The Track Dessert Banquet was held on Friday June 5th in the Commons.  This year's major award winners were:  Kelsey Werre - Outstanding Female Athlete, Hannah Blue - Most Improved Female, Alli Agnew - Most Inspirational Female, Peter Stacy - Outstanding Male Dual Meets, Chandler Jenkins - Outstanding Male Post Season, Eric Bice - Most Improved.   

Fines have gone out athletes who haven't turned in missing gear.  Please turn in any equip to the office, all fines must be cleared to participate in Fall Sports.

Visit the XC web site for info on the 2009 season, all Track athletes should consider XC in the fall as a great way to stay in shape for 2010 T&F.

5-29 & 30 - State Day 2 & 3 - Friday saw highs in the low 80's which helped Chandler place 13th in the Long Jump with a season's best 20' 5".  Peter Stacy placed 15th in the Discus and 16th in the Javelin.  Kelsey qualifed for the finals in the 200 but did not move on in the 100, Mitchell & Maddie did not move on in the 400.

Saturday was another sunny day, a little cooler with temps around 75 for the high.  The meet started with the girls 4x200 team taking 4th in a school record time, displaying great stick work and fast starts.  Krista tied her & Hannah's 9' 6" school record in 6th with Hannah tied for 8th @ 9'.  Chandler had another best going 44' 1/4" for 6th in the Triple Jump then headed to High Jump where he placed 16th.  Josh Gordon cleared a best 6' to place 14th.  Eric Bice ran close to his season's best in placing 5th in a tight finish in the 1600.  Kelsey was then up again and took 4th in the 200.  The boy's 4x400 team was hit hard by last minute changes.  With Mitchell unable to anchor, Troy limped home to collect the 8th place medal for the team.  The girls 4x400 team than had their best race with bests from everyone on their 400 splits, Kelsey dropping a 56.9 to move from 5th to 2nd on her anchor lap.

5-28-09 - State, Day One - The relay teams all made it through to the finals on Saturday.  The Boys were 3rd in their 4x400 heat with Bryce stepping up to fill-in for an injured Troy and the Girls broke 4 min. for the 1st time since 2006, with a 2nd place run in their heat.  The Girls also qualified 3rd earlier in their 4x200 heat.

5-22-09 - District Championships, Day 2 - The Liberty teams had another fine day with a total of 13 athletes qualifying for State. Leading the charge was Kelsey in qualifying for 4! events, placing 3rd in the 100, 2nd in the 200 (school record time), 4th in the 800 relay (getting spiked in both legs in the process) and anchoring the 1600 relay to 2nd with a 57.9 split for a season best 4:02.45.  In field events, Josh was 3rd @ 5-10" in the High Jump and Chandler 5th at the same height.  Chandler came back for 3rd in the Long Jump with Devin 6th.  Peter Stacy was 4th in the Discus and Hannah & Krista both move on in the Pole Vault with Hannah in 2nd and Krista in 4th.  Both Mitchell & Maddie qualified in the 400 by running 3rd & 5th respectively.  The girls 4x100 team just missed by placing 6th, improving again on their time for the year.  In the final event of the meet, the boys came through with the win with great legs from Eric, Devin & Troy to give Mitchell the lead at the final exchange.  The girls also had great splits in their 1600 relay with everyone in the 61's with Kelsey taking the baton in 4th and blasting the fastest Patriot 400 relay split on record.  In team scoring, the Boys were 4th overall and #1 Kingco.

5-20-09 - District Championships, Day 1

5-13 thru 5-15-09 -  Kingco Championships

5-7-09 - In a close battle to the end, Issaquah managed to hang on to win the ISD meet in the boys division.  Liberty came close with the final score Iss @ 65.5, Lib @ 61 & Skyline @ 43.5 with the Pole Vault being held Friday.  Another big day was put in by Peter Stacy with 2 wins and a 2nd.  Individual winners included Eric Bice, Mitchell Byron, Alex Leonard & Devin Bennett.  The girls were outgunned by their larger 4A rivals with Skyline @ 86, Iss @ 65 and Liberty @ 25.  Only Sofie Safley came out on top but the 1600 relay team won the final event with the 2nd best time in 3A, minutes after boys did the same thing in their relay.

5-2-09 - With SAT's and prom being held the same day, 2 record performances were still recorded at the last Invites of the year.  Krista Lockhart added 6" to the Pole Vault mark set last year and Eric Bice took 2 sec. off the 1600 best.  Next up is the Issaquah Dist. Meet @ Skyline on Thurs.

