Who was the best high school athlete in Greater Columbus last week? Your votes decide
Dispatch.com readers can now vote for their favorite high school athletes of the week on their desktop, the Dispatch.com mobile web or Dispatch app once per hour by scrolling down to ballots listed below.
Deadline is 4 p.m. Friday.
Last week's winner: Thomas Worthington's Katie Niven named Athlete of the Week
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High school Athlete of the Week
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center high school Athlete of the Week voting occurs each week during high school sports competition and recognizes athletes across all sports.
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Athletes were nominated over the past few weeks for the vote starting Monday, May 13.
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Athletes are on this week's ballot based on information made available to The Dispatch, and nominations made over the past week.
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Once athletes win during the regular season, they're not eligible to be back on the ballot until the postseason. If athletes haven't won in the regular season, they can be nominated more than once.
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Have any questions? Email sports editor Brian White at bwhite1@dispatch.com.
Please do not email your votes; they will not count. Nominations and votes are not the same things.
Here are this week's Athlete of the Week candidates:
JT Hiltscher, Marysville track and field: won the 100 (11.06), 200 (22.85) and 400 (51.58) in the OCC-Cardinal meet.
Lillian Hurd, Independence track and field: Won the 100 (12.58), 200 (25.88) and 400 (58.56) and was a member of the first-place 800 relay (1:46.39) at the City League meet.
Olivia Pace, Westerville Central track and field: Won the 100 (11.94), 200 (24.45) and long jump (19-3 1/2) in the OCC-Ohio meet. The long jump is a program and OCC all division meet record.
Miriam Rule, Whetstone track and field: Won the 1,600 (5:17.15) and 3,200 (11:47.21) and was a member of the first-place 3,200 relay (10:19.87) in the City League meet.
CJ Sanna, Olentangy track and field: Won the shot put (53-4.75) and discus (178-7) at the OCC Cardinal meet. The discus mark broke the Cardinal record of 174-10 from 2012. The previous week at the Delaware County Championships, he won both the shot put (58- 9) and discus (192-4) with recording-breaking throws. Both marks are the top throws in central Ohio so far this spring and the discus mark is the 15th longest throw in the nation.
Thaiven Thy, Briggs volleyball: Had 16 digs with no passing errors, two assists and two serving aces against Newark; had 20 digs with no passing errors and one assist vs. Edgewood; had 20 digs with an assist and no errors vs. Chillicothe; and had 31 digs, one assist, no errors and four aces vs. Middletown.
This article originally appeared on The Columbus Dispatch: Vote: Ohio State Wexner Medical Center high school Athlete of Week
