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8 2012 Stags Cross Country
Meet TheStags
2011: Opened the season with a time of 22:09 at the
Marist Mini Meet ... Clocked a time of 24:53.26 at the
Iona Meet of Champions (6K) ... Posted a time of 20:29.33 at the Leeber
Invitational ... Posted a time of 24:42 at the Paul Short Invitational (6K) ...
Helped Fairfield to a first place finish at the Leeber Invitational by recording a
personal best of 19:54 in the 5K ... Ran a personal best of 24:02.3 at the
MAAC Championships (6K) ...
Posted a time 25:00.9 at the NCAA
Regionals (6K) ... Closed out the
season by matching a 5K personal
best at the ECAC Championships.
2010: Made collegiate debut at
Marist Mini Meet, posting a time of
21:58 … Ran fastest 5K of the
year at the Fairfield Invitational,
finishing in 20:45 … Had a time of
25:19.18 at the Iona Meet of
Champions … Clocked a time of
21:07.96 at the Leeber Invitational
… Had a time of 25:18 at the Paul
Short Invitational … Notched a
time of 25:32 at the Connecticut
College Invitational … Ran fastest
6K of the year at the MAAC
Championships, finishing in
24:44.9 … Finished the season by
running a 21:22.0 at the ECAC
Championships.
High School: Four-year varsity let-
terwinner ... Four-time All-
Conference selection ... Earned All-
County honors as a junior ...
Served as team captain as a sen-
ior ... Given team’s Coach’s Award,
MVP, and Scholar Athlete Award.
Personal: Daughter of Gilbert and Meaghen Leidig ... Has three older brothers
... Brother, Patrick, played rugby at Villanova, brother, Farrell, played rugby at
Loyola (Md.), and brother, Andrew, plays golf and hockey at DeSales ... Member
of the College Republicans and writes for
The Mirror
... Named to the Athletics
Department’s 3.0 Club ... Major is communications with a minor in English.
Molly
Leidig
Junior
Landenberg, Pa.
Ursuline Academy
5K PR: 19:54
6K PR: 24:02.3
Team Captain
2011: MAAC Academic Honor Roll ... MAAC All-
Academic Team … Opened the season at the Iona
Meet of Champions with a time of 26:50.07 in the 6K event ... Ran a time of
21:05.20 at the Leeber Invitational ... Helped the Stags to a first place finish
at the O’Neil Invitational with a time of 21:36 ... Ran a time of 25:49.6 at the
MAAC Championships ... Closed out the season with a personal best in the 5K
finishing the coaches race at the ECAC Championships in 20:44.4.
2010: Made collegiate debut at the Marist Mini Meet, posting a time of 22:34
… Clocked a time of 21:19 at the Fairfield Invitational … Had a time of
26:58.53 at the Iona Meet of Champions … Notched a time of 22:08.05 at the
Leeber Invitational … Ran a time of 24:56 at Connecticut College for fastest 6K
of the season … Posted a time of 25:03.9 at the MAAC Championships …
Finished the season with fastest 5K (20:57.6) at the ECAC Championships.
High School: A four-year letterwinner in cross country and track ... Three-time
All-State and All-Conference selection ... 2007 Shoreline Runner of the Year
and All-Area pick ... Served as team captain junior and senior seasons ... Also
earned All-Conference honors in track ... Helped indoor team to a Shoreline
title in 2008 and outdoor team to a Shoreline title in 2010 ... Member of the
National Honor Society.
Personal: Daughter of Clark and Andrea Maxson ... Named to the University’s
Dean’s List ... Member of Pre-Health Club ... Has two siblings ... Majoring in biol-
ogy and pre-health PT.
Hillary
Maxson
Junior
Old
Saybrook, Conn.
Old Saybrook
5K PR: 20:44.4
6K PR: 24:56