Vote for Arizona Republic's high school athletes of the week, Oct. 23, 2023

Here are this week's nominees for The Arizona Republic's boys and girls athletes of the week, sponsored by Diamond Kitchen & Bath. Nominees are based on performances in AIA sanctioned sports for the previous week. Vote for the top selection in each of our polls below. Voting will close at 5 p.m. on Wednesday and winners will be announced the next day on azcentral.com and in The Arizona Republic on Friday. Submit a weekly nominee at static.azcentral.com/sports/high-schools/nominations/

Boys nominees

Seth Crow, Chaparral swimming: At Oct. 14 tournament at ASU Aquatics Center, took first place in the 50-yard freestyle and 100-yard freestyle, plus was part of two first-place relay events.

Blake Heffron, Chandler football: He completed 24 of 33 passes for 330 yards and six TDs in a 47-42 loss to Basha.

Joseph Nelson, Hamilton golf: Helped lead the Huskies to 1st place in the CUSD Invitational last Friday, shooting 5-under for the two-day tournament.

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Girls nominees

Ariel Beltran, ALA Gilbert North swimming: Won the 100 Fly with a time of 56.11 and the 100 Backstroke with 57.03 at last Wednesday;s Charger Invite at McClintock High School. She is ranked No. 1 in D-III in the 200 IM, 100 Back, 100 FLy and 200 Free Relay.

Samiya Bodhankar,Hamilton badminton: She won the Division I individual state championship on Saturday as the No. 1 seed, defeating No. 2 Lekha Shrivastava of Desert Vista in sraight sets. Bodhankar, a senior, finished the regular season 21-0 in AIA singles and doubles matches combined

Kaitlyn Moreland, Pinnacle golf: Shot 4-under to help lead Pinnacle to win at last Wednesday's over Millennium and Sunnyslope.

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