Bay Area News Group girls athlete of the week: Avery Adelman, Gunn

Gunn track and field athlete Avery Adelman is the Bay Area News Group’s girls high school athlete of the week for May 6-11.

In online voting that ended at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Adelman had 46.62% of the vote to finish ahead of Jasmine Whorley, an Alameda softball player who took second at 36.61%.

Congratulations to all the candidates for this week’s recognition.

Adelman, a senior, had the top time in the 300-meter hurdles at last weekend’s CCS qualifying meet, running in 44.42. That beat her season-best mark of 44.54 that she set in March.

To nominate an athlete for next week’s poll, email highschools@bayareanewsgroup.com by Monday at 11 a.m. Please include stats and team results.

We also review stats submitted to MaxPreps.com by coaches/team statisticians for consideration.

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Winners are announced each Friday on the Mercury News & East Bay Times websites and in the print edition of the Mercury News and EB Times sports sections.

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