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  Whitney Liehr
Whitney Liehr

Player Profile
Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Palos Verdes Estates, CA

High School:
Palos Verdes HS

Height:
5-7

Event:
Heptathlon/Triple Jump

**Two-Time All-American**

Collegiate Career Bests:
200 Meters: 25.80
800 Meters: 2:23.84i
60-Meter Hurdles: 8.60i
100-Meter Hurdles: 13.86
High Jump: 5-10 (1.78m)i
Long Jump: 20-3 (6.17m)
Triple Jump: 43-8 ½ (13.32m)
Heptathlon: 5,459 points
Pentathlon: 4,063(i) points

At Stanford: One of the top multi-event athletes in Stanford history will concentrate on jumping and hurdling in addition to the multis ... an All-American in the triple jump despite limited time with the event bodes well for her final two years on The Farm.

2009 Season (Sophomore): Earned the first All-America honor of her career after finishing 10th in the pentathlon with a career best 4,063 points at the NCAA Indoor Championships ... earned a second All-America honor during the outdoor season by placing 11th in the triple jump at the NCAA Outdoor Championships ... Scored 15 team points for Stanford at the Pac-10 Championships after placing in three events ... placed second in the triple jump (42-8), fifth in the long jump (20-3) and sixth in the heptathlon (5,459 points) ... also was a part of the 4x100-meter relay team that placed fifth and scored four points at the Pac-10 meet ... the 2009 MPSF Indoor Championships runner-up in the pentathlon (4,012 points) ... was the runner-up at the Big Meet in the 100-meter high hurdles with a career-best time of 13.86.

2008 Season (Freshman): Finished fifth in the heptathlon at the Pac-10 Multi-Event Championships with a Stanford freshman record score of 5,186 points ... collegiate best of 19-6 ½ in the long jump came at the Cal Poly Invitational ... finished third at the MPSF Championships in the pentathlon with a career-best score of 3,743 points.

High School: Claimed the 2007 CIF Southern Section Division III triple jump championship for the second straight year ... finished as the 2006 USATF Junior Olympic Heptathlon Runner-up.

Cardinal Catalogue: Undeclared major ... parents are Tom and Elisa Liehr ... honorable mention Pac-10 All-Academic in 2009.


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