Ethan Leitner

Hometown:
Tecumesh, Mich.
High School:
Tecumseh

PERSONAL RECORDS
5K: 14:54.4
8K: 25:02.9
5mi: 26:14.2
10k: 31:50.6

2025: Competed in all six meets … finished third at the Falcon Invitational (Oct. 17) and led the Chippewas to finish first overall … set a season best in the 8k of 14:16.1 at the Mid-American Conference (Nov. 1) for a 29^th place finish … finished the NCAA Division I Great Lakes Regional 10k (Nov. 14) in 32:24.0 … set a personal best in the 5k at the Jeff Drenth Memorial (Aug. 29) of 14:54.4 … Academic All-MAC

2024: Competed in all six meets … set a personal best in the 8k of 14:02.9 at the Joe Piane Notre Dame Invitational (Oct. 4) … set a personal best in the 10k of 31:50.6 at the NCAA Division I Great Lakes Regional (Nov. 15) … finished the Jeff Drenth Memorial 5k (Aug. 30) in 16:06.3 … Academic All-MAC

2023: Academic All-MAC … finished 14th in personal-best time (5k, 15:32.6) at the Jeff Drenth Memorial (Sept. 1) … finished 14th in the 8k at the Bradley Pink Classic (Oct. 13) … ran personal-best 8k (25:47.3) at the MAC Championships (Oct. 28) …ran personal-best 10k (32:40.9) at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional (Nov. 10)

2022: Finished in 29th (5k, 16:24.4) at the Jeff Drenth Memorial (Sept. 2) … ran personal-best 8k (26:02.8) at the Lehigh Paul Short Run (Sept. 30) … posted a 71st place finish (8K 27:37.4) at the MAC Cross Country Championships (Oct. 29)

High School: Personal Records: 800 (2:13.84), 1600 (4:38.18), 3200 (10:04.55), 5K (15:57.9) … qualified individually for the MHSAA Cross Country State Championships in 2020 (43rd) and 2021 (22nd) … competed in the 2021 Michigan Meet of Champions elite race and placed 15th … competed in the 2020 Michigan Meet of Champions tier 1 elite race and placed 21st.

Personal: Son of Amanda Leitner … has a younger sister, Emma … plans to pursue athletic coaching as a career … played baseball, football and basketball growing up … favorite professional running group is Tinman Elite.