2013-14: MAAC Varsity Eight Co-Boat of the Year, Varsity Eight Boat of the Week (4/23)...At the Knecht Cup on April 12, he and the Varsity Eight finished in first place in the petite finals with a time of 6:12.36, after placing third in the semis. As the Red Foxes retained the President’s Cup, Leonard competed with the Varsity Eight and the Varsity Four. The Varsity Eight defeated both Army and Iona, winning the event with a time of 5:09.00, while the Varsity Four “B” Boat claimed first place for Marist with a time of 5:31.00. The Red Foxes claimed their 13th consecutive MAAC Championship title, as he and the Varsity Eight placed first for Marist with a time of 5:59.60. At the New York State Championships, he and the Varsity Eight placed fifth in the Grand Final with a time of 6:28.93. To close out the season, Marist placed seventh at the ECAC Championships, where the Varsity Eight placed third in the Petite Finals in 6:19.967. In the summer of 2014, Leonard was selected to the 2014 US Men’s Under 23 National Team Selection Camp hosted by California Rowing Club in Oakland, Calif., with the opportunity to compete at the World Rowing Under 23 Championships July 23-27 in Varese Italy.
Summer 2013: Served as the coxswain for Team USA at the 2013 World University Games in Kazan, Russia. USA finished sixth.
2012-13: All-MAAC Men's Varsity Eight Boat of the Year. MAAC Men’s Varsity Eight Boat of the Week (4/2, 4/9, 4/16), MAAC Men's Varsity Four Boat of the Week (4/9) - In the first race of the spring, the Varsity Eight came out victorious by a margin of just 1.1 seconds… The Red Foxes’ Varsity Four boat won its race on at the Sacred Heart Invitational by nearly nine seconds, finishing ahead of Iona with a time of 6:53.4, while the Varsity Eight Boat finished either first or second in both of its races. The boat finished second in its race on Saturday, April 6, just 2.2 seconds behind the first-place boat from Trinity, finishing in a time of 5:41.9...They were a full 19 seconds ahead of the USCGA in third place...At the Sacred Heart Invitational on Sunday, April 7, the same squad led the way, finishing in a time of 5:39.4, as Marist took the top three spots… The men’s Varsity Eight boat took sixth place out of 18 boats at the Knecht Cup, advancing to the finals by finishing third in both their first head and semifinal race...Marist improved its time by more than 10 seconds, advancing to the finals by just .66 seconds ahead of Mercyhurst, who beat them in the first race...In the Grand Final event, Marist finished sixth in a time of 6:06.05, less than two seconds by the boat from Trinity and less than 10 seconds behind the winner, Drexel…The Marist Varsity Eight boat tied with Jacksonville for the All-MAAC honors as the best varsity eight squad in the conference.
2011-12: All-MAAC Men's Varsity Eight Boat of the Year, All-MAAC Academic, Men’s Varsity Eight Boat of the Week (4/3) - finished just five seconds behind Trinity and 56 seconds ahead of UConn with a time of 6:09.7 on Saturday, March 31...The next day, they won their race by a full 20 seconds over Iona with a time of 6:26.4… At the Knecht Cup, The Men's Varsity Eight finished fourth overall out of 17 boats with a time of 5:55.55 in the final, placing ahead of St. Joseph's and LaSalle..They improved on their time in the semifinals by three seconds.
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