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Athletes of the Week

Posted November 13, 2019

Odeya Russo
Gunn volleyball

The senior recorded 45 kills in two matches last week to lead the Titans to their first CCS volleyball title in 43 years and their second overall. She recorded 27 kills in the title match against Los Gatos.

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Kamran Murray
Menlo cross country

The junior won the West Bay Athletic League boys title last week, racing 15:44.9 at the Crystal Springs Cross Country Course. He had the fastest time of any local runner in any league final.

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Honorable Mention

Elise Arana

Woodside cross country

Natalie Grover *

Menlo-Atherton volleyball

Ava Martin

Menlo-Atherton tennis

Kyra Pretre *

Menlo cross country

Ana DuBois, Rachel Grant

Gunn volleyball

Hillary Studdert

Palo Alto cross country

Justin Chiao

Gunn cross country

Connor MacMitchell, Connor Enright

Menlo water polo

Jason Draxler Sadler

Priory cross country

David Evans

Palo Alto cross country

Michael Heller

Menlo-Atherton water polo

Tevita Moimoi, J.P. Primel

Sacred Heart Prep football

* Previous Winner

Previous Weeks

November 06, 2019
(Sydney Sung/Jake Tsotadze)

October 30, 2019
(Bella Bachler/Eitan Smolyar)

October 23, 2019
(Cooper McKenna/Phillip Doan)

October 16, 2019
(Minhee Chung/Samson Axe)

October 09, 2019
(Natalie Grover/Troy Franklin)

October 02, 2019
(Lauren Sung/Noah Housenbold)

September 25, 2019
(Charlotte Tomkinson/Colin Giffen)

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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