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Contacts: Coach Smith
Coach Beck
2014 Liberty XC
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At the Awards Party / Pot Luck, Andrew Cooper & Sarah Bliesner were named Most Outstanding Runners with Trevor Sytsma receiving Coaches Choice award. "You are the Mountain" awards went to Tyra Christopherson, Nick Bliesner & Carlyn Schmidgall. Most Improved "Speed Racer" honors to Nick Siegfried and Dhaman Kaur got the "Trooper" award for dedication. A huge "THANKS" to all who helped this season and especially for the party: Diane Bleisner, Tracey Diramio & Mindy Hopper for setup and Ben Schmidgall for power vacuuming.
3RD @ STATE x 2
11-8 - Liberty took home the 3rd place team trophy in both the Girls & Boys races @ Pasco under beautiful racing conditions. The program had never stood on the podium before and the girls started the day off with Tyra Christopherson pacing the Pat pack with a lifetime 5K best 19:33 in 16th place, with Carlyn Schmidgall (season's best time) in 18th & Sarah Bliesner in 19th. Anna Malesis was the 4th Liberty runner in, also running a lifetime best, followed by Kelsey Takeuchi, Sam Kelderman (lifetime best) and Sydney Hopper
After the awards for the Girls, the boys toed the line and Andrew Cooper led the way with a 13th place medal finish, with Trevor Systma close behind. Sean Syzmanski - 60th and Nick Siegfried - 69th ran lifetime bests as they raced as a pack with Jake Knoblich - 61st to take 3rd in the teams 2nd ever State appearance. Rounding out the Liberty squad was Jeff Broska with a huge 29 sec. improvement on his best 5K and Michael Daly.
11-8 - Liberty took home the 3rd place team trophy in both the Girls & Boys races @ Pasco under beautiful racing conditions. The program had never stood on the podium before and the girls started the day off with Tyra Christopherson pacing the Pat pack with a lifetime 5K best 19:33 in 16th place, with Carlyn Schmidgall (season's best time) in 18th & Sarah Bliesner in 19th. Anna Malesis was the 4th Liberty runner in, also running a lifetime best, followed by Kelsey Takeuchi, Sam Kelderman (lifetime best) and Sydney Hopper
After the awards for the Girls, the boys toed the line and Andrew Cooper led the way with a 13th place medal finish, with Trevor Systma close behind. Sean Syzmanski - 60th and Nick Siegfried - 69th ran lifetime bests as they raced as a pack with Jake Knoblich - 61st to take 3rd in the teams 2nd ever State appearance. Rounding out the Liberty squad was Jeff Broska with a huge 29 sec. improvement on his best 5K and Michael Daly.
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11-1 - 5 in a row! The girls came out with their best team run of the year with Sarah 2nd, Tyra 4th, Carlyn 5th, Kelsey 9th, Anna 15th, Sam 25th and Sydney 45th to make it 5 for 5 heading into State. The Boys had their best ever Dist. finish with their 2nd place finish led by Andrew in 2nd, Trevor 4th, Jake 22nd, Sean 31st, Nick S 36th, Michael 42nd and Jeff 43rd. The day was perfect for racing with cool temps, no wind and good footing after heavy rains during the week.
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10-28 - In the next to last poll before State, the Boys crept upwards to #3 with the Girls @ #2 after last weeks wins @ Sub-District.
2014 Pix from Sub-District
10-25 - The #2 ranked girls made their debut @ Sub-District a winning one, taking the team title with only 6 girls competing. Sarah Bliesner took the lead after the mile mark and powered away for the win followed closely by Tyra Christopeherson in 3rd and Carlyn Schmidgall in 5th. Anna Malesis in 12th had a 1 min. improvement on her seasons best and was followed by Sam Kelderman in 17th and Sydney Hopper 28th.
