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Leigh Ann Fetter
Leigh Ann Fetter (born May 23, 1969), later known by her married name Leigh Ann Witt, is an American former competition swimmer and accomplished coach who represented the United States at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.
Leigh Ann Fetter was born to Sherl and Rose Fetter in Louisville, Kentucky and grew up in Louisville's East End. She spent several summers beginning as a child of eight swimming for Louisville's Douglass Hills swim team, where she would later coach. She did not begin competitive year-round swimming until her sophomore year, for Sacred Heart Academy in Louisville, where she attended high school.
She swam with the Lakeside Seahawks Team as a high school junior, at Lakeside Swim Club, a large club originally founded in 1924 in a rock quarry. She began to excel in swimming at Lakeside as a junior and as a senior under Head Coach Monty Hopkins, colleges began to take notice when she finished sixth in the Senior National Championships. She won the Kentucky State Swimming Championships in the 50-yard free in both 1986 and 1987, and in the 100-yard free in 1987. Her 1987 record Kentucky High School Time in the 50-yard freestyle was 23.96 seconds.
Fetter finished fifth in the final of the women's 50-meter freestyle in a time of 25.78 seconds. She came closer to receiving a medal than known in the immediate results, as three competitors to finish above her were later disqualified after testing positive for performance-enhancing drugs.
Fetter attended the University of Texas at Austin, and swam for the Texas Longhorns swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition from 1987 to 1991. During her college years, she was coached primarily by Texas's head Women's Coach Mark Schubert, a Hall of Fame and Olympic Coach. She won a total of seven NCAA titles while swimming for Texas, with four in the 50 free, and three in the 100 free, and retained the school record in the 50 free as of 2004.
She was the first woman to ever swim the 50-yard freestyle in under 22 seconds, and won the NCAA individual national championship in the event four consecutive years. She was also a key points contributor to the Lady Longhorns' NCAA national team championships in 1988, 1990 and 1991.
Fetter swam in the World Championships in 1991 in Perth, Australia, winning a silver medal in the 50 free. In the 1989 Pan Pacific Championships in Tokyo, she won a gold in the 4 x 100 meter medley relay, and a bronze in her signature event, the 50-meter freestyle. She received a Gold in the 1990 Good Will Games.
After completing her competitive swimming years, she was an Assistant Coach for Florida State beginning in the Fall of 1993 and was later named Head Coach of the Women's Swimming and Diving Team at James Madison in September 1995.
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Leigh Ann Fetter
Leigh Ann Fetter (born May 23, 1969), later known by her married name Leigh Ann Witt, is an American former competition swimmer and accomplished coach who represented the United States at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.
Leigh Ann Fetter was born to Sherl and Rose Fetter in Louisville, Kentucky and grew up in Louisville's East End. She spent several summers beginning as a child of eight swimming for Louisville's Douglass Hills swim team, where she would later coach. She did not begin competitive year-round swimming until her sophomore year, for Sacred Heart Academy in Louisville, where she attended high school.
She swam with the Lakeside Seahawks Team as a high school junior, at Lakeside Swim Club, a large club originally founded in 1924 in a rock quarry. She began to excel in swimming at Lakeside as a junior and as a senior under Head Coach Monty Hopkins, colleges began to take notice when she finished sixth in the Senior National Championships. She won the Kentucky State Swimming Championships in the 50-yard free in both 1986 and 1987, and in the 100-yard free in 1987. Her 1987 record Kentucky High School Time in the 50-yard freestyle was 23.96 seconds.
Fetter finished fifth in the final of the women's 50-meter freestyle in a time of 25.78 seconds. She came closer to receiving a medal than known in the immediate results, as three competitors to finish above her were later disqualified after testing positive for performance-enhancing drugs.
Fetter attended the University of Texas at Austin, and swam for the Texas Longhorns swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition from 1987 to 1991. During her college years, she was coached primarily by Texas's head Women's Coach Mark Schubert, a Hall of Fame and Olympic Coach. She won a total of seven NCAA titles while swimming for Texas, with four in the 50 free, and three in the 100 free, and retained the school record in the 50 free as of 2004.
She was the first woman to ever swim the 50-yard freestyle in under 22 seconds, and won the NCAA individual national championship in the event four consecutive years. She was also a key points contributor to the Lady Longhorns' NCAA national team championships in 1988, 1990 and 1991.
Fetter swam in the World Championships in 1991 in Perth, Australia, winning a silver medal in the 50 free. In the 1989 Pan Pacific Championships in Tokyo, she won a gold in the 4 x 100 meter medley relay, and a bronze in her signature event, the 50-meter freestyle. She received a Gold in the 1990 Good Will Games.
After completing her competitive swimming years, she was an Assistant Coach for Florida State beginning in the Fall of 1993 and was later named Head Coach of the Women's Swimming and Diving Team at James Madison in September 1995.