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 Leah Marbach
Leah Marbach
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Kingwood, Texas
High School:
Kingwood
Height:
5-4
Event:
Distances
Birthdate:
11/08/1980
Experience:
3L
2003: Won the 3,000-meter steeplechase at the Texas Relays with a season-best time of 10:50.34 ... Finished seventh in the event at the Big 12 Championships as well as taking 10th at the Drake Relays ... Finished first in the unseeded mile at the indoor Tyson Invitational (5:02.30) ... Best time in the 3,000 was 10:12.47.

2002: Clocked a season-best time of 10:53.02 in the 3,000 steeplechase to take fourth at the outdoor conference meet ... Also competed in the 1,500-meters and the 3,000-meters during the outdoor season ... Ran the mile twice indoors recording a best time of 5:16.31 at the Houston Invitational.

2001: Earned All-Big 12 honors in the 3,000-meter steeplechase with a time of 11:19.80 … Clocked a season-best time of 11:13.95 at the Texas Invitational … Placed third at the Michael Johnson Classic with a mark of 11:14.46 … Ran the 3,000-meters at the UTSA Relays in 10:46.79 to place fourth overall … Posted times of 4:47.98 and 4:54.84 in the 1,500-meters at the Texas A&M All-Comers and the UTSA Relays, respectively … Ran sparingly during the indoor season … Best time in the mile (5:08.67) came at the Big 12 Championships … Ran the 3,000 meters in 10:57.63 at the Southwest Indoor Classic … Her time of 2:30.90 in the 800 meters at the Sooner Indoor Classic was good enough for a seventh-place finish.

2000: Ran the 800 meters in a time of 2:20.80 at the Houston Indoor Classic ... Best time in the 1,000 (5:11.00) came at the Oklahoma Indoor Classic ... Ran the first leg of Baylor’s distance medley relay team that posted a season-best mark of 12:01.03 at the Houston Indoor Classic ... Posted a 2:20.55 mark in the 800 at the Dr Pepper Invitational ... Finished fourth on the team with a season-best mark of 4:46.09 in the 1,500 during the outdoor season.

Cross Country: Finished 22nd at the 2002 NCAA South Central Regional as well as finishing 31st at the Big 12 Championships ... Ran in six races of Baylor in 2001 ... Her best showing was a 14th-place finish at the Baylor Invitational ... Placed 53rd at the NCAA South Central Regional ... Posted a pair of top-10 performances during the 2000 season ... Placed seventh in the 5,000 meters at the Baylor Invitational with a time of 18:56 ... Had a career-best third-place finish (18:04) at the three-mile North Texas Invitational ... Finished 16th at the 1999 Baylor Invitational with a time of 19:39.23 ... Took 21st at the two-mile 1999 Southwest Texas State Invitational with a time of 12:08. High School: Lettered in cross country, track and soccer ... Was a member of the regional runner-up, district champion and state runner-up cross country team ... Named to all-area and all-state teams in cross country ... Three-time regional finalist in track ... Was the leading goal scorer for the top-ranked high school soccer team in the country ... Member of the National Honor Society.

Personal: Full name is Leah Claire Marbach ... Born Nov. 8, 1980 in Denver, Colo. ... Daughter of Waldemar and Verena Marbach ... Child and family studies major.