2026-27 Women's Swimming & Diving Roster
Riley Leach
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Height:
- 5-7
- Hometown:
- Sarasota, Fla.
- Position:
- Breast, IM
- Prev School:
- Florida Virtual School
2025-26 (Fr.)
200 Butterfly - 2:01.76
200 IM - 2:01.25
400 IM - 4:15.46
American Conference Individual Medalist Honor (1)
2026 400 IM (2nd)
- Focused on butterfly and IM as a freshman
- Earned A Finals swims in 200 IM and 400 IM at American Conference Championship, highlighted by runner-up finish in 400 IM
- Enters sophomore season ranked third in program history in the 400 IM (4:15.46) and eighth in both the 200 fly (2:00.31) and 200 IM (2:01.25)
- Recorded first career conference podium finish, dropping over three seconds from her qualifying time to place second in 400 IM A Final (4:15.46) at American Conference Championship
- Finished seventh in American Conference 200 IM A Final in 2:01.25 after qualifying in 2:01.62
- Qualified for 200 fly B Final at American Conference Championship in 2:02.73 before finishing tied for 14th overall with her 2:02.74 in the evening
- Claimed six individual-event victories during the regular season, including a 400 IM win at the TYR ’85 Invite
- Placed second in 200 fly at TYR ’85 Invite with a lifetime-best 2:00.31 in the A Final
- Graduated from Florida Virtual School
- Competed for Riverview High School
- In club swimming, competed for Sarasota Sharks and Sarasota Tsunami
- Daughter of Peter Leach and Stacey Smit
- Father threw shot and discus at Wisconsin
- Mother played soccer at Evansville
- Brother, Bergen Leach, swam at Gardner-Webb
- Intends to major in public health, with the goal to pursue a nursing degree and excel somewhere in the medical field
- Birthday is May 10
200 Butterfly - 2:01.76
200 IM - 2:01.25
400 IM - 4:15.46
American Conference Individual Medalist Honor (1)
2026 400 IM (2nd)
Tuesday, January 06
Wednesday, August 06
Friday, December 13
Monday, November 04
