2012-13: At WAC Championships Feb. 27 to March 2, Leighter swam the second leg of the 800 yard freestyle relay in 2:00.09 (relay time 7:48.55) ... swam 500 yard freestyle in 5:15.41 ... swam 100 yard backstroke in 59.58 ... swam lead leg of 400 yard medley relay in 59.68 (relay time 3:52.94) ... swam 200 yard backstroke in 2:11.90.
On Jan. 18-19, swam lead leg of 400 yard medley relay in 1:03.66 (relay time 4:03.80) ... took eighth in 200 yard freestyle with a time of 2:04.40 ... took third in 200 yard backstroke with a time of 2:18.68 ... swam lead leg of 200 yard medley in 30.38 (relay time 1:57.67) ... took seventh in 200 yard freestyle with a time of 2:04.06 ... took fifth in 100 yard backstroke with a time of 1:02.86
Versus Whitworth on Jan. 12, Leighter swam lead leg of winning 400 yard medley relay in 1:02.42 (relay time 4:02.39) ... took third in 100 yard backstroke with a time of 1:02.09 ... took third in the 200 yard backstroke with a time of 2:13.69 ... swam third leg of 400 yard freestyle relay in 57.14 (relay time 3:47.34).
On Nov. 30 to Dec. 2 in the Husky Invitational, Leighter swam the 200 yard Backstroke preliminaries with a time of 2:15.77, finished 85th ... took the 400 yard Freestyle Relay in 3:47.40, finished 48th ... finished 100 yard Backstroke in 1:02.36, taking 99th ... swam the 200 yard Medley Relay with 1:52.79, placed 35th ... anchored 800 yard Freestyle Relay in 8:02.57, finished 30th.
On Nov 10, swam lead leg for second-place 400 yard Medley relay in 1:00.78 (relay time 3:58.09) ... finished second in 200 yard Freestyle with time of 1:59.56 ... won the 200 yard Backstroke with a time of 2:10.50.
At CSU Bakersfield Oct. 22, Leighter swam the 100 yard Back with a time of 1:02.02 and placed fourth ... finished 200 yard Back in 2:10.08 and took second.
At Idaho Oct. 13, Leighter took third in the 100 yard backstroke with a time of 1:01.87 ... swam the lead leg for the fourth-place 200 yard medley relay team in 30.29 (relay time of 1:53.46) ... swam the 200 back in 2:11.57, taking third ... swam second leg of fifth-place 400 free relay in 57.72 (relay time 3:53.30).
At Washington State Oct. 12, Leighter swam the 100 yard Back in 1:02.42 and ranked third ... swam 200 yard Back with a finishing time of 2:12.25 and finished third.
2011-12: At Boise State (Oct. 14-15), took second in 200 yard backstroke with a time of 2:11.94 ... swam lead leg in 400 medley relay with a split of 1:01.89 ... swam lead leg in 400 free relay with a split of 58.08 (relay time of 3:50.61).
On October 22, swam in the 200 yard Medley Relay (relay time of 1:52.45)... competed in the 200 yard Freestyle with a time of 2:01.11...took second in the 200 yard Backstroke with a time of 2:08.99... finished 7th in the 400 yard Freestyle Relay (relay time of 3:47.90).
At Oregon State University on October 29, placed fourth in the 400 Medley Relay (relay time of 4:04.78)... took fourth in the 100 yard Backstroke (1:01.74)... placed second in the 200 yard Backstroke with a time of 2:10.43... swam the 200 yard IM in 2:16.63.
In a weekend meet at the Univ. of Pacific on November 4-5, Leighter swam the 200 Medley Relay with a relay time of 1:53.73... competed in the 200 Freestyle with a time of 2:04.41...placed sixth in the 200 Backstroke with a time of 2:14.16...On Nov. 5, she took fifth in the 400 Medley Relay with a relay time of 4:04.17...took fifth in the 100 Backstroke with a time of 1:02.48...placed third in the 200 Backstroke with a time of 2:11.08...took fourth in the 400 Freestyle Relay with a team time of 3:53.01.
At the University of Denver, Leighter finished with the seventh placed team in the 200 Medley relay (relay time of 1:53.56) ... finished tenth in the 200 Freestyle in 2:02.84 ... finished eighth in the 200 Backstroke with a time of 2:10.80.
In a home meet versus Boise State on Nov. 19, Leighter took second in 200 yard backstroke with a time of 2:10.41 ... fourth in 100 yard back with a time of 1:02.05 ... swam third leg of 400 free relay in 58.19 (team time of 3:50.19).
In dual meet versus Simon Fraser (Jan. 20), took third in 200 back with time of 2:10.25 ... fourth in 200 yard freestyle with time of 2:01.84 ... swam lead leg of 200 yard medley relay in 29.41 (relay time 1:52.03).
