Leingang's Performance History & Personal Bests
At Oregon | At NDSU
2017-18 SEASON
Indoor (Senior): Placed 5th in both the 3000m and the 5000m at the Summit League Indoor Championships … Clocked 8:26.88 in the 3000m and 14:54.05 in the 5000m … Ended his indoor career as NDSU’s school record holder in the 3000m (8:06.18) and 5000m (14:01.32).
Outdoor (Senior): NCAA West Preliminary Rounds qualifier in the 5000m, finishing 38th overall in Sacramento … Summit League champion in the 5000m, as well as taking 3rd place in the 1500m at the conference meet … Claimed the NDSU school record in the 5000m at the Mt. SAC Relays on Apr. 20, running 14:03.13 to break to break Doug Hanson’s 27-year-old record by nine seconds … Clocked a season-best 3:51.05 in the 1500m at the Summit League Championships ... USTFCCCA All-Academic Honoree.
2016-17 SEASON
Indoor (Junior): Set NDSU school records in the 3000m and 5000m … Ran 14:01.32 in the 5000m at the Iowa State Classic to break the 32-year-old school record by nearly 21 seconds … Clocked 8:06.18 in the 3000m at the Adidas Classic, breaking the previous NDSU record by more than two seconds … Placed 3rd in the 3000, 4th in the mile, and 5th in the 5000m at the Summit League Championships … Also ran 4:09.43 in the mile at the Bison Open to rank 9th all-time at NDSU.
Outdoor (Junior): Did not compete due to injury.
At Oregon (2013-16)
2016-17 SEASON
Cross Country (Senior): Opened the season by finishing 11th (25:07.4) at the Bill Dellinger Invitational ... Finished with a time of 24:22.00 in the Washington Invitational ... Took 53rd overall at the Pac-12 Championships with a time of 26:44.3 ... Finished with a time of 31:34.4 at the NCAA Championships.
2015-16 SEASON
Cross Country (Junior): Oregon’s fifth finisher at the Bill Dellinger Invitational in 24:26.3, just one second behind the winner, Edward Cheserek ... Oregon’s second finisher and 24th overall at the Pre-National Invitational in 23:41.4 ... Finished 23rd overall and was Oregon’s fourth runner at the Pac-12 Championships in 23:52.0 ... Oregon’s fifth finisher and 39th overall at the NCAA West Regionals in 31:56.0 ... Oregon’s third finisher and 50th overall at the NCAA Championships in 30:32.6.
Indoor (Sophomore): Garnered second team all-America status with a ninth-place run in the 5,000 meters at the NCAA Championships (14:00.27) ... Timed a 5,000m season best of 13:46.41 at the Husky Classic.
Outdoor (Sophomore): Earned second-team all-America status in the 5,000m with his 18th-place showing at the NCAA Championships (14:01.30) … Ran a personal-best 13:43.04 to finish fifth in the 5,000 meters at the Pac-12 Championships.
2014-15 SEASON
Cross Country (Sophomore): Ran first race of the season at the Battle in Beantown, finishing 40th in 25:13 (8,000 meters) ... Took 24th in 24:18 (8,000 meters) at the Pac-12 Championships ... Also appeared at the NCAA West Regional.
Indoor (Freshman): Ran the 3,000 meters three times ... Best time was 7:53.82 in an eighth-place finish at the MPSF Championships ... Ran the mile at the UW preview and finished in 4:05.41.
Outdoor (Freshman): All-American and Pac-12 scorer at 5,000 meters ... Earned second team all-America honors with his 12th-place finish in the 5,000 meters at the NCAA Championships (14:00.35) … Huge 27-second personal best in the 5,000 meters at the Payton Jordan Invitational, where he finished fourth in 13:46.64 … Was sixth in the 5,000 at the Pac-12 Championships.
2013-14 SEASON
Cross Country (Freshman): Clocked in at 24:11 in the four mile Coast to Coast Battle in Beantown and placed second in his first collegiate race … One of six Ducks to finish in the top 10 as UO claimed its first win of the 2013 season … Placed 34th at the NCAA Pre-National race in Terre Haute, Ind., with a mark of 24:03.57 as Oregon took second overall … Ran a 25:37 at the Pac-12 Cross Country Championships, finishing 16th in the 8,000-meter race … Finished in 28th place on the 10,000m course at the NCAA West Regionals with a time of 30:30 … Ran a 31:46.8 at the NCAA Cross Country Championships 10,000-meter race.
Indoor (Redshirt): Sat out as a redshirt.
Outdoor (Redshirt): Competed unattached in three meets … Finished in fourth at the Oregon Preview in the 3,000 (8:12.57) … Clocked in with a time of 14:11.34 in the 5,000 at the Pepsi Dual … Followed up with a second place finish at the OSU High Performance meet in the 1,500 (3:47.56).
HIGH SCHOOL: Won back-to-back national prep titles at 5,000 meters and was an 11-time North Dakota state champion for Bismarck HS … Won the 2013 New Balance Nationals 5,000 meters in a prep-best 14:11.61 … Won his first national 5K title as a junior in 2012, running 14:26.16 at the 2012 New Balance Track and Field Nationals in Greensboro, N.C. … That time was third-fastest among high schoolers in 2012 … Also won four North Dakota state cross country titles, as Bismarck extended its run of state championships to eight during his career … Earned three straight Gatorade North Dakota Cross Country Runner of the Year honors … Following his senior high school cross country season, won races at the Footlocker Midwest Regional and Nike Heartland Regional before taking third at the national Footlocker XC Championships … Won his first state title on the track as a freshman in 2010, taking the 3,200 meters … As a sophomore, he added the cross country title and doubled up with wins in both the 1,600 and 3,200 at the state track meet … Repeated that feat as a junior in cross country, the 1,600 (4:13.62) and the 3,200 (9:34.19) and added a fourth title by running a leg on the winning 3,200 meter relay team … Impressive high school career saw him win the last two of his 11 titles on the track in 2013, taking both the 800 and 1,600 meters … High school bests of 8:51.23 in the 3200m, and 14:11.61 in the 5,000m.
