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: Olentangy's CJ Sanna 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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If you can't see the ballot when you scroll to the bottom of this story, try refreshing the link or clearing the cache in your browser. Voters can cast one vote per hour per device. You do not have to be a subscriber to vote.
Please do not email your votes; they will not count. Nominations and votes are not the same things.
Please be aware: The Dispatch's voting system recognizes only one vote per WiFi IP address, so consider taking your phone off WiFi to vote each hour if you're sharing it with multiple people.
Athletes were nominated over the past few weeks for the vote starting Monday, May 20.
Please do not email your votes; they will not count. Nominations and votes are not the same things.
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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The Dispatch staff reserves the right to remove ballots or athletes from the ballot where voting irregularities have occurred.
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:
Mairin O’Brien, Olentangy Orange track and field: Was the District 2 champion in the 4x800, open 800 and 4x400 and was runner-up in the 1,600. She is also the first student at Orange to earn 12 varsity letters, earning them in cross country, basketball and track. She is a member of three relay records for Orange in the 4x400, 4x800 and distance medley and qualified for states in cross country this past fall and as a team member her junior year.
Temidayo Owoyemi, Horizon Science Academy track and field: Finished first at the Division II district meet in shot put with a personal record of 39-7 and first in the discus with a personal record of 139-8. Her previous throw was 122-0.
Richard Simpson, Pickerington North track and field: Won the 100 (10.76), 200 (21.43) and 400 (46.97) in the Division I, District 1 meet. He was also a member of the first-place and regional-qualifying 1,600 relay (3:23.39).
This article originally appeared on The Columbus Dispatch: Vote: Ohio State Wexner Medical Center high school Athlete of Week
