#999 RaNysha LeBlanc Season 2025
Updated 6/30/05
2005
Was an NCAA qualifier in the 60-meter hurdles during the indoor season … Finished 13th at the national meet after clocking 8.31 in the prelims … Won three indoor titles during the year, taking home top honors at the Purple Tiger Invitational (8.53), the LSU Twilight (8.38) and the NCAA Qualifiers (8.18) … Time of 8.18 at the NCAA Qualifiers marked a season-best … Placed fifth at the SEC Championships in 8.30 … During the outdoor season, qualified for the NCAA Mideast Regional Championships in the 100-meter hurdles despite battling a knee injury … Finished 12th at the regional meet (13.83) … Turned in her top time of the year, a wind-aided 13.23, at the LSU Alumni Gold to finish first overall … Ran 13.41 at the Penn Relays … Placed second at the Sun Angel Classic in Phoenix, Ariz. (13.47) … Finished fifth at the SEC Championships, clocking 13.65.
2004
Just missed All-America honors during the outdoor season, placing ninth in the 100-meter hurdles at the NCAA Championships … Recorded a season-best time of 12.92w in the event during the qualifying rounds … Clocked 13.14w to finish third at the NCAA Mideast Regional Championships … Finished second at the LSU Alumni Gold with a time of 13.15w … During the indoor season, won four meet titles in the 60-meter hurdles … Finished first at the Bayou Bengal Invitational (8.29), LSU Last Chance (8.29), Arkansas Invitational (8.32) and the Purple Tiger Invitational (8.43) … Finished third in the event at the Armory Invitational with a time of 8.35.
2003
Advanced to the NCAA Championships for the first time in her career, qualifying in the 60-meter hurdles during the indoor season and the 100-meter hurdles during the outdoor season … Finished 11th at the indoor championships clocking her second-best time (8.26) … Finished fourth at the SEC Championships, running the 55-meter hurdles in 7.70 … Placed second in the 60-meter hurdles at the Armory Invitational (8.37) … Won the SEC West Challenge with a time of 8.38 … During the outdoor season, advanced to the semifinals in the 100-meter hurdles at the NCAA Championships, clocking a time of 13.44 … Was part of the Lady Tigers’ 1-2-3 finish in the event at the SEC Championships, earning All-SEC honors with a second-place finish and a season-best time of 13.09 … Finished fifth in the hurdles at the NCAA Regionals with a time of 13.16 (4.0+ wind reading) … Finished third at the Texas Relays (13.20w) … Won the SEC Quadrangular with a time of 13.57 … Ran the lead leg on the Lady Tigers’ shuttle hurdle relay team that finished first at the Penn Relays with a near world record mark of 53.04 … Also ran the 200 meters during the outdoor season, clocking a season-best time of 23.93 at the Tiger Twilight Classic.
2002
Finished fourth in the 100-meter hurdles (13.59) at the SEC Outdoor Championships … Was on the Lady Tigers’ 4×400-meter relay team that finished sixth at that same meet with a time of 3:36.90 … Recorded season-best times of 13.51 in the 100-meter hurdles and 24.06 in the 200 meters at the LSU Team Invitational … Ran the third leg on the 4×400-meter relay team that ran the Lady Tigers’ top time of the season (3:35.90) … During the indoor season, scored for the Lady Tigers at the SEC meet, placing seventh in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.57 … Posted her fastest mark of the season in the event during the prelims (8.47) … Turned in a top time of 7.78 in the 60 meters at the LSU Twilight.
High School
Four-year letterwinner in track under coach Ora Smith at Abraham Lincoln High School … Was a four-time all-district, all-region and all-state selection in both the 100-meter dash and the 300-meter hurdles … Holds the 4A state record in the 300-meter hurdles (41.00) … Helped her team to three district titles (1998-99 and 2000) and two regional championships (2000-01) … Was awarded the Presidential Scholar Award four straight years … Member of the National Honor Society.