Vote for the Poughkeepsie Journal Boys Athlete of Week for May 25-31

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With 66% of the total vote share, Beacon Baseball's Jesse Apostolou won the Poughkeepsie Journal Boys Athlete of the Week poll for May 18-24.


The Poughkeepsie Journal Boys Athlete of the Week for May 25-31 is now live.

Nominations are based on information gathered and received by the Poughkeepsie Journal throughout the week. For consideration, coaches are asked to submit game information and player stats to [email protected] before the end of the week.

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Each week's winner will be selected and posted in the upcoming week's poll. Polls will close at 8:30 p.m. on Sunday night before the announcement the following morning.

Jaiden Rivera, Beacon track & field​

Rivera won the triple jump at the Section 9 Class A Championships with a distance of 45-7.25.

Wayne-Daniel Russell, Spackenkill track & field​

Russell won the 200-meter dash (22.71) and the long jump (21-8.25) at the Section 9 Class C Championships.

Daniel McPherson, Pine Plains track & field​

McPherson won four different events at the Section 9 Class C Championships. He placed first in the 800-meter run (2:03.38,) the 1600-meter run (4:43.62,) the 3200-meter run (10:19.39) and the 3000-meter steeplechase (11:05.99).

Liam Correa, Marlboro baseball​

Correa threw a complete game shutout, striking out eight batters with zero walks in Marlboro's 2-0 victory over Beacon in the Section 9 Class A championship.

Micah Buttner, Dover track & field​

Buttner won the 400-meter hurdles at the Section 9 Class C Championships with a time of 59.77.

Nate Johnson, John Jay track & field​

Johnson won the 400-meter run at the Section 1 Class AA Championships with a time of 49.89.

Affy Middlebrook, Pawling baseball​

MIddlebrook collected seven hits with nine runs and three RBI throughout the week to bring Pawling to a Section 1 Class B championship tiebreaker.

Zavier Durandisse, Arlington track & field​

Durandisse won both the 400-meter hurdles (58.76) and the 3000-meter steeplechase (9:48.04) at the Section 1 Class AA Championships.

Jeremiah Schneck, Roy C. Ketcham track & field​

Scheck placed first in the Pentathlon at the Section 1 Class AA Championships.

James Bouchard, Beacon baseball​

Bouchard went 5-6 with three RBI and three runs in the quarterfinals and semifinals to help bring the Bulldogs to the Section 9 Class A finals. he also was the winning pitcher, racking up nine strikeouts in one of the contests.

Nahzy Avent, Poughkeepsie track & field​

Avent won both the 100-meter dash (10.84) and the 200-meter dash (21.79) at the Section 1 Class A Championships.

Sebastian Jaeger, Pawling track & field​

Jaeger won the Pentathlon at the Section 1 Class C Championships.


This article originally appeared on Poughkeepsie Journal: Poughkeepsie Journal Boys Athlete of the Week voting poll May 25-31

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