Lindbergh High School’s Ben Walter, boys track and cross country, was chosen as the Renton Reporter’s Athlete of the Week for the week of Sept. 20.

Q: What was your favorite subject in school?

A: Any that allows me to have a good day.

Q: What other activities/hobbies do you enjoy?

A: I enjoy mountain biking.

Q: Person who has helped you succeed the most?

A: Dad.

Q: Do you have a pre-game ritual or post-game tradition, and what is it?

A: Eat a lot of potatoes.

Q: Song you currently can’t get enough of?

A: I don’t have one.

From the sideline:

Ben is a freshman, we ran him for the first ever cross country race on Sept. 12 at the Seamount Classic. He won the boys freshman race.