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Coach Josiah Cell: 425-358-1613
Contacts: Coach Smith - [email protected] ( parents) [email protected] (students) 425-277-2102
Coach Josiah Cell: 425-358-1613
2016 Liberty XC
Patriots vs. the Owl, video courtesy of Komo4 news
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XC Party
For the 2nd year, the Knoblich's hosted @ Wizards of the Coast. Award winners were:
Jake Knoblich-Outstanding Boy; Brigette Takeuchi-Outstanding Girl; Rory McClelland-Most Improved Boy; Dhaman Kuar-Most Improved Girl; Nicole Leung-Miss Positive; Gabe Waldbaum-The Driver; Sam Kelderman-The Rock & Kelsey Takeuchi-4yrs @ State.
For the 2nd year, the Knoblich's hosted @ Wizards of the Coast. Award winners were:
Jake Knoblich-Outstanding Boy; Brigette Takeuchi-Outstanding Girl; Rory McClelland-Most Improved Boy; Dhaman Kuar-Most Improved Girl; Nicole Leung-Miss Positive; Gabe Waldbaum-The Driver; Sam Kelderman-The Rock & Kelsey Takeuchi-4yrs @ State.
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Boys 3rd, Girls 2nd @ State
Unranked at the beginning of the season, the Boys had 5 personal bests on a sunny day in Pasco. Led again by Jake Knoblich, Liberty took home it's 3rd straight State trophy.
Despite losing their #2 top finisher from last year to injury, the Girls, led by Brigette Takeuchi put 3 girls in the top 16 and finished 2nd overall, 2pts ahead of Sehome.
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10-29-16 - Dist. 1 Championships - Girls win 7th Straight Dist XC Title, Boys take 3rd, return to State - Patriot Seniors led the way as Brigette-3rd, Sam-5th, Kelsey-6th, Dhaman-14th for the Girls and Jake-7th for the Boys punched their Team's ticket to State. The Girls held off a strong Sehome team by 4pts as the Boys took down #4 Mountlake Terrace & #5 Burlington-Edison to claim the last Dist. 1 spot. Strong running from LHS 4th ~ 7th runners provided the edge on a wet course.
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10-20 - Kingco - Liberty Girls League Champs 5 years running
For the 5th straight year, the girls won the league meet. Led by Brigette in 4th, Sam 5th and Kelsey 6th, the team moved a step closer to State. Jake came in a close 2nd in the Boys race with Luke 4th and the team was 3rd overall. Next up is Dist 1 Championships 10-29 on Whidbey Is.
For the 5th straight year, the girls won the league meet. Led by Brigette in 4th, Sam 5th and Kelsey 6th, the team moved a step closer to State. Jake came in a close 2nd in the Boys race with Luke 4th and the team was 3rd overall. Next up is Dist 1 Championships 10-29 on Whidbey Is.
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10-12 - Home Meet
The weather was great and the grounds freshly mowed as Liberty held it's only home XC meet with both the Boys & Girls teams defeating visiting Lake Wash. Brigette & Kelsey led the Girls with Jake leading the Boys over the not quite 5K course. A Big Thanks to all our Parents who monitored the course and made the Senior Day goodies!
The weather was great and the grounds freshly mowed as Liberty held it's only home XC meet with both the Boys & Girls teams defeating visiting Lake Wash. Brigette & Kelsey led the Girls with Jake leading the Boys over the not quite 5K course. A Big Thanks to all our Parents who monitored the course and made the Senior Day goodies!
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10-8 - Hole-in-the-Wall
Before the heavy rains started, most of the JV Boys & Girls set season's bests. By the Varsity races, the course had slowed with standing water and mud but solid times were still recorded.
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Former Patriot and current BSU Frosh Hunter Good dines with Allie O!
9-24 - Nike Portland
Half the boys and 2 girls set personal bests on a sunny day. Jake led the Boys, taking 5th, Kelsey in front for the Girls in 26th. The Boys were 5th overall in Div.1, the Girls were 9th in the Danner Div.
Half the boys and 2 girls set personal bests on a sunny day. Jake led the Boys, taking 5th, Kelsey in front for the Girls in 26th. The Boys were 5th overall in Div.1, the Girls were 9th in the Danner Div.
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9-17 - Ft. Steilacoom
The Liberty Girls took home the team title for the 1st time with Brigette in 3rd and Kelsey in 6th. All the Boys and most of the Girls ran personal bests on a cool, cloudy day.
The Liberty Girls took home the team title for the 1st time with Brigette in 3rd and Kelsey in 6th. All the Boys and most of the Girls ran personal bests on a cool, cloudy day.
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9-10 Tahoma Relays
Lovely day, thanks to all our parents for a great event!
Lovely day, thanks to all our parents for a great event!
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9-7 Kingco Class Races - Jake led the Seniors with an individual win and the Liberty Girls were led by their Seniors to take the team title in a close battle with Issaquah under gray skies @ Lake Samm.
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Water Park
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State Champions Recognition Night, 5-10-16 - The Mariners hosted HS state champs and the Liberty Girls turned out in force @ Safeco Field (Mariners 6, Tampa Bay 4). Mariners Video Link: http://m.mlb.com/video/v682808983/local-high-school-athletes-recognized
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2015 News/Highlights
Andrew was 23rd @ Border Clash, 13th WA runner to cross the line and #1 2A Boy!
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The XC program would like to thank Scott & Lisa Knoblich for the great slideshow and use of Wizards, Joan Sherbina, Julia Cooper and Sandy Takeuchi for the awesome set-up and decoration for the 2015 Awards Banquet and all the parents & athletes who ventured out to make it the best ever.
