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Tyler Leeser Season 2020

ClassSophomore
HometownMilton, Pa.
High SchoolMilton

2022 Outdoor: Ran in the 1500m at the ACC Championships ... Set a lifetime best at 800m with a time of 1:50.17 to finish third at the Liberty Twilight Qualifier ... Posted his best-ever 1500m at the Virginia Grand Prix, running 3:44.93 to place third ... Competed in both the 800m and 1500m at the Virginia Challenge, going 1:51.08 in the 800m and 3:47.37 in the 1500m ... Set a PR of 14:29.14 in the 5000m at the Raleigh Relays.

2022 Indoor: Competed in both the mile and 3000m at the ACC Championships, posting a time of 4:07.13 in the mile and 8:29.92 in the 3000m ... Ran an indoor PR of 1:50.94 in the 800m to finish in second at the Virginia Tech Challenge ... Set a career best of 4:04.30 in the mile to place 10th at the Darius Dixon Memorial ... Earned a fifth-place finish in the 3000m with a lifetime best of 8:15.93 at the Virginia Tech Invitational.

2021 Outdoor: Posted a PR time of 14:44.13 at the Raleigh Relays.

2021 Indoor: Ran the opening 1,200m leg of the ACC champion DMR team that posted a time of 9:41.87 to finish first ... Also ran a PR time of 4:05.00 in the mile at the ACC Championships to finish eighth ... Delivered a career best in the 1,000m with a time of 2:24.28 to finish fourth at the Virginia Tech Challenge ... Finished sixth in the mile at the Tiger Paw Invite with a time of 4:07.16 ... At the Doc Hale Elite meet posted a time of 4:11.74 in the mile to finish tenth ... Set a personal best of 8:33.51 in the 3,000m at the Hokie Invitational and finished sixth.

2020 Indoor: Posted a time of 4:13.83 in the mile at the ACC Championships … Placed second in the mile with a personal best time of 4:10.97 at the Virginia Tech Challenge … Clocked a time of 1:53.91 in the 800 meters at the Iowa State Classic … Won the mile with a time of 4:13.28 and placed second in the 800 with a time of 1:53.38 at the Doc Hale Elite Meet ... Ran a time of 4:17.q8 in the mile at the Hokie Invitational … Finished with a personal best time of 2:28.49 in the 1,000 meters at the Virginia Tech Invitational.

2019 Outdoor: Finished 11th in the 800-meter run at the Liberty Twilight qualifier with a personal-best time of 1:53.20 … Competed in the 1,500 at the Duke Invitational and finished with a time of 4:01.48 … Ran the 800 at the Tennessee Relays and finished with a time of 1:55.27 …Competed in the 1,500 at the Raleigh Relays and ran the distance in a time of 3:56.50.

2019 Indoor: Ran unattached in the mile at the Doc Hale Elite Meet and was fifth with a time of 4:20.38 … Ran unattached in the 800 at the Doc Hale Elite Meet and came in sixth with a time of 1:53.99 … Ran unattached in the 1,000 at the Hokie Invitational and finished 11th with a time of 2:29.57 … Ran unattached in the 1,000 at the Virginia Tech Invitational and came in seventh with a time of 2:30.85.

High school: Competed in track and field and cross country for four years for high school at Milton … Was captain for both teams … In PIAA States, placed second in the 800-meter two times, fourth in the 1600-meter, fifth in the 800-meter, and seventh in the 4x400-meter … In PIAA District 4, his team won the championship three times … Earned the Pennsylvania Heartland Athletic Conference  Athlete of the year … In cross country, placed 11th individually and sixth with team at PIAA states … Placed second individually and first with team at PIAA District 4 … Had a personal-best time of 16:27 in the 5K … Was class president and a part of the National Honor Society
 
Personal: Born March 1999 … Son of Tom and Janice Leeser … Has two older sisters, Heidi and Katie … Majoring in biological systems engineering.
 

Leeser's Track and Field Career Bests

IndoorOutdoor

800m – 1:50.94, Virginia Tech Challenge (2022)
1,000m – 2:24.28, Virginia Tech Challenge (2021)
Mile — 4:04.30, Darius Dixon Memorial (2022)
3,000m – 8:15.93, Virginia Tech Invitational (2022)

800m – 1:50.17, Liberty Twilight (2022)
1500m – 3:44.93, Virginia Grand Prix (2022)
5000m – 14:29.14, Raleigh Relays (2022)