Somonauk / Leland boys cross country runner Cade Hamer is The Times Athlete of the Week, winning 90.9% of votes in an online poll on a ballot that also included runner-up Piper Stenzel (Seneca girls golf), Rylie Carlson (Newark girls volleyball) and Justin Delgado (Serena boys soccer).
Hamer and teammate Landin Stillwell – a Times Athlete of the Week winner last school year – scored a tag-team victory in 25 minutes, 2.25 seconds in the Ottawa Nautical Mile Relays at Catlin Park .
Weekly ballots go online Mondays and are accessible via Facebook (The Times Sports) and Twitter (@jtpedelty), with voting going through midday Wednesday.
Here is a Q&A with this week’s winner:
Do you have any nicknames?
Hamer: Hamer
You mentioned in our story from the Ottawa Nautical Mile Relays that y