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2024-25 Women's Swimming and Diving Roster

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Leah Tang

Leah Tang

  • Position:
    Freestyle/Backstroke
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Highschool:
    Greensboro Day School (NC)
  • Hometown:
    Kunming, China

Summary

Biography

SwimCloud Stats

At UR 2024-25: Finished off sensational career by competing in all nine meets...Ended the year second on the team in total points scored with 283.50 including relays, finishing with nine wins, five 2nd's and three 3rd's individually...Was on UR's top relays in all three freestyle events and the 400 medley at the UAA Championships, scoring in 7th place finishes in each...Also at UAA's, ranked 21st in the 100 backstroke, 22nd in the 100 freestyle and 24th in the 100 butterfly...Set three new personal-best times at the Ithaca Bomber Invitational in December, coming in the 50 freestyle (:24.50), 100 freestyle (:52.55) and 100 butterfly (:58.94)...Ended up winning 100 freestyle at Ithaca, ranked 3rd in the 100 backstroke (:58.53), 6th in the 100 butterfly and top-4 across four relays...Won three or more events across four different meets, including winning four against Alfred/Fredonia on Nov. 9 and SUNY Cortland on Oct. 26...Had UR's first or second-best time this season in nine different events, including swimming on four relays that ended the year ranked in the top-100 in NCAA Division III...Named UAA Swimmer of the Week on Nov. 19...Earned College Sports Communicators Academic All-District honors for the third straight season...UAA All-Academic Team member for the winter season.

At UR 2023-24: Junior appeared in all 10 meets for the Yellowjackets...Led Rochester in scoring for the second-straight year, scoring 262.50 points, including relays...Earned six event wins, four second-place finishes and four third-place results...Led UR in five different events, swimming on four of Rochester's top-five relays...Individually, held the 'Jackets top time in the 100 freestyle and ranked second in the 50 backstroke, 100 backstroke and 200 freestyle, holding seven times on UR's 2023-24 Individual Top-Times List...Scored in five of six events at the UAA Championships, including all four relays...Finished seventh in the 200, 400 and 800 freestyle relays, as well as the 400 medley relay...Swam in the 'C' Final of both the 100 freestyle and 100 backstroke, finishing 22nd in the 100 backstroke (58.92) and 24th in the 100 freestyle (53.35)...Did not finish below eighth across eight events at the Bomber Invitational, earning her best finish in the 100 freestyle (2nd, 53.27)...Scored eighth-place results in both the 200 freestyle and 200 IM at Ithaca, and finished third in the 400 medley, while notching fifth-place results in the 200, 400 and 800 freestyle relays...Ranked in the NCAA Top-100 in all four relays this season, placing 45th in the 400 medley, 55th in the 200 freestyle, 84th in the 400 freestyle and 63rd in the 800 freestyle relay...Placed four more times on UR's Top-10 list, three relays: the 400 medley (4th), 200 freestyle relay (7th) and 800 freestyle relay (7th) as well as the 100 freestyle (9th), individually...Earned UAA Athlete of the Week honors after posting four event wins against Alfred, Nazareth and Fredonia on Nov. 10 and 11...CSC Academic All-District selection...Provost Circle Scholar...Elected Phi Beta Kappa...Named UAA All-Academic.

At UR 2022-23: Led the Yellowjackets in total scoring as a sophomore, accumulating 254.50 points including relays...Secured 11 wins, second on the team and six other top-3 performances...Posted top-time for a UR swimmer in eight different events in 2022-23, including four individual events...Five scoring performances at UAA's including being on UR's top relays in the 200, 400 and 800 freestyle relay and 400 medley relay...Added top-24 placement in the 100 freestyle (53.49 seconds)...Just missed scoring at the conference meet in the 100 backstroke (59.71 seconds, 27th) and 200 IM (29th)...Led off medley relay with 58.54 second swimmin the 100 backstroke, a UR top-time this season...Finished no worse than 8th across seven events at the Ithaca Bomber Invitational, ranking 2nd in the 200 freestyle (1:56.29), 3rd in the 200 freestyle relay and 4th in both the 400 and 800 freestyle relay...Added 5th place finish in the 100 freestyle and 8th place in the 100 backstroke at Ithaca...Now ranks 5th all-time at Rochester in the 200 IM (2:12.21) and 8th in the 200 freestyle...Member of the College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team...UAA All-Academic honoree.

At UR 2021-22: Was one of UR's top swimmers as a first-year, appearing in all nine meets...Had Rochester's top time in 2021-22 across six events, including the 100 freestyle (:53.31), 100 backstroke (:57.91) and on four relays...Helped UR set school record in the 800 freestyle relay at the Ithaca Bomber Invitational, swimming a time of 7:47.05, placing 2nd...Had tremendous meet at Ithaca, posting eight top-10 finishes, including a 2nd in the 100 backstroke and on 200 freestyle relay, placing 3rd in the 400 medley relay, 4th in the 100 freestyle, 5th in the 400 freestyle relay, 8th in the 200 freestyle and 9th in the 50 freestyle...Swam seven times at the UAA Championships, placing 20th in the 100 backstroke...Added 33rd place result in the 50 freestyle and 37th in the 100 freestyle along with swimming on four of UR's 'A' relays...Finished the season first on Rochester in total points scored including relays, bringing in 253.75 points...Had five event wins, four runner-up finishes and four 3rd place results...Was second in individual points with 143.00...Currently ranks #3 on UR's top-10 list in the 100 backstroke and is #9 in the 100 freestyle.

HS: Participated on the swimming team at the Greensboro Day School in Greensboro, North Carolina...Named team MVP as a senior...Was All-State honoree in junior and senior year...Graduated Cum Laude and was on Head's List during her time with the Bengals.

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