2018 - 2019 Player of the Year

National Boys Cross Country

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a picture of Liam Anderson
BOYS CROSS COUNTRY

Liam Anderson

Distance Runner
REDWOOD HS
LARKSPUR, CALIFORNIA
SENIOR
Height: 5-FOOT-7
Press Release

Peak Performance

1st - 14:57.6

NXN Final

1st - 14:55.3

Division 3 State Championship

1st

Marin County Athletic League Championships
“Liam has both talent and work ethic, but it’s his commitment to the year-over-year, season-over-season process, paired with his race-day acumen, that makes him a unique athlete. It’s been an absolute joy working with him for the past four years.”
Laura Schmitt
Head Coach - Redwood coach
excellence star

Athletic Excellence

The 5-foot-7, 130-pound senior raced to the national championship this past season with a course-record time of 14:57.6 at the Nike Cross Nationals Final. The state’s returning Gatorade Boys Cross Country Runner of the Year, Anderson won the Division 3 individual state championship in 14:55.3. He also broke the tape first at the Marin County Athletic League championships, the North Coast Section championships, the Mariner Invitational and the Clovis Invitational.

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Academic Achievement

Anderson has maintained a weighted 4.26 GPA in the classroom. He has signed a National Letter of Intent to compete in cross country and track and field on scholarship at Stanford University this fall.

first place ribbon

Exemplary Character

A certified Wilderness First Responder and a member of the Marin County Search and Rescue team, Anderson has volunteered as a tutor for freshmen in his school.