Milford Athletics

SETTING THE SCENE:  Milford will head to the Hamilton Invitational this week, hoping to repeat as champions as they won the meet in 2015.  This is the last meet the team will have to build toward the Eastern Cincinnati Conference meet, to be held next week at Anderson.

A LOOK BACK:  In the midst of chilly temperatures and periodic rain, the Milford boys placed second of ten teams at their own Milford Invitational, behind only Mt. Healthy.  Milford also finished ahead of Turpin and Anderson of the ECC.

First place finishers included: Jake Cooley, 300 meter hurdles; Harris Craycraft, 3200 meter run; Dominic Dalessandro, 200 meter dash; and Dustin Reynolds, high jump.

Milford athletes in the top eight and earning points for each event were as follows: 

• 110 Meter Hurdles
  • 2^nd place, Manny Fernandez (16:75)

• 300 Meter Hurdles
  • 1^st place, Jake Cooley (43.02)
  • 4^th place, Manny Fernandez (44.93)

• 200 Meter Dash
  • 1^st place, Dominic Dalessandro (23.55)

• 400 Meter Dash
  • 4^th place, Dustin Reynolds (52.39)
  • 8^th place, Dillon Coleman (54:93)

• 1600 Meter Run
  • 2^nd place, Harris Craycraft (4:45.62)

• 3200 Meter Run
  • 1^st place, Harris Craycraft (10:41.27)
  • 8^th place, Sean Vonderhaar (11:01.42)

• Shot Put
  • 7^th place, Daniel Wilson (40-02.25)

• Discus
  • 2^nd place, Daniel Wilson (119-09)

• High Jump
  • 1^st place, Dustin Reynolds (5-10.00)
  • 6^th place, Jordan McConnaughey (5-04.00)

• Long Jump
  • 4^th place, Robbie McQueary (18-05.25)
  • 7^th place, Manny Fernandez (17-11.00)

• 4x100 Relay
  • 6^th place, Dawson Slone, Dominic Dalessandro, Ben Greenwell, Jordan Latham (47.04)

• 4x200 Relay
  • 2^nd place, Jordan Latham, Dominic Dalessandro, Ben Greenwell, Dustin Reynolds (1:35.09)

• 4x400 Relay
  • 3^rd place, Jake Cooley, Dustin Reynolds, Harrison Eckels, Dominic Dalessandro (3:39.31)

• 4x800 Relay
  • 8^th place, Sean Vonderhaar, Kevin Hansbauer, Jay Hayes, Harrison Eckels (9:22.53) 

Team Results:

• 1.         Mt. Healthy                                        131
• 2.         Milford                                                111
• 3.         McNicholas                                         79.5
• 4.         Moeller                                               73
• 5.         Turpin                                                 57
• 6.         New Richmond                                   56
• 7.         Mt. Healthy B                                     39.5
• 8.         Cincinnati Hill Christian Academy         39
• 8.         Anderson                                            39
• 10.       Madeira                                              35 

Results of the Milford Invitational can be found HERE.

A LOOK AHEAD:   Milford will head to the Hamilton Invitational, hoping to repeat as champions as they won the meet in 2015.  This is the last meet the team will have to build toward the Eastern Cincinnati Conference meet. 

• Tuesday, 5/2:              Hamilton 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.

• Jake Cooley:  7^th 300 meter hurdles
• Harris Craycraft:  t-8^th 800 meter run; 6^th 1600 meter run; 7^th 3200 meter run
• Dominic Dalessandro: 4^th 200 meter dash
• Manny Fernandez: 5^th 110 meter hurdles; 10^th long jump
• Ben Greenwell: t-10^th 100 meter dash
• Jordan Latham: t-10^th 100 meter dash
• Jordan McConnaughey: t-9^th high jump
• Robbie McQueary: t-10^th 100 meter dash; 5^th long jump; t-9^th high jump
• Dustin Reynolds:  3^rd high jump, 7^th 400 meter dash
• Daniel Wilson:  7^th discus, 8^th shot put 

Relays:

• 400 meter – 3^rd  
• 800 meter – 3^rd  
• 1600 meter – 5^th  
• 3200 meter – 6^th
• 6400 meter – 2^nd

POLL WATCH:   Mason held steady as the team in first position in the rankings of the Division I coaches’ poll for week five with LaSalle remaining in second.  However, Sycamore and Lakota East jumped to third and fourth, while the ECC’s Kings feel three spots and is now tied for fifth with fellow conference member Loveland, who fell from fourth. Withrow, previous ranked sixth, fell out of the poll completely, as did Anderson who was last week’s tenth place team. Walnut Hills (2) and Turpin (1) received votes this week, and Milford’s team received no votes in week five’s poll.