Background
Leverenz was born in Tucson, Arizona.
Leverenz was born in Tucson, Arizona.
She attended Sahuaro High School in Tucson, and was a member of the Sahauro Cougars high school swim team and was one of the top college swimming recruits in the nation as a high school senior.
She also trained with and swam for the El Dorado Aquatics Club in Tucson. Leverenz received an athletic scholarship to attend the University of California, Berkeley, where she currently swims for coach Teri McKeever"s California Golden Bears swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (National Collegiate Athletic Association) competition. At the National Collegiate Athletic Association national championships in 2011, she swam the breaststroke legs for the Golden Bears" winning relay teams in the 4x50-yard and 4x100-yard medley relay events.
The Bears set a new American and National Collegiate Athletic Association record time of 1:35.03 in the 4x50 medley.
She has been a key contributor to the Golden Bears winning two of the last three National Collegiate Athletic Association national team championships, and will be a senior during the 2012-2013 school year. She was the recipient of the Honda Sports Award for Swimming and Diving, recognizing her as the outstanding college female swimmer of 2011-2012.
Leverenz represented the United States in Brazil for World Youth Championships, and in the Mutual of Omaha Duel in the Pool. At the 2008 United States. Olympic Trials, she placed fourth in both the 200-meter and 400-meter individual medley.
She also finished third in the 200-meter breaststroke, just missing out on making the 2008 United States. Olympic Team.
2012 Summer Olympic Games
At the 2012 United States Olympic Trials in Omaha, Nebraska, the United States. qualifying meet for the Olympics, Leverenz made the United States. Olympic team by finishing first in the 200-meter individual medley and second in the 400-meter individual medley. Leverenz also competed in the 200-meter breaststroke, but finished in eighth place in the final. She also competed in the 400-meter individual medley, and tied for sixth in the finals.
At the 2012 National Collegiate Athletic Association national championships, she again was a member of the Bears" winning 4x50-yard and 4x100-yard medley relay teams, as well as winning individual national championships in the 200-yard individual medley and the 200-yard breaststroke events.