{"id":16108,"date":"2025-11-18T13:49:47","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T13:49:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/?p=16108"},"modified":"2026-07-21T19:43:44","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T19:43:44","slug":"rory-leibermans-dedication-leads-the-dutchmen-to-championship-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/2025\/11\/18\/rory-leibermans-dedication-leads-the-dutchmen-to-championship-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Rory Lieberman\u2019s dedication leads the Dutchmen to championship success"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"dslc-theme-content\"><div id=\"dslc-theme-content-inner\">\n<p>By Avrey Grimm \u201826, staff writer<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For LVC cross country standout Rory Lieberman, success didn\u2019t come overnight; it was built through months of consistent training, early mornings and a drive to push past limits, all of which led him to an unforgettable season.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhile training is a year-long endeavor, I would say that cross country training starts at the beginning of summer, working for months on end before coming to campus,&#8221; Lieberman said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The biggest thing is putting in the miles and\u00a0workouts\u00a0with the team and putting the work in every day,\u201d Lieberman said. \u201cFrom last year, I have increased my mileage to allow myself to build a great aerobic base while also doing workouts two to three times a week since July.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lieberman\u2019s commitment paid off in a big way. This season, he was named Runner of the Year and helped lead the Dutchmen men\u2019s cross-country team to a MAC Conference Championship.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWinning Runner of the Year is great, and it\u2019s a great way to show that all of my hard work is paying off, but at the end of the day, cross-country is a team sport and winning MACs as a team is so much sweeter than any individual awards,&#8221; Lieberman\u00a0said.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;When people watch a cross-country meet, they see a bunch of individual runners, but sometimes they forget the team&#8217;s aspect,\u201d Lieberman said.&nbsp;\u201cGetting to step on the line with my best friends, who just like me have worked day in and day out, and achieve our goals is the best feeling ever.\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lieberman\u2019s dedication and leadership continue to inspire his teammates, proving that success in cross country isn\u2019t just about running fast&#8211;it\u2019s about running together.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>By Avrey Grimm \u201826, staff writer For LVC cross country standout Rory Lieberman, success didn\u2019t come overnight; it was built through months of consistent training, early mornings and a drive to push past limits, all <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/2025\/11\/18\/rory-leibermans-dedication-leads-the-dutchmen-to-championship-success\/\" title=\"Rory Lieberman\u2019s dedication leads the Dutchmen to championship success\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":16114,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-16108","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-features","8":"category-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16108"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16108\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16969,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16108\/revisions\/16969"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}