New Albany's Carly Meeting named Columbus area high school athlete of the week

In a vote that ended March 4, Dispatch.com readers selected the Athlete of the Week for competitions that took place from Feb. 21-27.

This week's winner is New Albany swimmer Carly Meeting.

Meeting won the 50 freestyle and 100 backstroke and was part of the winning 400-yard freestyle relay at the Division I state meet.

Meeting received 38.1% of the vote and was followed by her team, the New Albany girls swim team, which received 24.8%, Reynoldsburg basketball player Jordan Fisher (13.5%), Grove City basketball player Daniel Fetty (8.7%), Hartley basketball player Kiki McElrath (6.7%) and Olentangy Liberty swimmer Hudson Williams (3.9%).

The New Albany swim team won its second consecutive Division I state title. Fisher scored 24 points in an 83-76 win over Groveport.

Last week's winner: Bexley's Owynn LaFollette named Columbus area high school athlete of the week

The Athlete of the Week voting recognizes athletes across all sports.

Nominations are due Monday mornings for competitions that took place the previous week.

Anyone can nominate an athlete in a variety of ways — through Twitter using the hashtag #DispatchAOW or tagging @BrianWhite13, via the Dispatch's Facebook page or by email to bwhite1@dispatch.com.

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Once athletes win during the regular season, they're not eligible to be back on the ballot until the postseason. Athletes who have not been a recipient of one of the weekly awards can be nominated more than once.

Have any questions? Email sports editor Brian White at bwhite1@dispatch.com.

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