Dispatch.com readers can vote for their favorite girls 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. Feb. 7.
The boys Athlete of the Week poll was published Feb. 2 with voting running through Feb. 6.
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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Please do not email your votes; they will not count. Nominations and votes are not the same things.
Athletes were nominated over the past few weeks for the vote starting Feb. 3
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.
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.
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:
Alexa Briseno, Gahanna swimming: Won the 50-yard freestyle and 100 backstroke and anchored the 200 free and 400 free relays at the OCC-Ohio championship.
Abi Goodrich, Worthington Kilbourne swimming: Won the 50 free and 100 back, led off the winning 200 free relay and anchored the first-place relay at the OCC-Capital meet.
Kelsey Grubbs, Olentangy Berlin basketball: Had a school-record 31 points and 10 rebounds against Hilliard Davidson and a school-record 19 rebounds and 13 points against Unioto.
Macy Medley, Olentangy Orange gymnastics: Won first place in every event and all around against five teams at Hilliard Bradley.
Kiera Powers, Upper Arlington swimming: Won the 200 IM and 500 free and led off the winning 200 and 400 free relays at the OCC-Central championship.
This article originally appeared on The Columbus Dispatch: Dispatch Girls Athlete of Week, by Wexner Medical Center: VOTE
Reporting by Brian White, Columbus Dispatch / The Columbus Dispatch
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