VOTE for Aug. 31-Sept. 6 Lafayette area Athlete of the Week, sponsored by Ivy Tech

After another week of action, several top-performing athletes in the Lafayette area shined. You can cast your vote in the Journal & Courier Football Athlete of the Week poll for August 31-September 6, brought to you by Ivy Tech. Voting will be open until 4:59 EST on Friday. You may vote in this poll as much as you would like; just please refresh the page to ensure it counts. To submit nominees for future polls, please email names and any notable statistics or accomplishments to cgemes@usatodayco.com. Take a look at the 10 nominees for this week. A separate football-only poll can be found here. More: Jeff bests McCutcheon in defensive battle behind fourth-quarter barrage More: Faith Christian's Olehy reaches career milestone in comeback win over South Newton Set a personal best time of 17 minutes, 59 seconds in the 5,000-meter at the Harrison Invite for the Bison. Scored four goals and two assists to lead the Knights to a 9-0 shutout against Carroll. Captured her 1,000th career assist in a 3-2 win over North Montgomery, finishing with 18 total on the night. Also helped the Gopher go 2-1 at the invitational Saturday. Finished with three goals and four assists in the Athenians' 10-1 victory over Covington. Between a 3-2 loss to West Lafayette and 3-2 win over South Newton, she picked up 32 kills, 34 digs and three aces for the Eagles. Tallied 35 digs and three aces against Greencastle in a 3-1 loss. Led the Raiders at the Harrison Invite with a fourth-place finish and a time of 15:58 in the 5,000m, moving him to No. 7 in school history. Scored three goals for the Bronchos in a huge offensive performance, defeating Marion 8-1. Also finished with a hat trick in Jeff's scoring barrage against Marion. Ran a 21:32.81 in the 5,000m at the Brownsburg Invitational over the weekend, finishing 83rd of 220 runners. In the Red Devils' 2-2 stretch during the week, Garringer recorded 124 assists, including 40 against Faith Christian. Chase Gemes covers high school sports and Purdue women's basketball for the Journal & Courier. He can be reached at cgemes@usatodayco.com.