Capturing 107 of 227 total votes in an online poll, Ottawa boys cross country runner Connor Medina is the 2025 fall sports season’s final Times Athlete of the Week.

Medina led the Pirates, running to 17th place individually at the Class 2A Metamora Regional, as they qualified for the sectionals. He won out on a ballot that also included Landin Stillwell (Somonauk/Leland boys cross country), Luca Trammel (Streator girls cross country) and Liz Vazquez (Earlville girls volleyball).

Weekly ballots will return when winter sports get underway and are accessible via Facebook (The Times Sports) and Twitter (@jtpedelty).

Here is a Q&A with this week’s winner:

Do you have any nicknames?

Medina: My history teacher calls me C-Speed.

One of my favorite slogans I’ve ever seen on a t-shirt was w

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