Sydney Leiher

Class:
Senior
High School:
Beavercreek
Hometown:
Beavercreek, Ohio

Career Cross Country Honors:
2015 NCAA All-Northeast Region honoree
Two-time All-ACC Academic Team selection (2013, 2015)

Leiher Career Results

Senior Year (2016): Finished 62nd at the NCAA Northeast Regional with a time of 21:54.2 (11/11)... Placed 60th at the ACC Championships with a time of 21:34.8 (10/28)... Finished the Nuttycombe Wisconsin Invitational in 22:25.2 to place 178th (10/14)... Took 43^rd place at the Panorama Farms Invitational with a time of 18:26.8 (9/23)… Finished in 22^nd place at the Harry Groves Spiked Shoe Invitational with a time of 22:09 (9/10)… Placed 13^th at the Harry Lang Invitational with a time of 18:34.4 (9/3).

Junior Year (2015): Academic All-ACC selection ... Finished in 68th place with a time of 20:38.7 at the NCAA Championship (11/21)... Was one of the four women Syracuse runners to make All Region in the NCAA Northeast Region.. Finished 15th place with a time of 21:06 in the NCAA Northeast Regional (11/13)... Ran to a 24th-place finish with a time of 20:50.8 at the ACC Championships (10/30)... Placed 44th with a tim eof 20:28.2 at the Wisconsin Adidas Invitational (10/16)... Finished in 13th place at the Coast-to-Coast Battle in Beantown (9/25)... Placed fifth at the Harry Groves Spiked Shoe Invitational, finishing at 21:41 (9/11).

Sophomore Year (2014): Finished 198th at the NCAA Championship with a time of 21:55.8 (11/22)...Finished 57th at the NCAA Northeast Regional with a time of 21:35:04 (11/14)... Placed 79th at the ACC Championship with a time of 21:56.1 (10/31)... Finished 54th overall at the Wisconsin Meet of Champtions (10/17) with a time of 20:46... In a 5k at the Coast-to-Coast Battle of Beantown finished 31st with a time of 17:47 (9/26)... Finished 1st overall in the Henry Groves Spiked Shoe Invitational (9/13) with a time of 21:01 in the 6K.

Freshman Year (2013): Named to the All-ACC Academic Team...Finished 192nd overall at the Division 1 Championships (12/23) with a time of 21:58.6..Finished 43rd overall at the NCAA Division 1 Northeast Championships (12/15) with a time of 21:21.10... Finished 48^th overall at the ACC Championships (11/1) with a time of 21:50.8 in the 6K...Finished 157th overall at the Wisconsin Adidas Invitational (10/19) with a time of 21:33.. Finished 141st overall in the Roy Griak Invitational (9/28) with a time of 22:59.00 in the 6K... Finished 17^th overall at the Dartmouth Invitational (9/14) with a time of 21:37.94 in the 6000 meter run... Finished sixth overall in the Harry Lang Invitational (9/7) with a time of 15:59.10 in the 4200 meter run.

High School: State champion in both 2012 and 2013 in the 1600m...Most valuable player all four years...All-Ohio all four years (2010-13)...All-American New Balance 2012...Team captain sophomore year.

Personal: Born in February of 1995...Daughter of Barry and Loretta Leiher...One brother, Cody... Member of the Syracuse Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC). Majoring in sport management at the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics.