Miller adds conference titles to resume

Breaking school records is just another day at the office for Eme Miller. On Friday and Saturday, her record-breaking runs led to a pair of conference titles.
Miller won Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference championships for the Defiance College women’s track team in both the 3,000-meter steeplechase and 5,000 run at the meet hosted by Bluffton.
The 2012 Jay County High School graduate opened the meet in style, easily winning the HCAC crown in the steeplechase. Her time of 11 minutes, 9.96 seconds, was more than 35 seconds faster than the runner-up and not only broke her own school record (11:20.11) but obliterated the conference record of 11:26.21 set by Anderson’s Candace DeLong in 2011.
Her second conference title came Saturday as she was the only runner to break the 18-minute mark in the 5,000 run. Her time of 17:58.46 was four seconds faster than runner-up Teresa Wiczyski of Hanover and obliterated her own Yellowjacket record by more than 20 seconds.
She also placed fourth in the 1,500 run, finishing less than three seconds off the winning pace with her time of 4:54.64. That improved upon the record of 4:58 she set just a week earlier at Ohio Northern University’s Polar Bear Invitational.
Miller will leave Defiance as the best female distance runner in school history, as she also owns indoor records in the 1,000-, 3,000- and 5,000-meter events as well as the mile and cross country records for both the 5K and 6K races.

Collin Affolder
South Adams – 2014
Had two hits in a pair of doubleheaders for the Bethel College baseball team.
The sophomore had the only extra-base hit and swiped a stolen base in a 4-3 loss Friday to University of Saint Francis. He then had a hit and scored a run in the second game, a 5-3 victory.
Affolder added his second double in three games on Monday in a 2-1 loss in the first game of a doubleheader against Taylor University. He then had a hit in game two, a 4-2 win in eight innings.
Affolder finished the regular season with a .260 batting average. He had five doubles, one home run, drove in 17 runs and walked 15 times.
The Pilots (18-23, 14-10 Crossroads League) meet Huntington Saturday in the first round of the conference tournament.

Kyle Selvey
Jay County – 2014
Recorded his first RBIs of the season for the Huntington University baseball team in a 16-5 victory against Grace College.
The sophomore entered as a pinch runner and hit a two-run single for his first RBIs of the year. He later came around to score.
Selvey and the Foresters (19-26, 14-10) begin Crossroads League tournament play on Saturday when they host Bethel College.

Abbi Dunlavy
Jay County – 2014
Ran for the IPFW women’s track and field team Saturday in the Crusader Invitational hosted by Valparaiso.
The sophomore turned in her best finish in the javelin, finishing 19th. Her best throw was 18.36 meters.
She was also 25th in the 1,500-meter run (5:25.05) and 26th in the 800 (2:44.2).

Abigail Johnson
Jay County – 2014
Competed for the Indiana Wesleyan women’s track team Saturday during the 2016 Crossroads League Championships it hosted.
The sophomore was 12th in the 3,000-meter steeplechase. She had a time of 12 minutes, 46.01 seconds. Her teammate Angel Osladil won the event in 11:25.43.
The Wildcats won the team title with 173.5 points, more than 20 ahead of runner-up Taylor.
Tim Lehman
South Adams – 2012
Competed in one event Saturday for the Goshen College men’s track team at the Crossroads League Championships hosted by Indiana Wesleyan.
Lehman won his heat of the 400-meter dash with a time of 51.75 seconds.
He was 14th overall in the race, which Marian’s Zach Sneiderwine won in 49.44.