4-30-09 - Both the Boys & Girls defeated Lake Washington at home, the boys scoring 93-51 and the girls 92-53.  For the girls, Kelsey had 2 individual wins with 1 win each to Christina Huff, Sofie Safley, Amanda Bard, Maddie Birdsall, Kaily Davies, Hailie Erikson and Hannah Blue. 

On the boys side, Chandler Jenkins and Peter Stacy both had 2 wins plus a 2nd.  With 1 win each were Eric Bice, Mitchell Byron, Connor Moseley & Josiah Sherwood.

4-25-09 - The girls 4x400 team capped a 19 personal best day at the Bellevue Invite by winning the final race of the day.  Almost every Patriot who participated had an outstanding day with Connor Moseley & Devin Bennett getting 2 PB's.

4-23-09 - In one of the closest meets in recent years, 4A Garfield won the 3 way Boys meet with 61, Liberty 59 and Mt. Si 58.  Leading the Patriots with 2 wins were Mitchell Byron & Eric Bice.  A win & a 2nd were recorded by Chandler Jenkins & Peter Stacey.  Devin Bennett rounded out the indiv. winners and the score was kept close by the team effort of all the placers.  The girls team title was won convincingly by Mt. Si with 104 points, with Liberty defeating Garfield 46 to 38.  Kelsey Werre dominated the winners circle with 4 wins.  Other winners were Maddie Birdsall, Christina Huff and the 4x200/4x400 team.

4-18-09 - After a full day of track action, the Boys & Girls 4x400 teams posted their fastest times of the year, each placing 2nd at the Eason Invite.  The Boys Distance Medley Relay (Connor Moseley, Brandon Thomas, Josh Gordon & Tyler Westenbroek) started the day with a 7th place medal and were followed by Kelsey placing 3rd in the 100 and 3rd in the 200 before coming back to anchor the 4x400.  Kelsey's 100 time was .04 off the school record.

4-16-09 - In a very tight battle throughout the meet, the Patriot Boys pulled off the win with some fine jumping, beating Redmond 74 ~ 71.  Chandler Jenkins & Devin Bennett went 1-2 in the Long Jump & Triple Jump with Peter Stacy piling up 13 points on the hill.  Other winners were Mitchell Byron in the 400, Alex Leonard in the 200 and Josh Gordon in the High Jump.  The girls had a much tougher time even with double winner Kelsey Werre (100, 200) having another great day, losing 100 ~ 50.  Other Liberty winners were Maddie Birdsall in the 400, Amanda Bard in the Discus & Sofie Safley in the Shot.

4-13-09 - After a week off for Spring Break, track begins the stretch run to the Kingco Meet.  Thurs is a home meet against Redmond with the Eason Invite on Sat. @ Snohomish High.  The Issaquah Press' Bob Taylor gave the Patriots a great writeup in last Weds. paper with lots of pictures.  A link to the article is here.

4-4-09 - The Liberty Girls won overall honors with the Boys in 2nd @ the Liberty Invite.  Go here for Girls and here for Boys.  Pictures of the meet are on Pg. 2.  Thanks to all our volunteers from the press box to the timers to judges in the field events and concession stand.  The weather was finally nice and we had some great performances.

4-2-09 - With periods of drenching rain @ Bellevue Stadium,  Patriot athletes came to compete.  With the a slim lead going into the 1600 relay, the team of Merritt, Agnew, Bennett & Solly pulled away to give the boys a 77.5 to 67.5 victory.  Led by double winners Eric Bice (with personal bests in the 800 & 1600) & Peter Stacy, Liberty had a balanced attack with wins by Connor Mosely in the 3200, Alex Leonard in the 200, Josh Gordon in the High Jump, Chandler Jenkins in the Long Jump & Devin Bennett in the Triple Jump.                

The girls also competed hard but fell just short, losing 78 to 72.  Again leading with 4 wins was Kelsey Werre.  Other winners were Maddie Birdsall in the 400, Krista Lockhart in the Pole Vault, Christina Huff in the Jav and Emily Pestl-Dimmit in the 100 hurdles

3-26-09 - In the 1st home meet of the year with no rain in sight,  Kelsey Werre picked up her 4th win of the day by anchoring her 1600 relay team to a 3A state best time.  Other big winners were:  Peter Stacy with 3 wins and Christina Huff with 2 in the throws & Eric Bice with 2 wins in the 1600 & 800.  Individual winners included Alli Agnew in the 300 hurdles, Amanda Bard - Discus, Krista Lockhart -Pole Vault, Chandler Jenkins - Long Jump and Josh Gordon in the High Jump. The Boys team was narrowly defeated 73 ~ 72 with the girls losing 80 ~ 69.  The Liberty parent volunteers did a great job in running the meet.