April 10, 2008 09:30 am
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By ERIC AHLQVIST
Cooperstown Crier
MILFORD — The Milford
boys and girls track teams
kicked off the season Monday
at home with third place
finishes in a tri-meet.
The Lady Wildcats will
rely on some experienced seniors
this season, including
household names like Maria
Arnot and Brenna Campbell,
both stars of the Milford soccer
team for four seasons.
Arnot is a top sprinter
and also was a member of
last year’s Tri-Valley Champion
4x100 relay team. Natasha
Roseboom and sophomore
Chandler Prouty also
return from that team, and
Dave Prouty said he is looking
for the fourth member.
``We’ve got quite a good
nucleus returning,’’ Prouty
said.
Campbell is a mid-distance
runner and Roseboom
also competes in the shot
put. Prouty is a sprinter and
will also compete in the discus.
On Monday, she won
that event with a throw of 69
feet.
``We also have some good,
young talent that I’m excited
about,’’ Dave Prouty added of
his 16-member team.
Sophomore Eden Ward
will move from middle distance
to distance events this
season, and newcomer Jane
O’Bryan will run both middistance
and longer distance
events.
``She’s a swimmer, and
we’re hoping that endurance
translates to the track,’’
Prouty said of O’Bryan.
Eighth-graders Avalon
Ward (sprints, jumps) and
Krista Krol (mid-distance)
are ones to watch as well,
Prouty said. Both Krol and
Ward were members of the
winning 400 and 1,600 relay
events Monday.
``We’re still looking for
people to fill the high jump
and hurdles,’’ Prouty said.
``Everywhere else we seem to
be pretty solid. Our success
will depend on how fast our
younger runners develop and
how we fill those holes we
currently have.’’
Boys look to rebuild
The Milford boys track
team was hit hard by the loss
of 16 players from last year’s
team.
Prouty has 13 boys on the
roster, including returning
sophomore Mike Foy, who
was a Tri-Valley champion
in the 100 meter dash last
season.
Senior Mike Krol returns
in the high jump and relays,
and fellow senior Sean Huffstickler
returns in the high
jump and distance events.
``Besides those three,
we’re a completely new
team,’’ Prouty said. ``We
won’t have the depth we had
last year.’’
Prouty said he’s relying
on sophomore Josh Baker
and junior Andy Jones to
have good seasons this
spring.
``Andy has the potential to
do real well in the weight
events,’’ he said.
The team is currently
without Dan Baxter, a Tri-
Valley and Section Four
champion in both hurdle
events last year and a holder
of three school records, for
disciplinary reasons. Prouty
said Baxter’s future with the
team is uncertain.
``We’re just going to work
on improving and see where
we are at the end of the year,’’
Prouty said.
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