Freshman year, the inaugural year of high school for students, is usually filled with trying not to get lost in the new school, avoiding getting trampled in the hallways and maybe attempting to make an athletic team.

For Salisbury's Lindsay Bauer, her freshman year of high school is full of winning races and medals on her way to the state track and field meet.

At the conclusion of the two-day District 11 track and field championship meet, which was held on May 15 and 16 at Blue Mountain High School, Bauer headed home with two medals, both of them silver. One was acquired from her second-place finish in the 200-meter dash with a time of 26.92, which qualified her for the state meet as the top two finishers automatically qualify for states. Her other medal came from the 400 meter dash where she ran a 1:00.42. That time was her personal record in the 400 as the final heat was only her fourth time ever running that event.

The gifted frosh added a fourth-place finish in the 100-meter dash to her list of accomplishments.

"It has been incredible," Bauer said. "I've done so much more than I could ever dream of and it isn't over."

Bauer beat the third-place finisher in the 400 by .80 seconds.

"I saw a lot of people around me," she said. "I told myself to just focus on the girl in front of me. I wanted to chase her down and get second. Luckily it worked out."

A fellow Falcon who is no stranger to success is Dan Reichenbach. The talented athlete took home two gold medals last week. The future Lehigh Mountain Hawk earned a second straight gold medal in triple jump, where he set a District 11 record with a jump of 46 feet, 11 1/4 inches.

Reichenbach said being a district record holder was his goal because he "let the league record slip away" from him a week earlier.

The long jump was the other event in which he took the top spot on the podium. The senior jumped 21-9 1/2. Despite that impressive distance, he didn't eclipse the district record. The long jump district record is held by Reichenbach's father, also named Dan, who set it back in 1986.

"He is like a second coach," said the younger Dan of his father. "He sees things my coach doesn't see and pushes me farther and uses what he accomplished back in high school to motivate me."

Kaitlyn Toman struck gold in the girls' pole vault. The sophomore punched her ticket to states by clearing 11 feet. The fourth place finisher in the long jump admitted her nerves were a factor during districts. She doesn't think they will be an issue at states.

"It is the last meet no matter what," said Toman. "So I feel like everyone will be going out there just trying to do their best so maybe the nerves won't be as bad. There is nothing really to qualify for there. It is just you against the bar."

Sophomore Holly Szita also will be on the bus to states. She captured third in the girls' high jump and snuck her way in to the state meet. Her personal record jump of 5-2 earned her first ever district medal and she credits her great day to the sunny weather.

Two other Falcons were flying high during their one-hour jaunt home from Blue Mountain High School.

Senior Austin Bartholomew won boys' javelin with a throw of 175' 8", which is a personal record. He makes his first trip to states this weekend.

"I just need to make sure my technique is down," he said. "It was pretty good [at districts]. I don't want to change anything. I just need to keep perfecting my technique."

Salisbury's Dylan Bonge won the boys' pole vault with a winning height of 13 feet. The senior qualified for states as well.

Two other notable finishes were Tommy Walter's fourth-place finish in the boys' 3200-meter run and Kelly Gonoude took her first district medal by finishing fourth in the girls' 1600-meter run. Gonoude said that she wanted to medal at districts and accomplished that.

The qualifiers move on to the last chapter of the 2013 track and field season when they head off to Shippensburg University this weekend for the PIAA Championships.