Skip To Main Content

Northeastern University Athletics

Northeastern Huskies

2017-18 Women's Swimming and Diving Roster

Jim Pierce

Christine Leong

  • Position Backstroke
  • Height 5-6
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Troy, Mich.
  • Highschool Athens

Biography

PERSONAL BESTS
Event Time
50m free 24.99
50m back 25.80
100m back 55.42
200m back 2:01.84
200m IM 2:08.40


Career highlights:
-Record holder, 200 Medley Relay, 2017 CAA Championships (Christiansburg, Va.)
-Record holder, 400 Medley Relay, 2016 CAA Championships (Richmond, Va.)

Awards/Honors:
-2017-18 Team Captain
-2017 All-CAA Selection (200 Medley Relay)

2017-18: Won the 200Y medley relay (1:44.93), and took 5th in the 100Y back (58.20) and 3rd in the 200Y back (2:08.34) at James Madison (Oct. 21)… Placed 2nd in both the 100Y back (58.10) and the 200Y back (2:06. 21) against Boston University (Nov. 8)… Finished 9th in the 100Y back (56.21) and earned a time of 2:03.64 in the 200Y back at the Frank Elm Invitational (Nov. 17)… Took 3rd in the 100Y back (58.23) and 2nd in the 200Y back (2:06.74) at New Hampshire (Dec. 2)… Placed 2nd in both the 100Y back (58.59) and the 200Y back (2:07.41) at Vermont (Jan. 13)… Won the 100Y back (57.90), and took 3rd in the 200Y back (2:07.98) against Central Connecticut (Jan. 20)… Won the 100Y back (56.84) at the Boston University Winter Open (Feb. 9-10)… Won the 400Y medley relay (3:40.26), and took 8th in the 100Y back (56.24) at the CAA Championships (Feb. 14-17)

2016-17: Earned first place finishes in the 200 medley relay (1:44.55), the 100 backstroke (58.07) and the 200 backstroke (2:06.89) and a fourth place finish in the 200 IM (2:12.75) at Boston University (Oct. 1)… Against James Madison and New Hampshire, grabbed a first place finish in the 200 medley relay (1:44.06) (Oct. 22)… Won the 100 backstroke (57.29) and took second in the 200 backstroke (2:07.33) vs. James Madison and New Hampshire (Oct. 22)… Took second in the 100 backstroke (58.48) and 200 backstroke (2:06.05) at George Mason with Towson (Nov. 5)… Swam to sixth place in the 100 backstroke (56.20) at the Frank Elm Invitational (Nov. 18-20)… Opened the new year with a second place finish in the 100 backstroke (58.05) and a third place finish in the 200 IM (2:11.39) at Drexel with Delaware (Jan. 7)… Won the 100 backstroke (59.36) against Vermont (Jan. 14)… Placed sixth in the 200 IM (2:15.03) and third in the 100 backstroke (59.41) at LIU Brooklyn with Wagner (Jan. 27-28)… Placed seventh in the 100 backstroke (56.09), 19th in the 200 backstroke (2:04.38), 30th in the 200 IM (2:10.55) and was a member of the program record setting 200 medley relay team (1:40.31) at the 2017 CAA Championships (Feb. 22-25)

2015-16: Finished first in the 200 medley relay (1:46.55) against Wagner (Sept. 26) ... Took first place in the 400 medley relay (3:58.84) vs. Harvard (Oct. 17) ... Placed first in the 100 backstroke (59.57) and the 200 medley relay (1:45.41) against New Hampshire (Oct. 24) Snagged first place in the 100 backstroke (56.99), first in the 200 medley relay (1:47.06), and second in the 400 medley relay at the George Mason Quad Meet (Oct. 31) Placed first in the 200 medley relay (1:42.81), first in the 200 backstroke (2:06.66), and fourth in the 50 freestyle (25.60) ... Earned fourth place with a new team season best in the 100 backstroke (56.39) on the second day of the Frank Elm Invitational (Nov. 21) ... Finished eighth in the 200 medley relay (1:45.15) at the Frank Elm Invitational (Nov. 21) ... Snagged fifth place in the 200 backstroke (2:04.13) on the last day of the Frank Elm Invitational (Nov. 22) ... Took first in the 200 backstroke (2:04.76) at the Delaware Tri-Meet (Jan. 9) ... Finished first in the 100 backstroke (58.28) and the 200 backstroke (2:06.09) against Vermont (Jan. 18) ... Set a new pool and meet record in the 400 medley relay (3:52.35) and took fourth in the 200 IM (2:09.83) at the Dartmouth Invitational (Jan. 22) ... Placed first in the 200 medley relay (1:46.51) on the second day of the Dartmouth Invitational (Jan. 23) ... Finished second in the 400 freestyle relay (3:41.52) vs. LIU Brooklyn (Jan. 30) ... Won the 50 backstroke (26.28) and took second place in the 100 IM (59.95) at the Connecticut Husky Open (Feb. 6) ... Took second place with a leg in the 200 medley relay (1:40.70) at the 2016 CAA Championships (Feb. 24) ... Finished third with a leg in the 400 medley relay at the 2016 CAA Championships (Feb. 25) ... Posted a new career best (2:02.76) to snag sixteenth place in the 200 backstroke at the 2016 CAA Championships (Feb. 27).

2014-15: Finished fourth in both the 100 backstroke (58.69) and the 200 backstroke (2:06.31) against George Mason (Nov. 1) ... Won the 50 backstroke (26.37) at the Frank Elm Invitational (Nov. 22) ... Placed third in the 100 backstroke (58.65), third in the 200 backstroke (2:06.84), and fourth in the 50 backstroke (27.59) against Drexel (Jan. 10) ... Won the 50 backstroke (27.67) and the 100 backstroke (59.06) and placed third in the 200 backstroke (2:08.83) vs. Vermont (Jan. 24).

Before NU: Member of Oakland Live Y’ers for nine years under coach Jeff Cooper … posted times of 56.36 in the 100 backstroke, 2:02.87 in the 200 backstroke, and 4:32.42 in the 400 IM … USA Swimming Scholastic All-America 2011-12 and 2012-13.
 
Personal: Hobbies include art and the violin … plans to graduate in 2019.
 
Progression Chart
Event Time before NU Time at NU
100 Backstroke 56.36 55.42
50 Backstroke 26.59 25.80
200 Backstroke 2:02.54 2:01.84
200 Individual Medley 2:10.18 2:08.40







 

Historical Player Information

  • 2014-15Freshman

    Backstroke/IM
    5'6"

  • 2015-16Sophomore

    Backstroke/IM
    5'6"

  • 2016-17Junior

    Backstroke
    5'6"

  • 2017-18Senior

    Backstroke
    5'6"