SHIPPENSBURG — After her third jump on Saturday in the PIAA Class AAA track and field championships in the long jump, Williamsport’s Isabelle Morrow called up her coach and pondered whether or not she should stick around.

Morrow wasn’t too confident that her leap of 17 feet, 7 3/4 inches would be good enough to qualify for the top nine to reach the finals. Especially given the fact she faulted on her second jump.

Her coach told her to stick around just in case. So, standing off to the side of the track after packing up her belongings and cleats, Morrow would check MileSplit results.

And refresh.

And refresh.

“I walk out, standing with my mom and I’m watching MileSplit like a hawk,” Morrow joked. “They’re on their third jumps and I was like ‘oh my God, there’s one girl who has to jump.’ I was like ‘I’m gonna be in finals.'”

What a rollercoaster of emotions those few minutes were for Morrow.

“I wasn’t seeded that high, so I was just watching (the results),” Morrow said. “I was so excited to see that I made it.”

Morrow went from not even being sure she would reach the finals to qualifying and stepping onto the podium at Shippensburg. Not a bad Saturday afternoon on a chilly and rainy day for the Millionaire who will go on to compete in college at Indiana (Pa.)

“I’m so happy. So happy,” Morrow said with a laugh about medaling.

Morrow jumped a distance of 17-11 on her first attempt in the finals, besting her 17-7 3/4 by almost four inches. In the end, it was good enough to take home a seventh-place medal for the Williamsport senior.

“I was so excited. They took nine (for finals) and I was in eighth and I was like ‘I just need to do better,'” Morrow said. “First jump I did better and I was like ‘OK, nice.’ Next two I scratched. I was like it’s OK. It’s better, that’s what I wanted.”

Kennett junior Aydriane Bowden won state gold by leaping 20-4 3/4 while Bensalem’s Evette Wesseh jumped 19-0 3/4 for silver and Norristown’s Jade Webb jumped 19-0 1/4 for bronze. Bowden’s gold-medal winning jump — which she hit on her second attempt — broke the PIAA record set in 2005 by just over three inches.

Saturday was a bag of mixed emotions for Morrow. She started the morning seeded high in the high jump, but the weather threw her off a bit. Rather than competing like normal outside, the high jump and pole vault events were moved indoors at Shippensburg out of the rain and cold, throwing a wrench into things for Morrow.

Morrow cleared 5-0 and 5-2 on her first attempts, but she missed on 5-3 and missed reaching the podium. She finished in tenth place while 5-3 was good enough for eighth. Franklin Regional’s Jamie Kociela won the state title with a height of 5-6. Morrow broke the school record earlier this season with a height of 5-7.

“I mean it’s hard. We prepared to be outside and then the night before she was like make sure to bring all your shoes we may be inside. It wasn’t like a representation of me and what I can do,” Morrow said. “I wish we were outside, but it happens. I tried it out, got myself together and came back. … You can’t wear spikes in there, so it’s a little bit different. High jump is so technical. It just didn’t work today.”

But Morrow regrouped and focused on the long jump for the afternoon sessions. And, while she wasn’t seeded high in that event, she still left Shippensburg with her first career outdoor state medal.

“It’s so exciting,” Morrow said with a laugh. “I was seeded well in high jump and I wasn’t seeded high here and here I am, so you never know what’s gonna happen.”