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Vote for the Blue Federal Credit Union High School Athlete of the Week (May 5-11)

chris abshire, fort collins coloradoan
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Blue Federal Credit Union is partnering with the Coloradoan to honor our best Fort Collins-area high school athletes every week. Check coloradoan.com/sports every Monday to vote.
Blue Federal Credit Union is partnering with the Coloradoan to honor our best Fort Collins-area high school athletes every week. Check coloradoan.com/sports every Monday to vote.

The Coloradoan is proud to present our weekly Athlete of the Week series for this high school year, partnering with Blue Federal Credit Union to honor the best Fort Collins-area high school athletes.

There are five nominees every week, and fans can vote every Monday through Wednesday at coloradoan.com/sports/high-school-sports.

We're heading down the home stretch for the spring sports season, with swimming and tennis state championships wrapped up last week plus track & field incoming this week.

Here is the 28th Athlete of the Week edition of the 2023-24 school year for May 5-11.

You can find the ballot at the bottom of the page. Voting is open until 11 p.m. Wednesday each week, with the winner announced on Thursday at Coloradoan.com/sports.

Fans can nominate top-performing athletes (deadline: 11:59 p.m. every Sunday), and the Coloradoan Sports staff will ultimately select the five nominees each week.

Previous winner: This Windsor swimming star was named Blue Federal Credit Union Athlete of the Week

If you have nominations for a future Athlete of the Week, please send them via email to ChrisAbshire@coloradoan.com for consideration.

The following athletes are nominated for their performances last week (May 5-11):

  • Kylie Becker, Windsor girls track and field: The Wizards sophomore swept the girls discus and shot put titles at Windsor's 'Wizards' Last Stand' meet. Becker also set a new personal record (36 feet, 1 inch) in the shot put and won both events for the second straight week after sweeping conference championships in the throws.

  • Lily Eisbrener, Timnath girls soccer: The Cubs' freshman was sensational in her playoff debut, combining for five goals with two assists in Timnath's postseason wins over Regis Groff and Frontier Academy, including a hat trick against the former. Eisbrener now ranks among Colorado's top five (all classes) in goals (38) and points (89) this spring.

  • Brennen O'Neil, Fossil Ridge boys swimming: The SaberCats' junior brought home a state title, winning the 5A boys 200-yard individual medley with a new PR time of 1:49.13 in a wire-to-wire victory. O'Neil helped Fossil finish 4th as a team and also place top-five in the 200 and 400 free relays.

  • Nevaeh Rura, Rocky Mountain girls track and field: The Lobos' freshman had a big ramp-up week toward state, sweeping triple and high jump titles at the Wizards' Last Stand and adding a runner-up 100-meter dash finish. She set a new PR (5 feet, 4 inches) in the high jump and also third and fourth in the event at the John Martin Invite and Teddy's Last Chance Qualifier.

  • Kaden Souders, Fort Collins baseball: The Lambkins' sophomore produced seven RBIs with three extra-base hits in Fort Collins' 3-1 week, including a 5-RBI game with a home run in a 20-5 rout of Mountain Range. Souders is now batting .296 with 20 RBIs and eight doubles in his first full varsity season.

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