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Gatorade 2019 - 2020: Player of the Year

Boys Cross Country - Maine

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BOYS CROSS COUNTRY

Lisandro Berry-Gaviria

Distance Runner
MOUNT ARARAT HS
TOPSHAM, MAINE
SENIOR
Height: 5-FOOT-9
Press Release

Peak Performance

1st - 15:51.76

Class A State Championship

3rd

NXN Northeast Regional

34th

NXN Final
“Lisandro was a cut above the field this year. I’m pretty sure he has a good sense for how good he is, but we don’t know it because he told us, we know it because he showed us. He was never flashy or boisterous, always classy and understated.”
Roger Huber
Head Coach - Head coach of Bangor High
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Athletic Excellence

The state’s returning Gatorade Runner of the Year, the 5-foot-9, 135-pound senior won the Class A state meet for a second-straight season this past fall with a time of 15:51.76, breaking the tape 10.27 seconds ahead of his next-closest competitor and leading the Eagles to a first-place finish as a team. Berry-Gaviria also took third at the Nike Cross National Northeast Regional championships for a second year in a row, and he finished 34th at NXN Final.

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Academic Achievement

Berry-Gaviria has maintained a 4.0 GPA in the classroom and ranks No. 1 in his class. He has signed a National Letter of Intent to run on scholarship at the University of Notre Dame this fall.

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Exemplary Character

An avid photographer and guitar player, Berry-Gaviria has volunteered locally as a youth running coach.