For the #5 ranked Boys, Andrew Cooper took the lead and was caught at the finish to finish 2nd. Right behind was Trevor Sytsma in 4th, a pack led by Sean Sysmanski 15th, Jake Knoblich 16th & Nick Siegfried 18th. Rounding out the Varsity flight was Nick Bliesner in 34th. Jeff Broska took home 3rd overall in JV race running a personal best
For the #5 ranked Boys, Andrew Cooper took the lead and was caught at the finish to finish 2nd. Right behind was Trevor Sytsma in 4th, a pack led by Sean Sysmanski 15th, Jake Knoblich 16th & Nick Siegfried 18th. Rounding out the Varsity flight was Nick Bliesner in 34th. Jeff Broska took home 3rd overall in JV race running a personal best
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10-17 - After a hard practice Homecoming afternoon, Seniors Sydney Hopper and Nick Bliesner were named LHS King & Queen, a first for XC.
10-15 - With both teams enjoying the last dual meet of the year, Mercer Island out-tempoed the boys to win 29 ~ 30 with the girls taking revenge winning 25 ~ 30. The rain stopped before course set-up and Seniors were recognized before the races.
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10-11 - Led by Seniors Sarah Bliesner & Trevor Sytsma, the Girls were 8th overall & Boys 10th overall at the Hole-in-the-Wall Invite. Trevor had a personal best for 5K in taking 14th place, trailed by Andrew Cooper in 15th.
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10-8 - A lovely day @ Robinswood. With the team getting ready for Saturday, groups ran together at a controlled pace and took home victories against Lake Wash & Sammamish.
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10-4 - The trip to Yakima for Sunfair produced mixed results. With the course running slower than 2013, times were comparable to 5K races run so far this year. Running all 7 flights, the boys were 14th overall (39 teams scored) and the 1st 2A team. Top improvement came from Nick Siefgfried. The Girls were hampered with only 5 runners scoring and taking the max points in 2 races, but still came away with 12th overall (35 teams scored) and 2nd in 2A. Top performance came from Tyra Christopherson.
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10-1 - The Boys ran controlled races and came away with their 1st dual meet win @ Kelsey Creek Park, beating Bellevue 26 ~ 29 on the revised Kelsey Creek course that was more challenging than past layouts. Andrew Cooper led the way with Trevor in 3rd. The Girls tied Bellevue 28 ~ 28 but the Bellevue girls had the better 6th place finisher to claim the victory on the day.
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9-24 - Liberty hosted Jaunita @ Marymoor Park in a race that saw Junior Andrew Cooper break 16:00 on the fast and flat 5K course, winning in 16:52Sarah Bliesner ran her fastest time of the year to take 1st for the Girls. At this early point in the season, both Andrew & Sarah have clocked the fastest 2A 5K times in the State and both the Boys & Girls team are ranked 1st in the hypothetical 5K team race in Athletic.Net. The current XC poll lists the Girls in #2 and Boys @ #7.
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9-20 - The Girls had their highest team finish with 3rd place overall at Ft. Steilacoom.
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9-17 - The 1st dual meet was held @ Robinswood Park against Interlake. With Ft. Steilacoom coming up, the teams worked to group runners in packs and run together. The Boys fell to Interlake with the Girls taking home the win by going 2 ~ 6.
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9-13 - Running up in Bellingham for the 1st time in XC, the girls came away with a 3rd place team finish and the boys were 8th. Both teams were missing one of their usual top 5 runners so the results were a little lower than they might have been.
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9-11 - Posting the fastest Liberty time of the day, Trevor Sytsma won the Senior div. of the Kingco Jamboree. Also winning their div. was Brigette Takeuchi for Soph girls. Sarah Bliesner posted the fastest time for the Girls in taking 2nd in the Senior race. The Jamboree was run on a new 2 mile course at Lake Sammamish on a beautiful sunny day for the 1st meet of the season for most of the team.
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9-6 - Putting together a coed team, the Seniors went back to the Tahoma Relays and came in 2nd overall. Putting 3 boys up front to take the lead on the 3rd leg, Tahoma came back on leg 5, catching Sarah for the win. Unlike last year, it was a warm sunny day at the lake.
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1st activity for 2014 Team
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Summer
Camp was hot! 
