2014-15 Women's Swimming and Diving Roster
Roster
Leah Bloodgood
- Position:
- Breast/IM
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Adlai E. Stevenson
- Hometown:
- Lake Forest, Ill.
Career: Scored 84 points at the Patriot League Championships and 11 points at the ECAC Championships ... graduated with Bucknell's second-fastest 100 breaststroke (1:03.05) and fourth-fastest 200 breaststroke (2:17.33) times ... member of four relay teams that clocked program top-10 times, including the record-holding 400 medley relay squad (3:41.48) ... five wins in individual events ... three-time member of the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
2017-18 (Senior): Scored 27 points at the Patriot League Championships, clocking program top-10 times to take fourth in the 100 breaststroke (1:03.05) and seventh in the 200 breaststroke (2:17.33) ... also member of the 400 medley relay team that clocked a school-record time of 3:41.48 to place second ... at the ECAC Championships, placed ninth in the 100 breaststroke to earn nine points for the Bison ... also a member of the third-place 200 medley relay and fifth-place 400 medley relay teams ... won the 100 breaststroke in dual against Bryant ... also logged six runner-up finishes and two third-place finishes in individual events over the course of the season ... member of the 200 medley relay team that took first and the 400 medley relay that finished second at the Bucknell Invite ... also member of two relay teams that placed first in dual competition ... earned a spot on the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
2016-17 (Junior): Scored 22 points at the Patriot League Championships, taking sixth in the 200 breast and ninth in the 100 breast ... also finished 50th in the 50 free while posting season-best times in all three events ... was on the 400 medley relay that finished third ... scored two points at the ECAC Championships with a 15th-place finish in the 200 breast and also took 21st in the 100 breast ... swam five events during the season (50 breast, 100 breast, 200 breast, 200 IM, 50 free) ... had seven top-three finishes, six of which came in the 200 breast ... won the 200 breast in meets against Loyola and Lehigh ... earned a spot on the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
2015-16 (Sophomore): Scored 24 points at the Patriot League Championships with a sixth-place finish in the 200 breast and eighth-place finish in the 100 breast ... also took 54th in the 50 free while posting season-best times in all three events ... swam a leg on the 400 medley relay that took third ... swam three different event during the season (100 breast, 200 breast, 50 free) ... finished in the top four of all seven of her races during the regular season ... won the 200 breast at the Navy Invite and against Army West Point ... earned a spot on the Patriot League Academic Honor Roll.
2014-15 (Freshman): Primary events were the 100 and 200 breast ... scored in both at the Patriot League Championships, finishing 11th in the 100 and 12th in the 200 ... also swam prelims of 200 IM at league meet ... runner-up finish in 200 breast against Boston U. and George Washington in season's second meet was best finish of the year.
High School: Earned four letters in swimming at Adlai E. Stevenson High School … three-time all-conference selection … won conference and sectional titles.
Personal: Leah Dorothy Bloodgood … born June 14, 1996 in Evanston, Illinois … daughter of Sam and Karen Bloodgood … has two younger sisters, Sammy and Cassidy … cousin, Steve Droste, is a 1993 graduate of Bucknell and was a member of the Bison men's swimming and diving team, earning the Patriot League Co-Swimmer of the Meet award as a senior … grandfather, Roger Rasmusen, was also a college athlete ... majoring in early childhood education.
