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Voting closes on Friday May 23rd at 9:00am.
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Shout out to last week's poll winner: Elena Ginie - Olathe North, making it three Olathe North girls on our list of winners! Ginie won her 6th pole vault gold of the season in 7 tries so far, climbing up to 11-10 to win the Shawnee Mission North Relays. She leads 6A in the event now.
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Previous winners:
Week 1 - Maria Portela - Blue Valley
Week 2 - Aryn Michaelis - Lakin
Week 3 - Avani Hocker-Singh - Olathe North
Week 4 - Paige Stanfield - Shawnee Mission East
Week 5 - Elizabeth Weinert - Olathe North
Week 6 - Kaidence Alston - Mill Valley
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Harli Omli - Manhattan - Omli is back in as a poll candidate this week after an eye-popping 11.47 KS No. 1 mark in the 100m dash. She is ranked 47th in the country now and one of an elite group of girls to break 11.50 in the US. She also ran a state-leading 23.71 in the 200m dash, 57th in the US. Both marks were good enough for wins in the Centennial League.
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Julia Kilgore - Sterling - Kilgore had the top 400 time from last week with her 57.12 personal best to win the HOA League. The defending 2A champ is back on top in the 2A ranks and looking for a three-peat later this month.
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Kelsie Kudzia - Leavenworth - Kudzia threw down a 4:49.20 1600 at the United Kansas Conference, finishing just behind state-leader Ryin Miller. She's now second behind Miller in the 5A 1600, as well as the 800 in which she has run 2:11.20.
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Piper Hula - Derby - Hula made her season debut in the 800 at the AVCTL Division 1 meet after debuting in the 100 and 200 two weeks ago. She has run lifetime bests in all three races despite the long layoff, including a 2:16.81 mark for the win last Friday.
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Gracie Bruna - Hanover - The sophomore from the tiny school of Hanover popped one in the triple jump at the TVL Track Meet, clearing a 1A State leading mark of 39-1.5, her first career mark over 37 feet, much less 38 or 39.
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