In a close vote, Serena boys soccer and boys golf’s Payton Twait won an online poll – garnering 100 of 206 total votes – to be named The Times Athlete of the Week.

Also on the ballot were runner-up Bryer Harris (Ottawa boys golf), Garvi Patel (Streator girls tennis) and Rylie Carlson (Newark girls volleyball).

Weekly ballots go online Monday and are accessible via Facebook (The Times Sports) and Twitter (@jtpedelty), with voting going through midday Wednesday.

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

Do you have any nicknames? And if so, where did they come from?

Twait: P, because my dad has always called me it.

How old were you when you started playing both soccer and golf, what got you into both sports?

Twait: I was 5 when I started soccer at Harding. I started because my older si

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