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2019-20 Women's Swimming & Diving Roster

Jessica Leipman

  • Position Dive
  • Height 5-7
  • Class Senior
  • High School Brookline HS
  • Hometown Brookline, Mass.

Biography

• Team Captain (2018-19, 2019-20)

As a senior (2019-20)

• Served as team captain during her senior campaign, marking her second-straight year in this role.
• Finished 18th in both the 1-meter and 3-meter competitions at the Ivy League Championships, cracking Cornell’s all-time top-10 list in each event.
• Her 3-meter point total (235.80) from the conference meet ranks seventh all-time in Big Red history, while her 1-meter point total (224.80) ranks eighth.
• Placed 13th in the 1-meter (217.95) and 3-meter (220.05) diving competitions at Akron’s Zippy Invitational.
• Recorded a pair of top-three finishes to help Cornell defeat St. Bonaventure, placing second in the 3-meter (241.10) and third in the 1-meter (246.40).
• Notched two top-five finishes in the Big Red’s victory over Binghamton, placing fourth in the 3-meter and fifth in the 1-meter.

As a junior (2018-19)

• Finished 20th in the 1-meter dive and 22nd in the 3-meter dive prelims at the Ivy League Championships.
• Runner-up in the 1-meter vs. Bryant.
• Finished fourth in the 1-meter and seventh in the 3-meter at the Bomber/Ithaca Winter Invitational.
• Placed third in the 3-meter against Bryant.
• Took fourth in the 1-meter vs. Yale and in the 3-meter at St. Bonaventure.
• Finished fifth in the 3-meter against Yale and Brown.

As a sophomore (2017-18)

• Ranked 20th at the Ivy League Championships in the 1-meter and 25th in the 3-meter competitions.
• Won the 3-meter in a dual meet triumph over St. Bonaventure.
• Took second in the 1-meter against both St. Bonaventure and Columbia.
• Posted a pair of top 10 finishes at the Ithaca Bomber Invitational.
• Named the diving team's Hardest Worker at the postseason banquet.

As a freshman (2016-17)

• Brought home the team's Hardest Worker Award for divers.
• Scored in both diving events at the Ivy League championships.
• Showed great improvement throughout the season, culminating in making the championship lineup.

Prior to Cornell

• Leipman set school records in the 6- and 11-dive competitions at Brookline HS.
• She earned Bay State all-star honors as a senior.
• Placed third at the conference meet.
• Was a national AAU qualifier while competing for Boston Area Diving club team.

Personal

• Jessica Hannah Olessya Leipman is the daughter of John Roberge and Susan Leipman and has three older brother and two younger sisters.
• She is enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences.

Historical Player Information

  • 2016-17Freshman

    Dive
    5'7"
  • 2017-18Sophomore

    Dive
    5'7"
  • 2018-19Junior

    Dive
    5'7"
  • C

    2019-20Senior

    Dive
    5'7"
    C