SETTING THE SCENE:  Milford hosted the Milford Invitational last week, and the girls track and field team captured the Milford Invite championship for the third consecutive year.  As the regular season winds down, Milford’s teams will travel to the Blue Heaven Invitational held at Hamilton High School.

A LOOK BACK:  Milford’s girls track team won the team championship at their own Milford Invitational on Wed., April 25.  A number of Lady Eagles claimed first place in their respective events, including: Andrea Armstrong (100 meter dash, 200 meter dash, 400 meter dash and long jump); Haley Rodeffer (100 meter and 300 meter hurdles); and Emma Neal (discus).  The 4x400 meter relay team of Rodeffer, Ayden Cavill, Ellie Redrow and Alicia Viola-Prioli finished in first place as well.  Also leading the Eagles to the championship in the top three: Olivia Loeffler (2^nd 1600 meter run and 800 meter run); Bryn Rolfsen (3^rd 100 meter dash); Emma Beck (3^rd 1600 meter run and 3200 meter run); the 4x100 meter relay team (2^nd place - Caitlyn Wiscombe, Madison Chitwood, Megan Kussman, Rolfsen); and the 4x800 relay team (2^nd - Loeffler, Abby Nehlen, Redrow, Beck).

The full list of Milford athletes placing in the top eight of each event were as follows:

100 Meter Hurdles

• 1^st place, Haley Rodeffer (15.82)
• 5^th place, Katie Belcher (18.32)

100 Meter Dash

• 1^st place, Andrea Armstrong (12.67)
• 3^rd place, Bryn Rolfsen (13.08)

1600 Meter Run

• 2^nd place, Olivia Loeffler (5:40.26)
• 3^rd place, Emma Beck (5:45.36)
• 8^th place, Zoey Wiesner (6:30.79)

400 Meter Dash

• 1^st place, Andrea Armstrong (1:00.08)
• 4^th place, Alicia Viola-Prioli (1:04.34)
• 6^th place, Lillie Huseman (1:07.88)

300 Meter Hurdles

• 1^st place, Haley Rodeffer (50.05)
• 4^th place, Keri Eberly (51.76)

800 Meter Run

• 2^nd place, Olivia Loeffler (2:34.46)
• 4^th place, Abby Nehlen (2:37.10)

200 Meter Dash

• 1^st place, Andrea Armstrong (25.73)
• 8^th place, Riley Eggemeyer (28.78)

3200 Meter Run

• 3^rd place, Emma Beck (12:57.32)

Discus

• 1^st place, Emma Neal (97-11.00)
• 8^th place, Ellie Bach (67-03.00)

Shot Put

• 8^th place, Taylor Cassidy (25-11.75)

Long Jump

• 1^st place, Andrea Armstrong (15-10.50)
• 8^th place, Megan Kussman (13-04.00)

High Jump

• t-6^th place, Madison Chitwood (4-08.00)
• t-6^th place, Julia Miller (4-08.00)

4x100 Meter Relay

• 2^nd place (Milford A) Caitlyn Wiscombe, Madison Chitwood, Kussman, Rolfsen (53.07)
• 8^th place (Milford B) Christina Drees, Zoey McAninch, Mikayla Fritch, Gretchen Feldkamp (55.81)

4x200 Relay

• 6^th place (Milford A) Rodeffer, Ayden Cavill, Caitlin Wiscomb, Rolfsen (2:01.20)
• 8^th place (Milford B) Carley Eggemeyer, R. Eggemeyer, Alysia Haskins, Megan Pierce (2:02.47)

4x400 Relay

• 1^st place (Milford A) Rodeffer, A. Cavill, Ellie Redrow, Viola-Prioli (3:39.83)
• 7^th place (Milford B) Camden Cavill, Anna Bieber, Elena Richey, Katherine Perez-Oviedo (5:00.85)

4x800 Relay

• 2nd place (Milford A) Loeffler, Nehlen, Redrow, Beck (10:27.69)
• 5^th place (Milford B) Zoey Wiesner, Huseman, Brooklyn George, Julianna Bottomley (11:54.82) 

Milford won their own Invitation with 150 points, ahead of second place New Richmond with 127 points.  Loveland (114), West Clermont (78) and Taft (50) round out the top five.

Full results of the Milford Invitational can be found HERE.

A LOOK AHEAD:  Milford will travel to Hamilton for the Blue Heaven Invitational, a meet where the girls finished in sixth place of fourteen teams though the top three through six teams were separated by less than 10 points.

• Tuesday, 5/1:               Milford @ Blue Heaven Invitational, Hamilton High School, 4:00 pm

INSIDE THE ECC:  The following Milford athletes/events fall in the top ten in the Eastern Cincinnati Conference as of April 29:

Andrea Armstrong:  2^nd 100 meter dash; 2^nd 200 meter dash; 1^st 400 meter dash; 2^nd long jump

Jenna Bellonby: 4^th long jump

Madison Chitwood: t-6^th high jump

Keri Eberly:  9^th 300 meter hurdles

Julia Miller:  t-6^th high jump

Emma Neal: 5^th discus

Haley Rodeffer:  3^rd 100 meter hurdles; 4^th 300 meter hurdles

Bryn Rolfsen:  t-8^th 100 meter dash

Alicia Viola-Prioli:  9^th 400 meter dash

Relays:

400 meter – 4^th

800 meter – 5^th

1600 meter – 4^th

3200 meter – 4^th

POLL WATCH:  Big development in the most recent Cincinnati Enquirer area coaches’ poll:  the ECC’s Kings is now tied with Mason atop the poll for week six.  Princeton held at third while Lakota East moved to fourth and Anderson fell to fifth.  Withrow remained in sixth.  Loveland fell to eighth, and Turpin fell from seventh to tenth. West Clermont (9), Walnut Hills (8), and Milford (1) each received votes for week six of the poll. Click HERE for the latest coaches’ poll.