It's time to vote for the Missouri Girls Performer Of The Week for Week 7!
This week saw quite a few impressive performances. But first congrats to Lydia Gabrielson from Chillicothe for being last week's winner.
This week's nominees are ...
The senior ran a school record 19:34.14 at the Hermann Invitational meet on Oct. 4. It was also her personal best and gave her second place in the race.
The freshman won the Matt Gannon Invitational on Oct. 4 at Barstow High School and then ran a personal best and took fifth at the Pleasanton Invitational two days later (22:19.38) to take fifth place.
The freshman had a pair of high finishes this past week. She took third at the Woodland Invitational (21:01.00) and then won the South Central Athletic Association league championship in 21:20.90 on Oct. 8.
Her Panthers took first place to win the Brian T. Simpson Invitational on Oct. 8 at Gans Creek in Columbia, with 21 points. Heckman, a freshman, led the way with a runner-up finish in 20:06.42.
The senior won her second straight race when she captured first in the Woodland Invitational on Oct. 6. She won in 19:45.40, nearly 40 seconds faster than her showing at the Perryville Invitational on Sept. 27.
Voting ends at 9 p.m. on Oct. 17.