Alexis Leech

Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Butler, Pa.
High School:
Butler Area HS

Career Results

2020 Outdoor: Season canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

2019-20 Indoor: Competed in seven meets during her junior indoor season for the Panthers... Helped the Panthers distance medley relay team post a 11th place finish at the ACC Indoor Championships (Feb. 27) with a season-best time of 11:44.91... Posted a season-best time of 56.77 seconds in the 400m dash at the Youngstown State Icebreaker (Dec. 6) as she earned a fifth place finish... Notched a fifth place finish in the 600m dash at the Nittany Lion Challenge (Jan. 11) with a season-best time of 1:37.76... Was a part of the 4x400m relay team that collected a victory in a season-best time of 3:43.14 at the Doug Raymond National (Feb. 14).

2019 Outdoor: Participated in the 400m hurdles at the ACC Championships (May 11)… Placed fifth at the Akron-Campbell Wright Open (May 4) in the 400m hurdles with a time of 1:04.08… Was on the 1600m steeplechase medley relay team to finish second with a time of 4:10.36 at the Tennessee Relays (April 11)… Set a career-best in the 400m hurdles with a time of 1:01.88 to place sixth at the Virginia Four-Team Challenge (April 6) and was on the 4x400m relay team to place second with a time of 3:54.12… Was on the 4x400m relay team to finish second at the Raleigh Relays (March 30) with a time of 3:46.31… Placed fifth at the FSU Relays (March 23) in the 400m hurdles with a time of 1:05.34.

2018-19 Indoor: Set a career-best in the 600m with a time of 1:35.62 to place sixth at the Penn State National (Jan. 26)… Was on the 4x400m relay team to place seventh at the Hokie Invitational (Jan. 19) with a time of 3:51.48 and seventh at the Nittany Lion Challenge (Jan. 12) with a time of 3:56.59.

2018 Outdoor: Competed in six meets including the ACC Outdoor Championships… Participated in the Univ. of Akron- Campbell/Wright Open (May 4-5) in the 400m with a time of 58.74 placing third… Recorded a PR of 26.19 in the 200m at Tennessee Relays (Apr. 12).

2017-18 Indoor: Competed at six meets… Recorded a personal best 26.20 in the 200m at the Clemson Bob Pollock Invitational (Jan. 26-27), finishing 42nd… Recorded a PR 56.73 in the 400m at the Kent State National Qualifier (Feb. 10), finishing in fifth place… Recorded a PR 1:15.83 in the 500m at the Kent State Golden Flash Gala (Dec. 8-9), finishing in second place… Recorded a PR 1:36.80 in the 600m at the Nittany Lion Challenge (Jan. 13), finishing in 10th place.

High School: Attended Butler Senior High School in Butler, Pa.… As a junior was named MVP of track team in her first year on the team… Received Tri-athlete award as a junior for earning varsity letters in soccer, indoor track, and outdoor track… As a senior earned Overall Track MVP Award… Placed fifth in 400m at both indoor and outdoor State Championships as a senior… Anchored 4x400m relay team to sixth place finish and ran the opening leg of the fourth place 4x800m relay team at states her senior year… Was voted Most Athletic by her classmates, and left Butler holding 7 school all time track records… Also played Soccer all four years in high school and for club teams since 2008, and played lacrosse two years in high school

Personal: Daughter of Mitch and Jodi Leech… Has one younger sister, Taylor… Plans to major in health sciences.