Career Bests
2016-17
Indoor Track & Field
Finished 12th in the heptathlon and 14th in the 60-meter hurdles at the Summit League Championships … tallied a season best score of 4,210 points at the Summit meet in the heptathlon … finished runner-up in the 60 hurdles at the USD Last Chance Meet in 8.73 seconds … clocked a season best 8.61 seconds for the 60 hurdles at the Jim Emmerich Alumni Invitational.
Outdoor Track & Field
Placed sixth in the 110-meter hurdles in a personal best 14.94 seconds at the Summit League Championships … finished runner-up in the 110 hurdles at the Howard Wood Dakota Relays in 15.34 seconds … ran a leg of the Coyotes’ victorious sprint medley relay at the Sioux City Relays in 3:30.53 … placed second in the 110 hurdles at the USD Twilight … tallied six individual top-10 finishes … made the Summit League honor roll ... named to the Summit League Commissioner's List of Academic Excellence.
2015-16
Indoor Track & Field
Placed sixth in the heptathlon with a score of 4,419 points at the Summit League Championships … score ranks second in program record books … took seventh in the heptathlon at the Jack Johnson Classic … clocked a season-best 8.50 seconds in the 60 hurdles to finish runner-up at the Dakota Realty Alumni Meet … cleared a personal best 6-4 ¾ in the high jump for sixth at the Air Force Team Challenge.
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Outdoor Track & Field
Finished seventh with 5,225 points in the decathlon at the Summit League Championships … also placed eighth in the 110 hurdles at the meet with a time of 15.01 seconds … took third in the javelin at the USD Twilight … clocked 15.08 seconds for fourth in the 110 hurdles at the Howard Wood Dakota Relays … made the Summit League honor roll, earning distinguished scholar status.
Prep
Broke the Dan Lennon Class B 60-meter hurdle record in winning the 2015 title in 8.42 seconds on the DakotaDome's Hillenbrand Track ... a four-time champion in the 110 hurdles at the Big East Conference Championships ... also qualified four times for the South Dakota State Track and Field meet ... earned all-state honors for cross country ... valedictorian at Sioux Valley, student body president and the FCCLA vice president.
Personal
Son of Doug and Julie Leighton ... Pre-nursing major.
