The polls are open!
It’s time to vote for the Volusia-Flagler-St. Johns Athlete of the Week for the week of Oct. 3-8. Athletes for bowling, cross county, golf, swimming and volleyball are eligible throughout the fall; The News-Journal and Record will hand out game balls each week for the top performers in football.
There was no Athlete of the Week poll last week after Hurricane Ian forced most of the area’s sporting events to be canceled or rescheduled. Two weeks ago, St. Joseph cross-country runner Paige Brammer took home the honor, picking up 48% of the vote.
The News-Journal and Record gather nominees from scores and stats emailed to the sports desk during the week by coaches across the area. Coaches can email nominees to sports@news-jrnl.com.
Voting begins each Monday and closes at 10 a.m. Thursday. Votes are restricted to once per device per hour.
To see the newest poll, click here.
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Bowling
Alyssa Burns, DeLand: Burns rolled a season-high 245 in Wednesday’s 7-0 win over DeLand
Kolby Lyster, University: Lyster bowled the week’s high game for all tri-county boys’ bowlers, and the top game this season for the Titans, with a 252 against Seabreeze.
Cross County
Olivia Gardner, New Smyrna Beach: Gardner won the Sebastian River Invitational Saturday, finishing in 19 minutes and 27 seconds — almost two minutes before the runner-up.
Justin Gilliam, Flagler Palm Coast: Gilliam crossed the finish line second and, at 16:23, was just 10 seconds out of first place at the New World Fall Spectacular Saturday.
Hayden Herndon, Flagler Palm Coast: The junior was right behind teammate Justin Gilliam, placing third with a time of 16:28 at the New World Fall Spectacular Saturday.
Mackenzie Roy, Seabreeze: The sophomore placed third, just 13 seconds off the lead at the FSU Invitational pre-state meet last weekend.
Golf
Maddie Rathjen, Beachside: Rathjen was a back-to-back medalist Friday and Saturday, shooting a 36 against Bartram Trail and following it with a 35 against Episcopal.
Swimming
Annie Wohlgemuth, Ponte Vedra: The senior took first in the 100 fly and 100 backstroke while also swimming on winning teams in the 200 medley relay and 200 freestyle relay against Nease Saturday.
Volleyball
Alexia Frank, Taylor: Frank, a junior, tallied a game-high 11 kills in a three-set victory over Crescent City Tuesday.
Adriana Jeanpierre, Beachside: The freshman had 17 or more kills in all three of the Barracudas’ matches last week.
Kiali Olivier, Menendez: Olivier, a junior, paced the Falcons in kills in their two wins last week, recording 12 against Flagler Palm Coast and 11 against St. Joseph.