It’s tiebreaker time.
The Athlete of the Week voting is complete for 2024-25. Now it’s your turn: Which of the Athlete of the Week performances this year were the very best of the best?
Vote now for the top weekly performance from the Athlete of the Week winners of the third quarter of 2024-25. Over four weeks in June, the Times-Union will roll out polls for each quarter of the season, leading up to a final four. It’s one more opportunity to highlight some of the top performances from the high school sports season in Jacksonville and Northeast Florida.
The third-quarter balloting ended in a tie, leading to this tiebreaker-round vote to select the third of the final four performances.
This week’s tiebreaker vote begins Saturday morning and closes at 10 a.m. Monday. Votes are restricted to once per device per hour. Vote at jacksonville.com/sports.
Jan. 6-11: Robert Calazans, Mandarin boys soccer
The junior attacking midfielder scored in every round of the Gateway Conference tournament to help Mandarin repeat as Gateway boys soccer champions.
Jan. 20-25: Kaden Toure, Ribault boys basketball
The senior led the Trojans to the Gateway Conference championship, scoring 27 points in the Gateway semifinal against Mandarin and 17 in the final against Jackson.
Feb. 24-March 1: Nieko Garnes, Jackson boys track
The senior won the 400-meter hurdles at the Sam Burley Hall of Fame Invitational in Miami, running 52.67 for a school record, a meet record and the fastest high school time recorded in the United States to that point in 2025.
This article originally appeared on Florida Times-Union: TIEBREAKER POLL: Top Athlete of the Week performance of the third quarter of 2024-25
Reporting by Clayton Freeman, Jacksonville Florida Times-Union / Florida Times-Union
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