{"id":3358,"date":"2015-02-11T17:15:35","date_gmt":"2015-02-11T22:15:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wordpress\/?p=3358"},"modified":"2015-02-11T17:32:22","modified_gmt":"2015-02-11T22:32:22","slug":"colin-abert-is-a-finalist-for-the-lehigh-valley-sports-hall-of-fame-sr-multi-sport-athlete-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=3358","title":{"rendered":"Colin Abert is a finalist for the Lehigh Valley Sports Hall of Fame Sr. Multi-Sport Athlete of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Colin Abert, Easton High School Cross Country, Indoor track and Track and Field star who is headed to Penn State on scholarship is a finalist for the Lehigh Valley Sports Hall of Fame Sr. Multi-Sport Athlete of the Year.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Overall Bests<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1,600 Meter Run:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 4:16.90 (5\/23\/14)<\/p>\n<p>3,000 Meter Run:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 8:55.89 (12\/30\/14)<\/p>\n<p>3,200 Meter Run:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 9:20.46 (4\/19\/14)<\/p>\n<p>5,000 Meter Run (XC): 14:55:00 (10\/4\/14)<\/p>\n<p>800\u00a0 Meter\u00a0 Run:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1:57.80 (4\/28\/14)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Accomplishments<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Cross Country<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Freshman Year:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>3<sup>rd<\/sup> place at leagues (Lehigh Valley Conference)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>5<sup>th<\/sup> place at districts (District 11)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>125<sup>th<\/sup> place at the 2011 PIAA State Championship AAA (17:31)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sophomore Year:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1<sup>st<\/sup> place at leagues<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>1<sup>st<\/sup> place at districts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>12<sup>th<\/sup> place at the 2012 PIAA State Championship AAA (16:16) (First Sophomore)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>41<sup>st<\/sup> place at the Foot Locker Northeast Regional (16:40.20)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Junior Year<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>4<sup>th<\/sup> place at the PTXC Meet<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>1<sup>st<\/sup> place at leagues<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>1<sup>st<\/sup> place at districts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>2<sup>nd <\/sup>Place at the 2013 PIAA State Championship AAA (15:54)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>13<sup>th<\/sup> place at the Foot Locker Northeast Regional (16:01)Senior Year<\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>1<sup>st <\/sup>place at the PTXC Meet<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>1<sup>st <\/sup>place at Paul Short<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>1<sup>st<\/sup> place at leagues<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>1<sup>st<\/sup> place at districts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>5<sup>th <\/sup>place at PIAA State Championship AAA (15:47)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>16<sup>th<\/sup> place at the Foot Locker Northeast Regional (15:56)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Track<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Freshman Year:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2<sup>nd<\/sup> place in the 3200m at leagues (9:42.22)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>1<sup>st<\/sup> place in the 1600m at leagues (4:27.20)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>3<sup>rd<\/sup> place in the 3200m at districts (9:44.85)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>7<sup>th<\/sup> place in the 1600m at districts (4:32)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sophomore Year:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>4<sup>th<\/sup> place in the mile run at the Hispanic Games (4:27.2)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>18<sup>th<\/sup> place at the 2013 PTFCA Indoor State Championship (4:32.73)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>1<sup>st<\/sup> place in the 3200m at leagues (9:40.35)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>1<sup>st<\/sup> place in the 1600m at leagues (4:25.09)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>1<sup>st<\/sup> place in the 1600m at districts (4:21.87)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>3<sup>rd<\/sup> place in the 800m at districts (1:59.09)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>6<sup>th<\/sup> place in the 1600m at the PIAA T&amp;F Championship Prelims (4:25.54)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Junior Year<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2<sup>nd <\/sup>place in the 3200m at the Shippensburg 88th Jack Roddick HS Invitational (9:20.46)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>1<sup>st<\/sup> place in the 1600m at leagues (4:19.71)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>1<sup>st<\/sup> place in the 3200m at leagues (9:43.02)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>1<sup>st<\/sup> place in the 1600m at districts (4:18.95)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>1<sup>st<\/sup> place in the 3200m at districts (9:33.75)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>5<sup>th <\/sup>place in the 1600m at the PIAA T&amp;F State Championship (4:17.23)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>12<sup>th <\/sup>place in the mile at the New Balance Outdoor National Emerging Elite<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Special Recognitions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>3x Captain of the boy\u2019s team<\/p>\n<p>3x League and District Champion<\/p>\n<p>Broke 5 course records senior year<\/p>\n<p>EPC MVP for the third straight year<\/p>\n<p>Three time state medalist<\/p>\n<p>First Team ALL-State (Second Year)<\/p>\n<p>Coordinated Health Athlete of the Week<\/p>\n<p>Easton Express Times: Athlete of the Week<\/p>\n<p>Easton Express Runner of the Year (3 years in a row)<\/p>\n<p>Morning Call All-Area Runner of the year (3 years in a row)<\/p>\n<p>Footlocker Regionals: Second Team<\/p>\n<p>National Honor Society<\/p>\n<p>Lehigh Valley Interscholastic Athletic Conference Council 2013-2015<\/p>\n<p>Attending: Penn State University in the fall<\/p>\n<p>Scholar Athlete<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Nominations are still being taken for awards for winter and spring season athletes. 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