Race winners from Saturday’s Milford Miles For Hunter included Ty Alles, Kirstin Alles, Brian Shepherd, Aubrey LeCount, Cooper Beer, Elias Rojas and Madison Doege. Photo provided

By Mike Deak
InkFreeNews

MILFORD – Runners took to the streets of Milford Saturday morning in an effort to help raise money for the Milford Food Bank.

In conjunction with a silent auction and pancake breakfast, the Milford Miles For Hunger road race took place, which was run in three different formats – half-mile, one-mile and two-mile distances.

Winning the half-mile races were Aubrey LeCount (3:39) and Cooper Beer (3:54), with Quincy Schwartz (4:04) and Tucker Beer (4:02) as runner-ups.

The one-mile leaders were Ty Alles (5:29) and Daniel Trinklin (8:21) on the male side, and Madison Doege (8:10) and Audrey Lawrence (10:01) in the female standings.

The two-mile race had Elias Rojas (10:21) and Brian Shepherd (12:12) lead the way for the men, while Kirstin Alles (12:17) and Staci Weisser (13:40) pacing the females.

Shepherd, who served as race supervisor, offered thanks to the event sponsors: Mr. Rooter, Jasper Plastics, Cetera Investments, Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance and Warsaw Buick.