The female Athlete of the Week is Montpelier track athlete Bria Friend. Last week at the OHSAA state championships, she recorded three top-eight finishes. She garnered runner-up honors in the girls’ long jump with a leap of 17-9¾, took fourth in the girls’ 100-meter dash with a time of 12.44 seconds and finished it off with a seventh-place effort in the girls’ 200-meter dash with a time of 25.91 seconds.