Gatorade 2023 - 2024: Player of the Year

Boys Cross Country - South Carolina

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BOYS CROSS COUNTRY

Jake Liebert

Runner
WANDO HS
MT. PLEASANT, SOUTH CAROLINA
SENIOR
Height: 6-FOOT
Press Release

Peak Performance

1st - 15:19.79

Class AAAAA state meet

11th

Foot Locker championship
“Liebert earned All-American status at the national Foot Locker championships, turned in an impressive showing as the top South Carolina finisher at Great American (4th) and led his team to bronze at the state meet. He closed out his prep career in style.”
Rich Gonzalez
PrepCal Track
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Athletic Excellence

The 6-foot, 130-pound senior broke the tape at the Class AAAAA state meet this past season, winning by more than 27 seconds in a time of 15:19.79 and leading Warriors to third place as a team. Top-five finishes at two of the nation’s premier invitationals—the Great American Cross Country Festival and the Southern Showcase—plus a First Team All-Region performance at the Foot Locker South Championships were among Liebert’s season highlights. He took 11th at the national Foot Locker championships to earn Third Team All-America honors.

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Academic Achievement

Liebert has maintained a 3.66 GPA in the classroom. He has signed a National Letter of Intent to run on scholarship at University of Tennessee this fall.

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Exemplary Character

A guitar enthusiast who also enjoys cooking in his free time, Liebert has volunteered locally as a youth coach for the Mt. Pleasant Track Club. He has also mentored the community’s middle school population in the sport of cross country as well as track and field.