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2021 Cross Country Roster

Maddi Leigh

  • Class Graduate Student
  • Highschool Francis Howell
  • Hometown Saint Charles, Mo.

Biography

2018:

  • Placed third at the Golden Grizzlies Open with a time of 14:46.3, helping her team to a first place finish
  • Finished seventh at the 32nd Running Fit Detroit Mercy Invite (Sept. 8) with a time of 18:19.6
  • Finished 98th at the Loyola Lakefront Invitational

2017:
• Placed eleventh at the Horizon League Championship with a time of 22:59.7 (6K)
• Placed sixth at the Golden Grizzly Short Course Dual against CMU (Oct. 6) with a time of 10:56.00 (3K)
• Helped lead the women's team to their third consecutive title 

High School:
• Three-year cross country and two-year track and field captain for head coaches Gross, Gelskie and Aldrich
Cross Country:
• Help lead Francis Howell to the 2013 Cross Country team championship
• Won the 1600m state title in 2017 
• Four-time All-District, All-Sectional and All-State selection (2013-17)
Track and Field:
• 3200m All-District, All-Sectional and All-State selection (2014, 15, 16)
• 1600m All-District, All-Sectional and All-State selection (2016, 17)
• 8000m Three-time All-District, All-Sectional and one-time All-State selection
• 4x800m All-District, All-Sectional and All-State selection (2014, 16, 17)

Top Athletic Performance:
5K - 18:08
3200m - 10:55
1600m - 4:58
800m - 2:17 
Won 4x800 state title with a mark of 9:17.83

Academic Accomplishments:
• Honor Roll
• National Honor Society

Three reason for choosing to Oakland:
1. Great heath sciences program
2. Great running program
3. Scholarships

Personal:
Full Name: Madison Elizabeth Leigh
Parents: John and Nicholle 
Siblings: Brother: John | Sisters: Mackinna, Oliva                
Major: Heath Sciences - Pre Physical Therapy

Historical Player Information

  • 2017Freshman

  • 2018Sophomore

  • 2019Junior

  • 2020Senior

  • 2021Graduate Student