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Runners-up Will Decide This Year's Track & Field MVP Race Today!

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Cast your vote for the 2025-26 Taunton Gazette Fans' Choice Girls Indoor Track Athlete of the Year, with polls open through noon on Monday, March 23.

Another girls high school indoor track season has come and gone in the Greater Taunton area. This winter, Bridgewater-Raynham led the way locally as three athletes took home a combined five individual league titles as the Trojans captured the inaugural Pioneer Athletic Conference crown . A Taunton (1-4, 1-4 Hockomock League) thrower captured her league's crown in the shot put and had top-15 finishes at both the MIAA Division 1 Championship and Meet of Champions while Dighton-Rehoboth had several strong showings.

Now, with the season in the rearview, cast your vote for the 2025-26 Taunton Daily Gazette Fans' Choice Girls Indoor Track Athlete of the Year, with polls open through noon on Monday, March 23. This poll also will play into deciding the 2025-26 Taunton Daily Gazette Girls Indoor Track Athlete of the Year, with the fan vote accounting for 25% of the Gazette's final vote. Voting can only be done through the poll below, with one vote per person per hour, and any votes submitted by email or other means will not be counted.

Here are the nominees: Who is the the 2025-26 Taunton Daily Gazette Fans' Choice Girls Indoor Track Athlete of the Year? Sophia Olaniyan, Taunton Olaniyan was crowned the Hockomock champion in the shot put (36 feet 2 inches, personal best) and finished seventh overall at the MIAA Division 1 Championship and 11th overall at the MIAA Meet of Champions. In the weight throw, she finished fifth overall at the Meet of Champions and second overall in the Nike Indoor Nationals Emerging Elite category (46 feet 9 inches, personal best).

Allie Dubreus, Bridgewater-Raynham Dubreus was crowned PAC-3 champion in both the 55 meter (0:07. 48, personal best) and long jump (16 feet 3 inches). She also won the long jump (16 feet 1.