Each week during the school year, The News-Press and the Naples Daily News select high school boys athletes who stood out the week before based on a combination of coach reports sent to sports@news-press.com and sports@naplesnews.com and school nominations sent over email. Those athletes are put in a poll each Monday on news-press.com and naplesnews.com and you, our readers, vote on who you think did it best.
You better vote now, because this is it. This is the final boys athlete of the week poll for the 2025-26 school year.
The winner of the Southwest Florida Boys Athlete of the Week poll sponsored by MY Shower Door will receive a T-shirt provided by BSN Sports and a tote bag provided by The News-Press and Naples Daily News. Voting ends at 10 a.m. Thursday. The winner will be announced on social media.
The previous SWFL Boys Athlete of the Week sponsored by MY Shower Door winner was Gateway pole vaulter Dylan Gourley, who captured 49% of the vote.
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Here are the SW Florida Boys Athlete of the Week sponsored by MY Shower Door nominees for May 4-9:
Track and field
Logan Bartelt, St. John Neumann
Bartelt finished as Class 1A state runner-up in the 800 meters, crossing the finish line after 1:55.15 on May 6.
Jadrien Carmo, Bishop Verot
Carmo set PRs in both his events, finishing second in the 400 meters and third in the 200 meters at the Class 2A state meet on May 7.
Kobe Johnson, Dunbar
Johnson captured a state title in the 110 hurdles and came in second in the 400 hurdles at the Class 3A state meet on May 8.
Aaron Kluener, Bishop Verot
Kluener won the Class 2A state title in the javelin with a PR throw on May 7.
Levi McKenzie, Riverdale
McKenzie earned medals in each of the sprints at the Class 3A state meet, coming in seventh in the 100, third in the 200 and third in the 400 on May 8.
Caleb Paul, First Baptist
Paul won the Class 1A state title in the triple jump with a PR on May 6.
Baseball
OB Osceola, St. John Neumann
Osceola threw 6 1/3 innings against Canterbury, allowing one earned run with nine strikeouts in a 4-2 win in Game 3 of the Class 1A-Region 3 final on May 9.
Weightlifting
Jonathan Scott, SFCA
Scott earned a Class 1A state title in the Traditional category with a combined lift of 415 pounds in the 119-pound weight class and came in second in Olympic on May 8.
Justin Thach, LaBelle
Thach won the Traditional 129-pound weight class state championship with a combined lift of 485 pounds, helping the Cowboys to a fourth-place team finish in Traditional on May 7.
This article originally appeared on Fort Myers News-Press: VOTE: SW FL Boys Athlete of the Week by MY Shower Door for May 4-9
Reporting by Dustin B Levy, Fort Myers News-Press & Naples Daily News / Fort Myers News-Press
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