2018-19 Swimming and Diving Roster

Rick Yeatts
Leigh Faires McGee

Leigh Faires McGee

  • Height
    5-10
  • Class
    Sophomore
  • Hometown
    Jackson, MS
  • Highschool
    Home School

Biography

2018-19:
  • Set the school record in the 100 Freestyle with a time of 49.73 on March 2, 2019.
  • Set the school record in the 200 Freestyle with a time of 1:46.66 on March 1, 2019.
  • Set a personal best in the 500 Freestyle with a time of 4:52.21.
  • Member of the school record setting 800 Freestyle team that qualified for the College Swimming & Diving Coaches Association of America Nationals with a time of 7:19.19.
  • Member of the school record setting 400 Medley Relay team who swam a 3:40.92 on March 14, 2019.
  • Named Conference USA Swimmer of the Week December 12, 2018.
2017-18:
Named to the Conference USA Commissioner’s List Honor Roll...Earned all-conference honors as a member of the third-place 400 freestyle relay team at the C-USA Championship...Set the program record in the 100 freestyle at the C-USA Championship...Accounted for six all-time top-10 times in five events...Tallied 13 total wins in five events...Named to the Kansas Classic All-Invite Team
100 Freestyle
Took seventh at the Kansas Classic with a time of 51.53...Earned a podium finish in a dual meet against Houston with a time of 52.44...Swam the fastest time at the Pre-Conference Time Trial (51.48)
200 Freestyle
Finished seventh in the B final at the CSCAA National Invite with a time of 1:49.54...Won the B final at the C-USA Championship with a time of 1:48.24, the third-fastest time in school history...Took third at the Kansas Classic with a time of 1:50.23...Picked up victories in the event against Little Rock (1:55.25) and at the FAU Invitational (1:52.36)...Placed second against Houston with a time of 1:51.69
500 Freestyle
Became the eighth-best performer in program history, clocking a 4:52.36 and finishing in sixth at the C-USA Championship...Took seventh in the B final at the CSCA National Invite with a time of 4:58.31...Won the event in dual meets against Little Rock, Rice, Incarnate Word, TCU and SMU...Finished fifth at the Kansas Classic with a time of 4:57.06
1000 Freestyle
Won the event in dual meets against Incarnate Word and TCU and finished second against Rice and SMU
1650 Freestyle
Won the B final at the C-USA Championship with a time of 16:54.57, making her the eighth-best performer in school history...Finished fifth at the Kansas Classic with a time of 17:20.61
200 Freestyle Relay
Helped the Mean Green to a 16th-place finish at the CSCAA National Invite...Led North Texas to a win in a dual meet against Houston and a second-place finish against SMU...Helped North Texas to a sixth-place finish at the Kansas Classic
400 Freestyle Relay
Member of third-place relay team at the C-USA Championship with a time of 3:21.75, the second-fastest time in program history...Clocked a 50.08 split in the race which broke the 100 free program record...Anchored the A relay to a 10th-place finish at the CSCAA National Invite...Swam the second leg of the relay team that took fourth at the Kansas Classic...Helped the Mean Green to victories against Little Rock, Rice, Incarnate Word and TCU
800 Freestyle Relay
Swam the opening leg of the A relay at the C-USA Championship, placing fourth with a time of 7:17.60, the second fastest time in school history...Member of a second-place performance at the Kansas Classic...Helped North Texas to a 12th-place finish at the CSCAA National Invite
200 Medley Relay
Anchored the B relay to a second-place finish against Little Rock
400 Medley Relay
Anchored the A relay to a third-place finish at the Kansas Classic

Prior to North Texas
State record holder in the 100 freestyle (51.13) and 200 freestyle (1:49.61)...USA Swimming Scholastic All-America in 2016...Swam for the Mississippi Makos under head coach Brian Ware...Two-time club MVP in 2016 and 2017...Holds every individual freestyle club record

Top Times
  • 100 free: 49.73 (program record)
  • 200 free: 1:46.66 (third-fastest performance in school history)
  • 500 free: 4:52.21 (seventh-best performer in school history)
  • 1000 free: 10:13.97 (eighth-best performer in school history)
  • 1650 free: 16:54.57 (eighth-best performer in school history)

Historical Player Information

  • 2017-18Freshman

    Freestyle
    5'10"
  • 2018-19Sophomore

    Freestyle
    5'10"