2008 Cross Country: Ran in six of seven meets for the Golden Grizzlies ... Notched a top-10 finish at the Golden Grizzly Open (Aug. 30) with a 5K time of 20:09, good for ninth-place ... Ran a season-best 5K at the Notre Dame Invitational (Oct. 3) with a time of 18:37, earning her atop-50 finish out of 198 runners ... Finished 13th overall at the Summit League Championship with a 6K time of 22:00.00, a new career-best... Her performance earned her an all-league second team selection. 2008 Outdoor Track: Finished among the top 10 four times ... Ran 17:35.73 to set the school record in the 5000 at the Bucknell Outdoor Classic (Apr. 11) ... Has the second fastest 3000 time at 10:34.64. 2008 Indoor Track: Finished sixth in both the 3000 (10:11.74) and 5000 (17:57.80) at The Summit League Championships (Feb. 29-Mar. 1) ... Both times set school records ... Broke the 3000 record every time she ran ... Won the Don Wright Invitational (Jan. 12) and was runner-up in the afternoon session at the EMU Classic (Feb. 16) in the 3000 ... Had six top 10 finishes ... Third leading scorer with 32.5 points. 2007 Cross Country: Red-Shirted. 2006 Cross Country: Ran in four scored meets for Oakland as a freshman ... finished second on the team three times and was no lower than fifth among Oakland runners in any of her races this season ... finished second for OU at the Golden Grizzly Open with a 5K time of 19:26 to place fourth overall at the meet ... placed fifth amongst her teammates with a 6K time of 24:23 at the Spartan Invitational, finishing 22nd overall ... ran her fastest 5K time of the season with a 19:12.13 at the Falcon Invitational, placing second among Oakland runners and finishing 30th overall ... placed second among the Golden Grizzlies at the Mid-Con Championships where she ran a season-best 6K time of 23:32.62; her 16th place overall finish at the meet earned her the Mid-Con Newcomer of the Year award for 2006 ... recorded a 6K time of 25:12.19 to finish fourth on the team and 175th overall at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional ... Academic All-Conference. High School: A 2006 graduate of Lake Orion High School ... lettered all four years in cross country and track for coach Debbie Sherman ... cross country and track team captain as a senior ... earned all-state, all-region, all-league and all-county honors in cross country as a senior ... personal best of 18:35 as a senior. Personal: Born Sara Margaret Lieblein on April 27, 1988 in Lansing, Michigan ... Daughter of Rick and Amy Lieblein. |
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