SETTING THE SCENE: The Lady Eagles captured first place at last week’s New Richmond Invitational, placing in the top three of eight events. The Eagles now prepare to compete at the Anderson Invitational this week along with a number of other Eastern Cincinnati Conference teams.
A LOOK BACK: Last week the squad headed toward the Ohio River, to the New Richmond Invitational. Those who qualified during Tuesday’s preliminaries returned for the finals, held on Wed., 4/12. Milford girls finished the meet in 1st place out of 16 teams, led by Andrea Armstrong who came away with first place finishes in the 200 meter dash as well as the long jump. The 4x100 relay took first place, while other top-three performers included Jenna Bellonby (2nd long jump), Haley Rodeffer (3rd place 300 meter hurdles), the 4x200 and 4x800 meter relays each finished in third place.
Milford athletes in the top nine of each event were as follows:
Team results, and both preliminary and final results of the New Richmond Invitational can be found HERE.
A LOOK AHEAD: Milford’s next meet on the docket is the Anderson Invitational. Preliminaries will be held Thurs., Apr. 20; those who qualify for the finals will return to Anderson on Fri., Apr. 21.
Thursday, 4/20: Field events begin at 4:30 pm, Track events at 5:00 pm
Friday, 4/21: Field events begin at 4:30 pm, Track events at 6:00 pm
INSIDE THE ECC: The following Milford athletes/events fall in the top ten in the Eastern Cincinnati Conference early in the season.
400 meter – 1st
800 meter – 4th
1600 meter – 4th
3200 meter – 4th
POLL WATCH: Mason continued as the top ranked team in week three of the area coaches’ poll. The ECC’s Kings remained second, while Lakota West moved into third and Withrow fell to fourth. Lakota East is now fifth and Turpin dropped to sixth. Anderson fell to tenth from ninth. Milford entered the poll this week, receiving eleven votes; other ECC programs to receive votes include Loveland (12) and Walnut Hills (12).