Gatorade 2022 - 2023: Player of the Year

Girls Cross Country - Oklahoma

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GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY

Liesel Kehoe

Runner
EDMOND NORTH HS
EDMOND, OKLAHOMA
JUNIOR
Height: 5-FOOT-5
Press Release

Peak Performance

1st - 17:14.34

State Championship (Individual)

3rd

Nike South Regional Championships

23rd

Nike Cross Nationals
“Liesel Kehoe recovered in time from an offseason hip injury to return to the national spotlight, capturing her first state cross country title and finishing third at the Nike South Regional. She also became the first prep girl from Oklahoma since 2016 to advance to Nike Cross Nationals in Oregon.”
Erik Boal
editor at DyeStat.com
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Athletic Excellence

The 5-foot-5 junior raced to the Class 6A individual state championship this past year with a time of 17:14.34, leading the Huskies to third place as a team. Kehoe also won the Central Oklahoma Athletic Conference title and Metro Mid-State Athletic Conference Invitational as well as the Ponca City Regional meet. She took third at the Nike South Regional Championships to advance to Nike Cross Nationals for the first time in her prep career, finishing 23rd in Oregon.

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Academic Achievement

Kehoe has maintained a 4.75 weighted GPA in the classroom. She will begin her senior year of high school this fall.

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Exemplary Character

A member of the National Honor Society and her school’s French Club, Kehoe is an officer in the local Students United for Nature Club, which organizes projects and volunteer efforts to make positive environmental impact in Edmond. She has also donated her time as a candidate for Bring A Light To Others, a school fundraiser that has raised over $4 million dollars for BALTO recipients, including child cancer patients, brain tumor patients, special education students, premature babies and many more worthy causes.