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2013 XC Recap
A great year for the Liberty program concluded with the years-end Cross Country Awards Banquet Holiday Party @ the Chucka's. A big thanks go to our hosts for the 2nd year, great food and great athletes/parents made for an outstanding event. Along with lots of certificates handed out, some special awards were presented as well:
Most Outstanding Boy: Aaron Bowe Most Outstanding Girl: Brigette Takeuchi
Most Improved Boy: Nick Bliesner Most Improved Girl: Anna Malesis
Coaches Choice Boy: Collin Olson Coaches Choice Girl: Megan Larson
Watch out for that Bus award: Sarah Bliesner Yes Coach award: Carlyn Schmidgall & Trevor Sytsma
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State Meet 2013 was a day of highs and lows. With the 2 best teams in Liberty history taking the line, expectations were high and both the Boys & Girls ran great races to end the regular season. With a team avg of 19:41 compared to 2012's 20:00, the girls were still 11pts out of 4th in 6th place, led by Brigette's outstanding personal best 18:31 for 4th overall. With Sarah struggling with a leg injury (Update 11-21 - Stress Fracture in her shin - ouch), everyone else came through with an effort that would have netted 3rd place the year before. Amy had her race of the year to cap her senior season as the squad returns 6 for next year.
With their 1st trip as a team, the Boys ran strong to take 9th with Aaron the 1st Liberty boy to crack the top 20 in 19th, just missing a trip to Borderclash with Brigette. Collin's 27th also outdistanced any prev. Liberty state performance. All 4 of the Dist. 2 boys teams finished in the top 10 again this year.
With their 1st trip as a team, the Boys ran strong to take 9th with Aaron the 1st Liberty boy to crack the top 20 in 19th, just missing a trip to Borderclash with Brigette. Collin's 27th also outdistanced any prev. Liberty state performance. All 4 of the Dist. 2 boys teams finished in the top 10 again this year.
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District - History is made, 10-31-13!
For the 1st time school history, both the Boys & Girls will send teams to compete at the State Meet in Pasco. The girls continued unbeaten in 3A in taking the District title for the 4th year in a row. The boys made it to State for the 1st time by taking 4th (4 teams move on this year), just edging Interlake by 3pts and defeating Bellevue for 1st time @ Dist. Brigette continued to lead the girls with a fine 3rd, sister Kelsey improved 20 sec. from Kingco to take 7th, followed by Carlyn, Sarah, Anna, Jordan & Amy. Aaron Bowe found himself in front of Joe Hardy for the 1st mile before last years 3A champ put the hammer down over the 2nd lap. Collin remained solid in 7th, followed by Andrew & Trevor with Sr. Mason Goodman stepping up as 5th man to cement the race in history. Nick & Michael rounded out the top 7.
For the 1st time school history, both the Boys & Girls will send teams to compete at the State Meet in Pasco. The girls continued unbeaten in 3A in taking the District title for the 4th year in a row. The boys made it to State for the 1st time by taking 4th (4 teams move on this year), just edging Interlake by 3pts and defeating Bellevue for 1st time @ Dist. Brigette continued to lead the girls with a fine 3rd, sister Kelsey improved 20 sec. from Kingco to take 7th, followed by Carlyn, Sarah, Anna, Jordan & Amy. Aaron Bowe found himself in front of Joe Hardy for the 1st mile before last years 3A champ put the hammer down over the 2nd lap. Collin remained solid in 7th, followed by Andrew & Trevor with Sr. Mason Goodman stepping up as 5th man to cement the race in history. Nick & Michael rounded out the top 7.
Nice Article in the Issaquah Press:
http://www.issaquahpress.com/2013/10/22/patriots-cross-country-squads-finish-undefeated-in-kingco/#more-94119
http://www.issaquahpress.com/2013/10/22/patriots-cross-country-squads-finish-undefeated-in-kingco/#more-94119
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10-24 - Kingco! What a great day for Liberty XC. Brigette became Liberty's 1st Individual Kingco Champ with a run from the front to lead the girls to their 2nd straight title. Right behind in 6, 7 & 9 were Sarah, Kelsey & Carlyn with Anna taking 22nd, Jordan 31st & Amy 36th.
The boys also came on strong, just missing 1st by 4pts to Interlake. Aaron and Collin looked strong up front followed by Andrew in 11th, Trevor 15th, Nick B 26th, Mason 30th & Michael 37th. On a slow Lake Samm course, there were still 6 lifetime bests for the girls & 9 for the boys with both Varsity teams peaking for the Dist. meet on 10-31.
Despite the mystery of the missing Championship towel, tradition was observed.
