ST. JOSEPH COUNTY — It is time once again to cast your votes for the athlete of the week.
The weekly award/honor returns to us courtesy of our friends at Glen Oaks Community College! We thank them for their efforts and continued support of local high school athletes in the area.
This week, we have plenty of track and field athletes up for the honor. You can check out what each of the nominees did last week to earn their spots on the list. It’s listed below the poll.
Speaking of the poll, it will remain open until Noon, Sunday, May 3. We’ve been trying different start/end times for the athlete of the week polls and I am still finalizing the best option there, for what it’s worth. Apologies on it being a bit sporadic to this point.
Once again, voting is unlimited for the athletes. You can vote for more than one athlete at a time.
This week’s nominees
Morgan Niblock, Constantine track — Niblock broke her own Constantine school record in the mile race last Wednesday, taking three full seconds off her previous mark. She ran a time of 5:35.02.
Morgan Niblock, Allie Burns, Ashlynn Michalek, Kailee Jones of Constantine track — The two-mile relay team set a new school record for the Falcons, breaking the previous record set in 1994. Their time was 10:25.56.
Caleb Hohn, Sturgis track — Hohn competed for Sturgis at the Charlie Janke Memorial on Friday in Jackson. He locked in an early state-qualifying time in the 200 meters, winning at 22.24 seconds.
Angela Cary, Sturgis track — Cary is returning to the MHSAA state finals this year. At Jackson on Friday, Cary leaped over the 5-2 foot mark in the high jump to meet the early qualifying mark.
Matthew Bates, Centreville track — Bates dominated the Union City Invitational last week. He met the early state qualifying distances in both the shot put (51-5 feet) and the discus (159-9 feet).
Will Hulin, Centreville track — Hulin also dominated at Union City. He won the mile and two-mile runs as an individual, plus was part of the invite-winning mile and two-mile relays for Centreville.
Contact Sports Editor Brandon Watson at bwatson@gannett.com. Follow him on X, formerly known as Twitter, @BwatsonSJ.
This article originally appeared on Sturgis Journal: Cast your votes for Athlete of the Week, presented by Glen Oaks CC!
Reporting by Brandon Watson, Sturgis Journal / Sturgis Journal
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