Voting for the Cape Coral Breeze Athlete of the Month for October is now open.

We had countless top performances from student-athletes in our coverage area to start the new year and now it’s up to readers to decide who will earn top honors for the month.

Nominees for October include:

• Jazlyn Forbes, Oasis Sharks, sophomore: Forbes placed first in a field of 88 at the Mark McGarity Lely Invitational, posting a time of 17:41.26 in her 5K run.

• Zachary Poskon, Oasis Sharks, Swimming: At the 45th Florida Swimming Pool Association Developmental Meet in Orlando, Poskon took home two individual first place finishes in the 100-meter breast stroke and freestyle, and was part of two relay teams that finished first in the pool.

• Hayden Tedhams, Cape Coral Seahawks, Sophomore: Tedhams took home four LCEC titles at FGCU last week. He placed first in the 500-meter freestyle, 200-meter freestyle, and was on two medley-winning teams. He also performed well the previous week at the Florida Swimming Pool Association meet.

• Saige Thibodeaux, Ida Baker Bulldogs, Senior: The senior leader for the Bulldogs performed well over three games for the club last week, totaling 31 kills, 6 aces, and 67 digs. She leads the team this year in kills, digs, and hitting percentage.

• Gervaris Leaphart, Island Coast Gators, Junior: The running back scored the game-winning touchdown with 2:45 left to play in the Gators’ 12-9 win over Cape Coral. On the night he carried 29 times for 126 yards and two touchdowns.

• Andrew Marino, Bishop Verot Vikings, Junior: The team captain captured the first individual Private 8 Conference title for the boys in Verot school history with a time of 16:47. The win comes a week after he shattered the school 5K record.

• Lexi Lenius, Oasis Sharks, Senior: Lenius set a new Lee County girls single-game record, rolling a 290 against Bonita Springs that included 11 strikes and a spare.

• Pierre Holmes, Island Coast Gators, Junior: Holmes came up with two crucial plays in the final minutes of a 13-7 win over Gateway. He first went up and caught a 15-yard touchdown pass to put the Gators up late, and then broke up the would-be go-ahead touchdown as a defensive back on fourth and goal to seal the win.

Athlete of the Month nominees are comprised of the Breeze’s staff-selected Athletes of the Week for that respective month. Voting is open until Nov. 2 at noon.

To vote, click the “Vote Now” icon on this website’s homepage.