Who was the best high school athlete in Greater Columbus last week? Your votes decide
Voting is open for the Athlete of the Week.
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.
High school sports: Here's how to nominate Columbus area athletes of the week in 2021-22
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The Athlete of the Week voting occurs each week during high school sports competition and recognizes athletes across all sports.
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 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 16. You can nominate athletes for this coming week's performances for the vote that begins next Monday, May 23.
Last week's winner: Thomas Worthington's Katie Niven named Columbus area high school athlete of the week
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.
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.
Here are this week's Athlete of the Week candidates:
Connor Ackley, Hilliard Davidson track and field: Set OCC-Central meet records in the 1,600 (4:12.75) and 3,200 meters (9:22.17).
Alec Carr, Big Walnut track and field: Broke the OCC-Capital 110 hurdles record (14.56) with a time of 13.98 and broke the 300 hurdles record (37.4) with a 37.37.
Grace Daily, Buckeye Valley track and field: Won the 100 (12.72) and 200 (26.1) in the MSL-Ohio Division meet.
Ava Musgrove, Olentangy Orange track and field: Won the 100 (13.06) and 400 (1:00.47) in the OCC-Central meet.
Alex Smith, Hilliard Darby track and field: Broke the OCC-Cardinal 200 record (21.72 seconds) with a time of 21.65 in the preliminary at the conference meet, then broke it again in the final with a time of 21.2. Also broke the OCC-Cardinal long jump record (23 feet, 8 1/2 inches) with a 24-11 1/2 and was on the winning 400 relay team (43.06).
This article originally appeared on The Columbus Dispatch: High School Athlete of the Week: Vote in Columbus Dispatch poll
