Morgan Boyle always wants to reach higher and go farther.

It’s not surprising them, that the Tamaqua senior, who was a state qualifier in both the pole vault and javelin last season, expects nothing but the best from herself.At Friday night’s Olympian Invitational at Jim Thorpe, Boyle’s abilities were once again on full display as she captured gold in both the pole vault and javelin.“It was cold,” Boyle said afterward. “But I thought I did OK for the conditions. I’m all right with it.”The frigid temperatures didn’t slow a bevy of Times News area athletes that found great success at the meet, who, including Boyle, captured a total of seven gold medals at the 8th Annual event.Despite the less than ideal conditions, which included strong winds throughout the competition, Boyle was able to clear 9-6 in winning the pole vault, though she admitted she could have done better.“I should have made 10-0,” Boyle said. “But I’m not really worried about it. I know I just have to work harder in practice.“Usually it’s kind of rough (in the beginning of the season) but this year I feel like I’m moving a little faster and getting to new heights. Last year, I struggled in the beginning but I fell OK with it.”Like she’s done in the past, Boyle transitioned quickly to win the javelin with a throw of 133-04.5. But she was quick to note the best is yet to come.“For now, I’m happy with it,” she said. “There are definitely bigger throws to come. But for right now I’m OK with it.”Boyle led a strong showing by the Lady Raiders, who took second in the team standings with 63 points, amassing 63 points.In addition to Boyle, Monika Shimko (800) and Allison Pedersen (discus) also won gold.Shimko, who was a state qualifier in the 800 last year, was victorious with a time of 2:23.95.“I feel good about it,” Shimko said. “It’s a good payoff for all the offseason training and workouts that I’ve done.”Shimko, along with Kailee Carroll, Victoria Labar and Oliva Stanek, took second in the 3200 relay with a time of 10:26.05. Shimko, Labar, Janette Kabana and Chelsea Frantz placed third in the 1600 relay with a time of 4:27.71.While Shimko relied on prior knowledge and experience in winning the 800, Pedersen tried something new in winning the discus with a throw of 108-08, which came on her last attempt.“It feels really good, and I was only seeded third, so to beat the girls ahead of me feels great,” said Pedersen. “I actually tried, instead of messing with my balance a little bit when I first start my throw, I went right into it. That was the first time I did it like that.”Pedersen got the idea from teammate Kayla Holland, who took second with a throw of 108-04.A pair of golds from Rayan Green (triple jump) and Dylan Bucior (3200) helped the Jim Thorpe boys, the defending champions, take second in the team standings with 87 points.Green captured the triple jump with a mark of 46-03, while Bucior won the 3200 in 10:18.97.“I’m very satisfied with how I did,” said Green. “I felt like I definitely could have done better and need to push myself more in practice and work harder in general, but I’m happy with it.”Green was second in the long jump (21-06.5) and third in the 300 hurdles (42.05) and 110 hurdles (15.41).Bucior, who also took second in the 1600 (4:31.99), used a late surge to capture the 3200, a race that is still relatively new to him.“I felt pretty good going into it,” Bucior said. “The whole race was pretty crazy.“I only ran the 3200 a few times last year so I’m relatively new to it. But I felt like I had too much at the end. I was trying to conserve, but near laps six and seven, I knew I had a lot left. But I didn’t know I didn’t know I had that much left.”Palmerton’s Brinn Doherty captured the 100 (12.85) and proved she’s back on form after losing nearly all of last season with a broken arm and hamstring injury.“Last year I had a really bad year and was hurt a lot so I pretty much didn’t even have a season,” said Doherty. “My goal was to win the 100 at this invitational and I’m so happy that I was able to do it.”CHAMPS … Souderton won both the boys and girls team titles.RUNNERS UP … Randy Sanon, Jim Thorpe (100, 11.48); Logan Blasiak, Palmerton (pole vault, 12-0); Jared Hinkle, Weatherly (2:05.57, 800); Gavin Kemery, Northern Lehigh (3200, 10:21.28); Lehighton 1600 relay (Tanner Haydt, Joseph Petit-Clair, Richard Nolt, Sean Patterson) 3:40.95.BRONZE … Autumn Cope, Jim Thorpe (javelin, 122-01); Alexis Barndt, Lehighton (100 hurdles, 17.22); Matt Smarr, Tamaqua (pole vault, 11-6); Mike Stasko, Palmerton (200, 23.45); Kevin Vitti, Jim Thorpe (shot put, 44-04.5); Jill Olewine, Northern Lehigh (long jump, 15-10); Jim Thorpe 1600 relay (Hunter Simmons, Prince Simmonds, Ben Saxon, Shawn O’Toole) 3:42.72.