KY Girls Cross Country Performer of the Week (Sep. 21-27)

After another week of cross country racing in Kentucky, it's time to vote for the MileSplit Kentucky girls cross country performer of the week.

The poll closes Friday at 2 p.m. ET.

Check out this week's nominees and cast your vote below.

Note: Athletes who have been nominated in the past two weeks are not eligible. Previous winners are excluded for the rest of the season.

This Week's Nominees:

Anna Dawahare, Lexington Catholic (Kentucky): A time of 18:22.38 for the 5K held up for the win among 223 finishers at the Bluegrass Invitational, with 6.7 seconds separating first from second. The mark also sits at No. 16 of 4,257 athletes in MileSplit's database at Masterson Station Park since 2003, and among seniors specifically it ranks No. 6 of 1,217. It was 3.9 seconds faster than her prior mark on this course.

Callie Ochsner, Bishop Brossart (Kentucky): Covering the 5K in 19:39.50 at the Princeton XC Invitational - HS Entry Only, she crossed first out of 133 finishers and pulled away by 13.8 seconds. That clocking ranks No. 10 of 1,285 athletes in MileSplit's database at Princeton HS XC Course since 2009, and it stands as the fastest freshman time on this course in that same span, a pool of 411 freshman athletes.

Macyn Heenan-Menges, Lafayette (Kentucky): The sophomore won the Central Kentucky Championships (CKC) 2026 in 18:49.58, covering the 5K and clearing a 76-runner field by 14.7 seconds. That mark ranks No. 13 of 2,191 athletes in MileSplit's database at Bourbon County Park since 2020, and No. 4 among 704 sophomores on this course in that span. It also came in 64.5 seconds faster than her previous time there, a 19:54.09 clocking.

Ella Carroll, Simon Kenton (Kentucky): A 5K in 20:48.40 was enough to win the Crusader Classic 2026, with a 32.1-second margin over a 42-runner field. The time now stands as the fastest in MileSplit's database at Community Christian Academy since 2020, covering 174 athletes, and the fastest among the 38 seniors recorded on this course in that span.

Ava Poston, Sacred Heart (Kentucky): Finishing 1 of 83 at the St. X XC Champions Series Meet 2 -JV, MS & ES, she covered the 5K in 20:50.20 and won by 50.4 seconds. The time also came in 135.6 seconds faster than her previous mark at Louisville Champions Park, where she now sits at No. 453 of 5,597 athletes in MileSplit's database since 2005, and No. 157 among 2,190 juniors on this course.