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Girls Track & Field

2016 Liberty Girls Track Capsule

LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
March 5, 2016 - 8:12 pm
 

LIBERTY

Head coach: John Lentsch, second season

Returning letter winners: Fifteen

Top athletes: Gifty Nkansah (Jr.), Skyler Free (Jr.), Sydney Groom (Jr.), Gabby Carson (So.), Tia Ortquist (Jr.)

Outlook: Groom placed third in the 400-meter dash in last year’s state meet and is one of 15 letter winners back for the Patriots.

Nkansah (100), Free (1,600), Carson (pole vault) and Ortquist (discus) all competed in the state meet last year.

“We have several individuals that have the ability to place at state, but depth may be an issue,” Lentsch said. “We expect to carry about 75 girls on our roster, so we’re hoping to find the remaining pieces we will need to make a run at the region championship.”

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