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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.

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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 polo

Amelia Gibbs

Palo Alto volleyball

Cooper McKenna *

Gunn water polo

Sarah Perry

Woodside cross country

Odeya Russo *

Gunn volleyball

Ella Woodhead

Sacred Heart Prep water polo

Josh Butler

Palo Alto football

Cory Hallada

Gunn football

Jaden Richardson

Menlo football

Kai Seed

Woodside water polo

Eitan Smoylar

Gunn football

Ryan Stanley

Palo Alto water polo

* Previous Winner

Previous Weeks

September 18, 2019
(Elena Radeff, Millie Muir/Eitan Smolyar)

September 11, 2019
(Megan Norris/Danny Peters)

September 04, 2019
(Addie Ahlstrom/Teddy Purcell)

May 22, 2019
(Kyra Pretre, Charlotte Tomkinson/Julien Hernandez)

May 15, 2019
(Sarah Snyder/Jared Freeman)

May 08, 2019
(Milan Hilde-Jones/Aidan Everett)

May 01, 2019
(Sarah Snyder/Owen Crevelt)

April 24, 2019
(Alexandra Chan/Max Reyes)

April 17, 2019
(Emma Sloan/Justin Nam)

April 10, 2019
(Genna Gibbons/Jared Freeman)

April 03, 2019
(Emma Briger, Ingrid Corrigan/Nathan Fleischli)

March 27, 2019
(Sara Osterberg/Aidan Everett)

March 20, 2019
(Leiney Paul/Jared Freeman)

March 13, 2019
(Avery Lee/Dean Casey)

March 06, 2019
(Coco Layton/Andrei Volgin)

February 27, 2019
(Folashade Akinola/Isaiah Saams-Hoy)

February 20, 2019
(Evelyn Calhoon, Lauren McDonnell/Abby Ericson, Folashade Akinola)

February 13, 2019
(Klara Astrom/Timothy Waymouth)

February 06, 2019
(Sharon Nejad/Andrew Wang)

January 30, 2019
(Mina Tameilau/Liam Johnson)

January 23, 2019
(Hannah Jump/Raymond Reece)

January 16, 2019
(Catie Cassani/Joshua Meyers)

January 09, 2019
(Avery Lee/Charlie Williams)


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