In home meet versus Simon Fraser and Washington State (Jan. 21), swam lead leg of 400 yard medley relay in 1:01.56 (relay time 4:07.24) ... swam second leg of 400 free relay in 57.38 (relay time 3:52.97) ... fourth in 100 back with time of 1:00.77.
At Nevada Jan. 28, took second in 200 yard backstroke with time of 2:13.05 ... swam lead leg for third-place 200 medley relay team in 29.96 (relay time 1:53.30) ... swam lead leg in 400 free relay in 57.97 (relay time 3:52.54).
At MPSF Championships Feb. 15-18, swam 100 yard backstroke in 59.21 during bonus final (preliminary time 58.91) ... swam 200 back in 2:05.76 ... swam lead leg of 400 medley relay in 59.04 (relay time 3:50.56).
2010-11: At the University of Hawaii on Oct. 15-16, Leighter won the 200 back in 2:08.08 ... Swam the lead leg in the 200 medley relay in 29.33 to help with a 2nd place finish ... On the second day, placed 2nd in the 200 back in 2:07.78
At Pacific on Nov. 6, Leighter finished sixth in the 100 backstroke with a time of 1:01.62 ... Placed fifth in the 200 backstroke in 2:12.40
At UC Davis on Nov. 7, she placed fourth in the 100 backstroke in 1:01.51 ... Took second in the 200 backstroke in 2:09.30
On Nov. 13 at Seattle U's home meet against Simon Fraser, Leighter swam the lead leg on the second-place 400 medley relay team (3:57.53) ... Placed second in the 100 backstroke ... Swam the final leg in the 400 free relay third-place team with a split of 57.14
At Utah on Dec. 3, Leighter swam the first leg on the third-place 400 medley relay team in 1:00.85 ... Placed second in the 100 backstroke in 1:00.41
On Dec. 4 at BYU, she was the lead leg on the fifth-place 200 medley relay team with a 24.49 split ... Finished third in the 100 backstroke with a time of 1:00.88 ... Placed fourth in the 200 backstroke in 2:10.99
On Jan. 14-15 at Boise State, Leighter placed third in the 100 backstroke in 1:01.87 ... Second in the 200 backstroke in 2:11.68
Against Whitworth on Jan. 28, she placed second in the 100 backstroke in 1:00.76
Against Nevada on Jan. 29, she swam the lead leg on the second-place 200 medley relay team with a split of 29.25 (1:53.19) ... Won the 200 backstroke with a time of 2:08.62 ... Swam the lead leg on the 200 freestyle relay team that placed third in 26.55 (1:44.62)
On Feb. 5 against Boise St. and Oregon St, she swam the lead leg on the sixth place 200 medley relay team in 28.93 ... Finished fifth in the 200 backstroke in 2:09.28 ... Finished the 200 IM in 2:14.66 ...
At the MPSF Championships, she swam on the 200 medley relay that finished in 1:49.12 ... Finsihed 12th in the 100 backstroke in 58.35 ... Finished 12th in the 200 backstroke in 2:04.24 ...
2009-10: Leighter competed in the Oct. 3rd home relay meet against Puget Sound University ... swam 300 yard backstroke relay in 61.96 ... swam in the 500 yard freestyle relay with Boggs, Richards, and Nelson in a final time of 4:53.85 ... 200 yard freestyle relay in 26.10 ... swam in the 1500 yard freestyle relay with Hobson and Kelley in a final time of 16:46.31.
On October 9, Leighter swam against the University of Alaska-Fairbanks. She competed in the 200 Medley Relay with a final time of 1:55.17, the 200 Backstroke with a 2:15.95, the 200 Freestyle with a 1:42.90, the 100 Backstroke with a 1:02.56, the 400 Freestyle Relay with a final time of 3:45.96, and the 400 Medley Relay with a 4:04.93.
At Pacific Collegiate Swim & Dive Conference Championships, contributed to first place finish in 400 Medley Relay with a team time of 3:50.53 ... competed in 200 Medley Relay, team placed third with a time of 1:47.90 ... competed in 200 Individual Medley, placed 23rd with a time of 2:12.69 ... competed in 100 Backstroke, placed third with a time of 57.96 ... competed in 200 Backstroke, placed third with a time of 2:03.23.
High School: Leighter was a four year varsity athlete at Henry D. Sheldon High School. She swam backstroke events for the Fighting Irish.
Club Experience: Leighter was a member of Team Eugene Aquatics for ten years.
Personal: Full name is Rachel Anne Leighter. Parents are Lorie and Steve Leighter, and she has an older sister named Leah and older brother named Jacob. Leighter is a marketing major and wants to work in business marketing after graduation.