For 2015, Most Outstanding Boy - Andrew Cooper
Most Outstanding Girl - Brigette Takeuchi
Most Improved Boy - Sean Szymanksi
Most Improved Girl - Sophia Lindstrom
For 2015, Most Outstanding Boy - Andrew Cooper
Most Outstanding Girl - Brigette Takeuchi
Most Improved Boy - Sean Szymanksi
Most Improved Girl - Sophia Lindstrom
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Please turn in uniforms to Coach Beck during school, clean and in a labeled bag.
STATE CHAMPS!!!
The girls were led by Brigette & Sophie L to their 1st ever State Title! Andrew became the 1st Boy to qualify for BorderClash with his 4th place finish, leading the Boys team to 2nd place overall.
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State Week 2015 - fun facts
New #1 - Start assignment: Liberty Girls Box 4, Liberty Boys Box 20
2 - Link to all things State Related, Maps, History, etc
3- LIBERTY GIRLS 2A ACADEMIC XC STATE CHAMPS! While most schools only re port their Varsity runners, LHS submitted all 20 Liberty Girls and were still the top-ranked 2A team with a GPA of 3.92.
4 - Girls climb back to #1, Boys remain as #4 despite beating #3 Lindbergh 2 weeks in a row.
5 - Based on a power merge, Liberty Boys were #1 @ Dist for all classes & Girls were #2 behind 4A Camas.
New #1 - Start assignment: Liberty Girls Box 4, Liberty Boys Box 20
2 - Link to all things State Related, Maps, History, etc
3- LIBERTY GIRLS 2A ACADEMIC XC STATE CHAMPS! While most schools only re port their Varsity runners, LHS submitted all 20 Liberty Girls and were still the top-ranked 2A team with a GPA of 3.92.
4 - Girls climb back to #1, Boys remain as #4 despite beating #3 Lindbergh 2 weeks in a row.
5 - Based on a power merge, Liberty Boys were #1 @ Dist for all classes & Girls were #2 behind 4A Camas.
District - American Lake - Liberty Girls, 6th straight District title! Andrew 1st Liberty Boys indiv. Champ, Boys 1pt from 1st. On a very wet (and windy for the girls) fall day, the Girls took title #6 by placing their top 5 over 31sec., taking 4th,5th,6th,7th,8th,11th & 12th. Brigette led the pack followed by Carlyn 2 sec. behind, then Tyra, Sophie L, Kelsey in a 4 sec. group with Sophie M and Sam just behind to take home the plaque with 30! pts.
Andrew led the Boys with Sean taking 7th overall followed by Nick & Jake racing together in 12th & 13th with Luke in the last scoring spot @ 22nd. Sequim just edged out the Boys 54 ~ 55 for the title.
Write-up from the Seattle Times on Sunday
Andrew led the Boys with Sean taking 7th overall followed by Nick & Jake racing together in 12th & 13th with Luke in the last scoring spot @ 22nd. Sequim just edged out the Boys 54 ~ 55 for the title.
Write-up from the Seattle Times on Sunday
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Sub-District - Ft Steilacoom -
Andrew won the Boys race and Kelsey was 2nd for the Girls as Liberty won both team races.
Andrew won the Boys race and Kelsey was 2nd for the Girls as Liberty won both team races.
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Mercer Island - A sunny day was welcomed for the final dual meet of the season with Brigette and Andrew taking 1st's overall.
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Hole-in-the-Wall - On the 1st "real" day of fall, the rain created a wet, sloppy mess for the Varsity races that kept the top finishers times down 20 ~ 30sec from the prev. weeks. Rounding into form going into the last week of the regular season though, Sophie Lindstrom, Hailie Baker & Siri Christopherson all had personal bests for 5K in the fast race behind Carlyn's 20th place overall finish. Andrew Cooper came home 6th overall for the boys.
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Marymoor - Kelsey ran a 5K PR to lead the girls and the boys cruised to the win against LW & Samm.
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Bellevue - Thanks to John Hill and the Liberty parents who stepped in to make this meet work at the last minute. Great day for running @ Kelsey Creek
Boys Results Girls Results
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Portland - Boys 2nd in Varsity 1
Andrew kicked hard for 2nd overall, breaking 16:00 to lead the Boys to a plaque @ Portland Meadows. Just behind were Jake, Sean, Nick & Luke who all had 20 ~ 30sec. improvements on their lifetime bests on a cool sunny day at the track. Carlyn led the girls with a personal best as well, with Sam also improving her best from State last year.
Andrew kicked hard for 2nd overall, breaking 16:00 to lead the Boys to a plaque @ Portland Meadows. Just behind were Jake, Sean, Nick & Luke who all had 20 ~ 30sec. improvements on their lifetime bests on a cool sunny day at the track. Carlyn led the girls with a personal best as well, with Sam also improving her best from State last year.
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9-23 - Tyra led the girls to a win over Juanita with Alex Krohn the top Boy as the Patriots ran at home on the 1st day of Fall.
Ft. Steilacoom - Girls 4th, Boys 10th
Andrew & Kelsey led the way on a cloudy day with no rain for the Patriots' 5K opener. Every returning LHS runner who'd raced here last year saw an improvement this year over last, with Sean, Sam, Sophie L, Nicole & Dhaman racing to lifetime bests for the 5k.
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1st Home Meet - Girls win, Boys 2nd
Brigette & Jake took top spots for Liberty @ home.
Tahoma Relays @ Lake Wilderness
Sunny and 80, a perfect day to race thru a lake. The team of Sean, Andrew, Nick, Brigette & Kelsey took 3rd overall with Liberty having 6 teams entered in the 250 team field.
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Jamboree 2015
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Being #1 is a team effort
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Water Park Run
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1st Tempo for 2015 Team
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Summer
Camp was cool! |
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