LAKEWOOD – Skylar Angelidis knew the situation before her final jump and said to herself, “I have to get this.”

The special athletes find a way when they “have to.” The Palmer sophomore – a soccer star and now a state champion in the triple jump despite a sprained ankle – belongs in that category.

Angelidis’s final mark of 38-foot-6.25 was not only the best jump of her life, but it vaulted her out of third place and gave her the state title by a margin of half an inch over Roosevelt’s Jamaya Johnson.

She stood next to the officials as they measured the final jump, then jumped in joy when she realized what it all meant.

“The last jump felt so good, felt so smooth, and I knew,” Angelidis said.…