MileSplit KY Girls Performance of the Week: How Voting Works & How to Win

Who votes and why the KY Girls Performance of the Week exists

The MileSplit KY Girls Performance of the Week gives Kentucky high school girls a weekly fan vote of their own. MileSplit Kentucky, the state branch of the national track and field and cross country publication network also known through KYTrackXC.com, publishes a fresh ballot most weeks of the school sports year and asks its readers to decide which girl's performance deserves the honor. The audience is the Kentucky running community itself: athletes, teammates, coaches, parents and fans who followed the week's meets and want their pick recognized.

Crowdsignal at poll.fm hosts the vote, and the current ballot lives at https://poll.fm/16670208. Because the series is weekly, that link points at the latest round rather than a permanent single poll. Each ballot lists the nominees for that week, and supporters simply pick a name and submit. The ballot page also encourages sharing, telling voters to give others the chance to vote so the weekly result reflects a wider base of support.

Structurally this is a best-of style recognition program, but its subject is individual athletic performance rather than a business or a venue. That shapes who votes: instead of customers backing a favorite shop, the supporters are people with a stake in a school's running program. The facts below summarize the program as it is published.

The dated seasons and what the weekly window looks like

Confirmed seasons for the series are 2024, 2025 and 2026, established across 27 ballots in the weekly series. The voting year runs from September through May, which tracks the Kentucky cross country fall and the indoor and outdoor track seasons that follow. MileSplit's own invitation language matches the rhythm: "After another week of cross country racing in Kentucky, it's time to vote for the MileSplit Kentucky girls cross country performer of the week." Each week brings a new article and a new poll, so the program is best understood as a chain of short ballots rather than a single long one.

A closed round from February illustrates the format. That ballot, titled KY Girls Performance of the Week for February 16 through February 22, listed nominees from Kentucky schools and closed with a leading nominee at 81 percent, a runner-up at 18 percent, and the remaining nominees splitting the rest. Results like that show how lopsided a weekly fan vote can become when a school community mobilizes around its athlete.

What the publication does not print is the fine print. The exact open and close dates of each weekly round are not published ahead of time, and the ballot page publishes no category list. MileSplit has not published a per-supporter vote limit or an eligibility rule for these weekly ballots; confirm on the live ballot each cycle. A 2027 season is the natural expectation given the pattern, but the weekly schedule is only ever visible on the live ballot itself.

How a supporter votes on the current ballot

Voting takes minutes. The supporter opens the live ballot on Crowdsignal at poll.fm, reads the nominee list for that week, selects the Kentucky girls performer they want to honor, and submits the form. Crowdsignal registers the choice and updates the running percentages for the round. There is no separate nomination form to find: the weekly article on MileSplit Kentucky introduces the ballot, and the poll itself is the whole action.

The ballot's own closing line is the organizer's growth strategy. It tells voters to give others the chance to vote and to share the poll, because the more votes a round gathers, the more meaningful the result. In practice that means the nominee with the most engaged school community tends to win. A shared link in a team group chat, a post from the school's running account, or a mention at a team dinner does more for a nominee than any single vote.

Because the link above always points at the latest round of the series, a supporter who arrives mid-season sees the week that is live now. Older rounds close and display their final percentages, which is useful context but not a way to affect the current result. If the poll appears closed, the next weekly ballot is usually close behind, and its dates will be visible on the live page when it opens.

How this ballot sits beside its Kentucky neighbours

Kentucky's public-vote landscape on this site includes several programs, and most of them are business recognitions rather than athlete honors. Best in Kentucky and Best of Bowling Green celebrate businesses and services across the state and its cities. Best of Lexington KY and Chevy Chaser Best of Lex are Lexington publications' readers' choice ballots. Best Places to Work in Kentucky honors employers, and the BroadwayWorld Louisville Awards cover theater in the state's largest stage market.

The KY Girls Performance of the Week stands apart from all of them in subject and rhythm. Its nominees are individual high school athletes, not shops or employers, and its cycle is weekly during a September to May sports year rather than an annual single window. That changes the voting population too: a readers' choice ballot draws customers, while this one draws the running community around a specific week's results.

It also changes what a supporter should expect from the rules. A chamber or newspaper ballot usually publishes category lists and vote limits; this weekly poll does not, and its terms live only on each round's page. Readers who want the broader Kentucky picture can compare Best in Kentucky or the Best of Lexington KY ballot, but the mechanics described on this page apply to this series alone.

Strengthening support in a weekly athlete poll

Weekly ballots reward speed and community reach. Because each round closes within days, a nominee's support has to mobilize fast: the school's cross country or track families, the team's own social accounts, and local running groups are the audiences that actually convert. The organizer's printed advice, to share the poll so more people can vote, is the whole playbook MileSplit endorses.

What the ballot does not publish is any statement about outside help, paid votes or automation, so there is no organizer rule to lean on either way. That silence cuts both directions: nothing permits purchased support, and nothing documents a penalty for it. A cautious supporter treats the weekly honor as what it looks like, a measure of real community backing, and builds it that way. Tactics that work across public polls, from timing pushes to widening the share base, are covered in our votes guide, and the general service options sit on the award votes page for readers who want to compare approaches. No service, ours included, can promise a win in a ballot that resets every week.