Vote! Who should be Maps Credit Union girls Athlete of the Week?

Who should be Maps Credit Union girls Athlete of the Week?

Every week, the Statesman Journal collects some of the top high school athletic performances to nominate for Athlete of the Week. You're invited to nominate athletes each week by submitting the athlete's name, school, sport and stats relevant to the performance being nominated. Submit nominees to LBartlett@statesmanjournal.com.

The window for nominations is Saturday morning to Friday evening.

Without further ado, here are the nominees for girls Athlete of the Week, brought to you by Maps Credit Union.

Anadeliz Lopez Flores, North Salem soccer

Ariana Salazar Tapia, Kennedy cross-country

Information about each nominee is below. Vote for who you think should win at statesmanjournal.com/sports. The poll closes at 9 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 29.

Anderson, a sophomore, ran a personal-best 19-minute, 25.7-second 5,000-meter race for seventh place at the Happy Hustle race Oct. 21 in Corvallis.

Kartye, a junior, had 11 kills and a block Oct. 20 in the Saxons' four-set win over Sprague to secure a Central Valley Conference championship.

Koehnke, a sophomore, ran a personal-best 11:36.9 3,000-meter race for seventh place at the Valiant Invitational Oct. 20 at Valley Catholic.

Lopez Flores, a senior, scored twice Oct. 22 in the Vikings' 4-1 win over McKay.

Salazar Tapia, a junior, ran a 22:38.5 5,000-meter race for 10th place at The Bigfoot Classic Oct. 21 in Tillamook.

Schlag, a sophomore, scored a goal Oct. 22 in the Celtics' 2-0 win over West Salem to claim the Central Valley Conference title.

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Landon Bartlett covers high school sports and Oregon State for the Statesman Journal. He can be reached at LBartlett@statesmanjournal.com or on X, TikTok or Instagram @bartlelo.