Evergreen swimmer Ilia Zablotovskii is The Columbian winter sports prep athlete of the week for the week ending Jan. 18.
Zablotovskii received 856 votes of the 2,493 votes cast this week to edge out Ridgefield wrestler Tyla Engstrom by eight votes.
Zablotovskii set meet and pool records in winning in the 50- and 100-yard freestyle events at the Kelso Invitational.
Winners of athlete of the week may not be nominated again until the postseason. Athletes cannot be nominated in consecutive weeks.
