Athletes of the Week
Posted December 04, 2019
Kyra Pretre
Menlo cross country
The senior was the fastest local runner across all divisions, helping the Knights finish in second place as a team at the CIF state Division IV championship last weekend at Woodward Park in Fresno.
David Ajanaku-Makun
Priory basketball
The junior forward scored 24 points, which included a pair of 3-pointers, and the Panthers opened their season with a 79-45 victory over Nueva, which played in the CCS Division V finals last year.
Honorable Mention
Elizabeth Fetter *
Palo Alto cross countryTevah Gevelber
Castilleja cross countryAlexandra McCusker
Menlo cross countryMikayla Silverman
Gunn wrestlingAnna Smith
Menlo-Atherton wrestlingNicolette Yeh
Menlo-Atherton basketballDylan Bernard
Woodside soccerJack Hakeman
Gunn basketballKaden Holdbrook
Gunn basketballCalvin Katz
Menlo cross countryKamran Murray
Menlo cross countryZach Zafran
Priory basketball* Previous Winner
Previous Weeks
(Brynn Brady, CC Golub/Katherine Sung)
(Addie Ahlstrom/Kevin Cullen)
(Odeya Russo/Kamran Murray)
(Sydney Sung/Jake Tsotadze)
(Bella Bachler/Eitan Smolyar)
(Cooper McKenna/Phillip Doan)
(Minhee Chung/Samson Axe)
(Natalie Grover/Troy Franklin)
(Lauren Sung/Noah Housenbold)
(Charlotte Tomkinson/Colin Giffen)
(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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