back today and killed it," Cryts said.
Tristan Dickey (400, 1,600 relay, 3,200 relay) added three wins for the Blue Mountain, while Bayne Keitsock (110 hurdles, 300 hurdles) had two. Dickey anchored the 3,200 relay, teaming with Cameron Greenawalt, Noah Rhody and Aaron Albertini to win the event in 8:28.6.
"The one thing we needed to do was to go after that 4-by-8 and that was a pivotal race to set the tone," Yackenchick said.
Dickey also anchored the 1,600 relay with Dakota Roberts, Colin Richards and Greenawalt in 3:36.4.
Five of Jim Thorpe's wins came on the track as Khaaliq Lynch won the 100 in 11.6 seconds, 200 in 23.6 and ran the anchor leg of the victorious 400 relay team with Justin Saltz, Samuel Gilkes and St. Hill. The four finished in 44.9.
Jake Saxon (1,600) and Johnathan Condly (3,200) were also winners on the track for Jim Thorpe.
"They have depth, they are experienced, especially in the field events," Jim Thorpe coach Frank Miller said. "That's what got it done. We held our own on the track as we expected to.
"We had a lot of PRs, they just weren't good enough to get points. That's all you can ask from the kids."
Katie Thompson (800, 1,600 relay, 3,200 relay) and Kayla Tracy (400, 1,600 relay, 3,200 relay) added three wins apiece for the Blue Mountain girls, while Carissa Lorimer (shot put, discus), Aubrey Abel (1,600 relay, 3,200) and Christie Challenger (100, 400 relay) each won twice.