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11 Days Until the State Girls Cross Country Announcement
Gatorade 2019 - 2020: Player of the Year

Boys Cross Country - Nebraska

Gatorade Player of the year

Liem Chot

Distance Runner
NORTH STAR HS
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA
JUNIOR
Height: 6-FOOT-4
Press Release

Peak Performance

1st - 15:50.30

Division A State Championship
“Liem is a very efficient runner with very long strides and has developed, with maturity and strength, a pretty solid kick at the end of races. He prefers to chase, but is growing as a runner where he will continue to learn how to lead from the front and push the pace.”
Matt Musiel
Head Coach - Head coach of Lincoln North Star High

Athletic Excellence

The 6-foot-4, 180-pound junior repeated as Division A state meet champion this past season, breaking the tape with a time of 15:50.30 to finish 4.4 seconds ahead of his next-closest competitor and lead the Navigators to a third-place finish as a team. Chot was unbeaten during the regular season.

Academic Achievement

Chot has maintained a weighted 4.05 GPA in the classroom. He will begin his senior year of high school this fall.

Exemplary Character

Chot fled civil war in the Sudan along with his two brothers and moved to Nebraska, where he was formally adopted by his older sister. He has volunteered locally at a homeless shelter and food bank, and has donated his time on behalf of road races as well as multiple community service initiatives through his church youth group.