#0 Mandy Leach Season 2001-02
LSU Record Holder:
50-yard freestyle (23.05)
100-yard butterfly (53.49)
100-yard freestyle (49.65)
200-yard freestyle (1:46.94)
Member of the 2000 Zimbabwe Olympic Team
Top-30 World Ranking in the 200-yard freestyle
Finished 13th at the 2000 Olympics in the 200-meter freestyle (2:00.60)
Three-time NCAA All-American
2001-02 Team Captain
SEC Academic Honor Roll (2000, ’01, ’02)
Second-Team All-SEC in 100-yard butterfly (2002)
SENIOR SEASON (2001-02)
Had another great season for the Lady Tigers in her final campaign in Baton Rouge … Named Honorable Mention All-America after placing 11th in the 100-yard butterfly (53.97) at the NCAA Championships … Qualified for the 100-yard freestyle (22nd, 49.90) and the 50-yard freestyle (46th, 23.35) at the NCAA Championships … Named Second-Team All-SEC after finishing second in the 100-yard butterfly at the 2002 SEC Championships with a time of 53.84 … Led off the 200-yard freestyle relay with a time of 23.05 at the SEC Championships which broke a nine-year old school record, helping the Lady Tigers to a sixth-place finish in the event … Missed the first two home meets of the season against Houston and Arkansas with an injury but came back to compete in every meet the rest of the season … Swam the 100-yard freestyle in a time of 49.83 at the SEC Championships, the best time in that event all season by an LSU athlete … Set a school record in the 200-yard freestyle at the SEC Championships with a time of 1:46.94 … Swam the 200-yard individual medley in a school-record time of 2:05.04 at the SEC West Quad Meet on Oct. 26 … Competed in the 200, 400 and 800-yard freestyle relays at the SEC Championships as well as both the 200 and 400-yard medley relay … Team captain for the Lady Tigers … Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll for the third year in a row … Earned her fourth varsity letter.
JUNIOR SEASON (2000-01)
Earned All-America status in both the 100-yard freestyle and 100-yard butterfly competitions … The team captain for the Lady Tigers … Earned 10th and 12th-place finishes at the NCAA Championships in the 100-yard freestyle and 100-yard butterfly events, respectively … Set the LSU record in the 100 freestyle with a time of 49.65 at the NCAA Championships … Earned the Lady Tigers’ all-time mark in the 100-yard butterfly competition by recording a time of 53.49 at the Southeastern Conference Championships … Owns six, top-five performances in LSU history … Finished the season ranked in the SEC’s top 10 in four events … Led the Lady Tigers in eight of the 10 events that she competed in during the 2000-01 season … Earned the second-fastest times on the team in both the 100 and 200-yard breaststroke events … Finished the season second in the SEC in the 100-yard butterfly competition … Earned the Lady Tigers’ High Point Award for scoring the most points throughout the season … Member of the SEC Academic Honor Roll by maintaining a 3.73 grade point average in kinesiology … Earned her third varsity letter.
SOPHOMORE SEASON (1999-2000)
Finished in 13th place at the 2000 Olympic Games in the 200-meter freestyle competition with a time of 2:00.60 … Member of the 2000 Zimbabwe Olympic team … World ranked in the top 30 in the 200-yard freestyle … Recorded four LSU all-time top-five performances as a sophomore … Swam the second-best time in LSU history in the 100 (50.37), 200 (1:48.07), and 500-yard (4:50.45) freestyle competitions … Recorded the fourth-fastest time in LSU’s history in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 23.54 … Competed in the SEC Championships and recorded two top-10 performances, as well as a top-five finish … Placed fourth in the 200-yard freestyle event, and 10th in both the 100 and 500-yard freestyle competitions … Finished with the Southeastern Conference’s ninth-fasted time in the 100-yard freestyle event with a time of 50.37 … Won the LSU Clutch Performer Award, which was voted on by both her teammates and the Lady Tiger coaching staff … Recorded the SEC’s sixth-fasted time in the 200-yard freestyle event with a time of 1:48.07 … Finished the season with the Lady Tigers’ fastest times in the 50, 100, 200, and 500-yard freestyle events … Recorded the team’s third-best time of the season in the 100 backstroke (58.03) … Named to the SEC Women’s Swimming and Diving Academic Honor Roll by maintaining a 3.107 grade point average in kinesiology … Earned her second varsity letter.
FRESHMAN SEASON (1998-99)
First on the team in the 200-yard freestyle event … Second on the team in both the 100 freestyle and the 200-yard backstroke competitions … Scored at the SEC Championships … Earned her first varsity letter.
PRIOR TO LSU
Enrolled at LSU in January, but was redshirted … Member of the Zimbabwe National Team … Won two silver medals and one bronze medal at the 1995 All-Africa Games.
PERSONAL
Born on Aug. 20, 1979 … Parents are Steve and Clare Leach … Majoring in kinesiology.
MANDY’S TOP TIMES
50-yard freestyle 22.73 2001 SEC Championships
100-yard freestyle 49.65 2001 NCAA Championships
200-yard freestyle 1:46.94 2002 SEC Championships
500-yard freestyle 4:50.45 2000 Nike Cup Invitational
100-yard butterfly 53.49 2001 SEC Championships
100-yard backstroke 57.48 2000 Alabama
200-yard backstroke 2:02.36 2000 Alabama
200-yard individual medley 2:03.36 2000 Nike Cup Invitational