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The boys also came on strong, just missing 1st by 4pts to Interlake. Aaron and Collin looked strong up front followed by Andrew in 11th, Trevor 15th, Nick B 26th, Mason 30th & Michael 37th. On a slow Lake Samm course, there were still 6 lifetime bests for the girls & 9 for the boys with both Varsity teams peaking for the Dist. meet on 10-31.
Despite the mystery of the missing Championship towel, tradition was observed.
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10-16 - Both teams ran away from Mercer Island & Mt. Si to remain undefeated in Kingco. Team scores Boys - Liberty 15, Mt. Si 50 Liberty 22, Mercer Isl. 33. Girls - Liberty 16, Mt. Si 41 Liberty 21 Mercer Isl. 35.
10-12 - #1 Glacier Peak fell to the girls @ the Hole in the Wall Invite despite Brigette taking a shot to the forehead just before the start of the race. Coming in 4th overall, she led the team as 6 personal bests over 5K were recorded. Led by Aaron Bowe, the boys came in 9th, and had 6 personal bests as well. For the 2nd week in a row, the weather was perfect for racing.
10-5 - The Girls had their best Sunfair ever in taking the 3A crown. Placing 5th overall in the team scoring, the girls took home medals (top 15) in 7 of 7 races. The Boys were 3rd in 3A and took home 5 medals. Brigette & Aaron ran the fastest times ever by a Patriot on the 3mile course that has remained virtually the same for 40 years.
10-2 - Boys scores: Lib 25 LW 34 - Lib 21, Samm 40 Girls socres: Lib 19 LW 38 - Lib 18 Samm 43. Brigette ran from the front at Liberty's only home meet for 2013 to remain unbeaten in 3A. Sarah came on hard in the 3rd mile for 3rd with Carlyn, Kelsey & Anna going 5,6,7. Aaron Bowe ran stride for stride with Devon Grove (6th @ State in 2012) until Devon pulled away at the finish. Collin was close behind in 3rd with Trevor, Andrew & Nick Bliesner rounding out the top 10
9-25 - The Bellevue boys rested their squad for the upcoming Invite on Sat. but the Bellevue girls ran hard and came close to the upset. losing 27 ~ 28. Brigette ran an outstanding 19:09 on the Kelsey Creek course and Sarah came on strong to take 3rd and secure the win for the girls who remain undefeated. Aaron & Collin went 1 ~ 2 with the #1 Bellevue runner taking the next spot followed by Trevor, Andrew and Nick Bliesner in 9th.
9-21 - The Girls recorded their best team time and avg time ever on the fast Ft. Steilacoom course to take 5th overall. With the addition of 4A powers Eisenhower, Tahoma and Portland's Jesuit, the girls ran outstanding races with many lifetime 5K bests. Brigette was the top finisher again with Sarah close behind. The Boys also ran one of their fastest team times in taking 11th, led by Aaron & Collin who both had PR's.
9-18 - Brigette won her debut for Liberty and Aaron cruised to victory as the Boys & Girls both won against Juanita & Interlake. Boys scores were Liberty 25, Interlake 31; Liberty 22, Juanita 33. Girls scores: Liberty 18, Interlake 37; Liberty 19, Juanita 36.
9-11-13 - Both the Boys & Girls won the Jamboree based on Athletic.Net time scoring, which is the 1st time that's every happened. Leading with class wins were Sarah Bliesner (fastest time of the day) & Brigette Takeuchi (2nd fastest time). Top 3 finishers in their races were Jake Knoblich, 3rd (9th boys), Carlyn Schmidgall 2nd (10th girls), Andrew Cooper 2nd (10th boys) and Aaron Bowe 2nd (12th boys)
9-7-13 - A great time was had @ Lake Wilderness with the 2nd place overall finish showing the summer training has paid off. Thanks again to Collin's & Duncan's mom for arranging the BBQ! During the regular school week, practice will start & finish @ Liberty 15min. after the last period. Weekends & Holiday run times & locations will be shown on Flo-Track. Parents who haven't received an e-mail yet from XC should send a note to Coach Smith to get on the e-mail list. Last Saturday saw some College XC action with Michaela Chucka & Allie Wood racing in Spokane. 
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