Coldwater's Vanderpuyl named Breathe Free Duct Cleaning Athlete of the Week
In the closest vote in the history of the Breathe Free Duct Cleaning Athlete of the Week honor, Coldwater’s Drew Vanderpuyl has been voted as this week’s honoree for his work with Coldwater track and field.
Vanderpuyl edged out Quincy soccer star Laura Bostic for the title of Athlete the Week this week, winning by only three votes in the poll voted on by you, the readers.
Vanderpuyl won this week’s honor after putting together a big week for the Cardinals, starting on May 3 with a sixth-place finish in the 800-meter run to go with a fifth-place finish as part of the 1,600-relay team and a seventh-place finish as part of the 3,200-relay team at the Mitch Lutzke Williamston Track and Field Invitational. On May 8, in dual meet action, Vanderpuyl added a first-place finish in the 1,600 to go along with a second in the 3,200 and a third in the 800 as the Cardinals swept an Interstate 8 dual meet versus Marshall and Pennfield. To add to his growing list of accomplishments in his rookie season, on Monday Vanderpuyl added a second-place finish in the 800 and a fourth-place finish in the 1,600 to go along with a third place finish as part of the 1,600-relay team and as part of the winning 3,200-meter relay team in an Interstate 8 double dual versus Parma Western and Northwest.
Second place honors in this week’s Breathe Free Duct Cleaning Athlete of the Week poll went to Quincy soccer star Laura Bostic. Bostic went crazy on the soccer pitch this last week, leading the Orioles to a championship at their home invitational with four goals and one assist. Bostic helped the Orioles add to their win total with five goals in a win over Bronson early this week and helped Quincy to the ISL conference championship with her high level of play.
Also receiving votes for this week’s Breathe Free Duct Cleaning Athlete of the Week award were Miyah Moore of Coldwater track; Noah Rufenacht of Quincy track; and Skylar Smith of Bronson track.
The five finalists for this week’s Breathe Free Duct Cleaning Athlete of the Week poll were decided by the weekly Top Performers poll, which will be released Friday and run throughout the weekend. The top five vote getters will then move on to next week’s Breathe Free Duct Cleaning Athlete of the Week poll. Stay tuned for updates on the end of season awards, as The Daily Reporter will release their annual Dream Team awards for baseball and softball to go along with polls deciding this year’s boy and girl track athlete of the year, along with this year’s baseball and softball players of the year in Branch County.
Congratulations goes out once again to Coldwater track start Drew Vanderpuyl, this week’s Breathe Free Duct Cleaning Athlete of the Week.
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