Thanks to a state-record leap in the triple jump, Gibraltar's Abbey Fitzgerald is coming home with a silver and a gold medal.

In her first event of the day, Fitzgerald took second place in the long jump with a jump of 19-00.5 feet. Despite having only two successful jumps, she held onto the lead until Royall's Jessica Brueggeman took the top spot away with a jump of 19-08 feet. Both jumps not only would have won the state meet in 2019 but would have set the state record set by Brueggeman.

Fitzgerald returned the favor in the triple jump. After Brueggeman took the lead from Fitzgerald with a 38-07 foot jump, Fitzgerald came back with a state record leap of 39-04.25 feet. Both Fitzgerald and Brueggeman scratched on their final attempt to secure the victory for the Gibraltar senior.

Picture courtesy of Gibraltar Area Schools