Records are meant to be broken, even if they are your own. For Salisbury senior Lindsay Bauer, she now owns two Colonial League Meet records.

Bauer’s record-setting championship meet began on Tuesday when she broke the meet record in the high jump, a record she had already set in each of the two previous years. She jumped 18-5 3/4 on this year’s Day 1 at Whitehall High School’s Zephyrs Sports Complex to break her previous mark by half of an inch.

Roughly 24 hours later, Bauer broke another league meet record. This one, however, stood for nearly 40 years. Bauer jumped 37-7 1/2 in the triple jump to beat Lori James’ record of Catasauqua set back in 1978, the longest standing record on the girls’ side.

“My first two jumps I was a little nervous, my legs were shaking and they didn’t feel strong,” Bauer said of the triple jump. “It’s like I almost forgot how to jump on the first couple attempts. But my last one in the prelims I went 37-2, and at that point I pretty much knew I won the competition. At that point I had nothing else to lose, so that’s when I really focused in on trying to break the record.”

Bauer had goals of breaking her long jump record prior to her final Colonial League Meet. And it didn’t take her long to realize that there was a legitimate chance of that becoming a reality once again.

“Even though it was only by a quarter of an inch, I still accomplished what I wanted to,” Bauer said. “I was hoping I could’ve jumped further than 18-5 3/4. But I won, I broke my record, and I really can’t complain at this point.”

The records certainly highlighted Bauer’s performance at leagues, but more importantly, she’s jumping the best she has ever felt with districts this week and states in the near future.

And when states rolls around, although still a little bit down the road, there’s just one thing at the center of attention. She gave up two running events that she medaled in last year to focus solely on jumping.

“Coming into my senior season, I’ve done a lot,” Bauer said. “I’ve gotten a lot of medals, won a lot of things, and tried a lot of events. But the only thing I really don’t have is a state championship. That’s what I want to accomplish this year.”

Bauer wasn’t the only Salisbury athlete to medal on the girls’ side. Rylee Donaldson, who was near the top of the seed list in the 400-meter run, used a late burst to pass two runners and earn a silver medal on Wednesday.

“I was seeded fourth and I knew that times were only separated by one-hundredths of a second,” Donaldson said. “I knew that I was going to have to come out here, definitely PR, and run my best to be able to get high up there.”

Like her routine that she has mastered throughout the regular season, Donaldson, just a freshman, waited until the last turn to make her move. It’s turned out to be a recipe that has yielded plenty of success.

The only runner Donaldson couldn’t catch was Lydia Bottelier of Palisades, who won the event by .22 seconds.

“It felt really good,” Donaldson said. “I like to save a little bit for the last leg, and I was worried I was going to try and keep my pace with everyone else. But I did my race and kept a little bit for the last leg. It went as planned.”

Sarah Galantini just missed out on securing a medal after she placed fifth in the javelin event with a throw of 102 feet, three inches. Madison Brader of Palisades threw a 120-1 to win the event.