Athletes of the Week
Posted September 25, 2019
Charlotte Tomkinson
Menlo cross country
The senior won her first individual cross country race with the fastest time of the day on the girls side across 11 races in four divisions as the Knights won the team title at Woodbridge.
Colin Giffen
Palo Alto football
The senior wide receiver caught seven pass for 155 yards and a touchdown in helping the Vikings beat Carlmont 34-24 last Friday. Giffen is also a defensive standout for Paly.
Honorable Mention
Minhee Chung *
Castilleja water poloAmelia Gibbs
Palo Alto volleyballCooper McKenna *
Gunn water poloSarah Perry
Woodside cross countryOdeya Russo *
Gunn volleyballElla Woodhead
Sacred Heart Prep water poloJosh Butler
Palo Alto footballCory Hallada
Gunn footballJaden Richardson
Menlo footballKai Seed
Woodside water poloEitan Smoylar
Gunn footballRyan Stanley
Palo Alto water polo* Previous Winner
Previous Weeks
(Elena Radeff, Millie Muir/Eitan Smolyar)
(Megan Norris/Danny Peters)
(Addie Ahlstrom/Teddy Purcell)
(Kyra Pretre, Charlotte Tomkinson/Julien Hernandez)
(Sarah Snyder/Jared Freeman)
(Milan Hilde-Jones/Aidan Everett)
(Sarah Snyder/Owen Crevelt)
(Alexandra Chan/Max Reyes)
(Emma Sloan/Justin Nam)
(Genna Gibbons/Jared Freeman)
(Emma Briger, Ingrid Corrigan/Nathan Fleischli)
(Sara Osterberg/Aidan Everett)
(Leiney Paul/Jared Freeman)
(Avery Lee/Dean Casey)
(Coco Layton/Andrei Volgin)
(Folashade Akinola/Isaiah Saams-Hoy)
(Evelyn Calhoon, Lauren McDonnell/Abby Ericson, Folashade Akinola)
(Klara Astrom/Timothy Waymouth)
(Sharon Nejad/Andrew Wang)
(Mina Tameilau/Liam Johnson)
(Hannah Jump/Raymond Reece)
(Catie Cassani/Joshua Meyers)
(Avery Lee/Charlie Williams)
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