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Chelsey Leighton
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Year:
Senior |
Hometown:
Lapwai, ID
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Previous
School:
Lapwai
HS
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JUNIOR: The Warriors’
top finisher at NAIA
Nationals, placing 48th
overall and 38th among
scoring runners as the
team finished 11th
overall…Was third at the
Frontier Conference
Championships and the
LCSC Invite.
SOPHOMORE: Had a solid
season topped by being
the third finisher for
the Warriors at the
national meet...Was
among the top six
finishers all year and
placed second on the
team among the returners
in two meets, the Eric
Anderson Invite and the
Willamette Invite…Ran a
season-best time of
18:56 in the Warrior
Invitational, which
placed her 12th
overall…Was seventh on
the team and 12th
overall at the Frontier
Conference
meet...Finished in the
top 40 in every meet but
two...Was 119th at the
national meet.
FRESHMAN: Finished among
the top-eight LC runners
in every race…Achieved
best time and overall
finish at the LCSC
Invite, placing 14th and
recording a time of
19:17.6…Broke school
record in the indoor
400m, finishing in
1:02.46…Recorded a
season-best indoor 200m
time of 28.12…in outdoor
track set school record
in 200m (28.11), 400m
(1:03.20) and 4x400m
relay (4:18.14).
HIGH SCHOOL:
Participated in five
sports at Lapwai High
School, including two
sports at the same
time…Four-year
letter-winner in
volleyball and also
participated in cross
country during one of
the fall seasons…Captain
of the volleyball team
for three seasons…Earned
four letters in
basketball as a
guard/forward…Participated
on both the softball and
track teams in the
spring, earning four
letters…Played in the
District II All-Star
Game for volleyball and
basketball her senior
year and was a 1A
second-team all-state
selection in basketball
as her team won both the
district and state
title…Member of state
champion 4x400m relay
team that set a state
record…Holds the school
record in the 100m, 200m
and 400m, and was part
of the record-setting
4x200m, 4x400m and
medley relay teams.
PERSONAL: Born Feb.
2, 1991 to Josh and Dawn
Leighton…Five brothers:
Preston, Garrett,
Rielly, Shelby, and
Kendall, and one sister:
Joslyn…Dad and her
sister both attended
LCSC and she has several
relatives who were
college athletes,
including uncles Johnson
and Gem Leighton, who
both played basketball
at LCSC…Hobbies are
sports, swimming, Wii,
watching movies,
doodling, listening to
music, and eating…Earned
a 3.80 GPA in high
school and finished
second in regionals and
third in state in
Desktop Publishing in
Business Professionals
of America
competition…Majoring in
Elementary Education.
NICKNAME: Auntie
Chooch
FAVORITE
PHRASE:
“Maka-Meeka-Maka”
FAVORITE BOOK: Tuesdays
with Morrie
FAVOIRET
TV SHOWS: Justified,
America’s Got Talent
FAVORITE RESTAURANT: Red
Robin
FAVORITE
MUSICIANS: Eli Young
Band, Chris Young, Billy
Currington
MOST
MEMORABLE SPORTS MOMENT:
Puffer Butte Run 2010
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