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2025-26 Men's Swimming and Diving Roster

Jef Leroux

  • Height 6-5
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Kaprijke, Belgium
  • Highschool COLTD

Biography

2024-25 (Senior)
  • Two first place finishes in the 100 free and the lead off in the 1st place 400 free relay team vs SCSU
  • GLIAC Academic Excellence Team member
2023-24 (Junior)
Awards/Honors/Records
  • Set school record for 200 free relay at NCAA’s 
  • Broke the school record in the 400 free relay at NCAA’s
  • First-team All-American honors in the 400 free relay; Second-Team All-American honors in the 200 free relay and 800 free relay
Top Finishes 
  • NCAA Championship (3/12/24-3/16/24) - Sixth place finish in the 400 free (2:54.26), ninth place in the 200 free relay (1:19.04), 12th place in the 800 free relay (6:34.45)
  • GLIAC Championship (2/9/24-2/12/24) - Second place finish in the 200 free relay, fourth in the 800 free relay, 100 free and 400 free relay, and seventh in the 50 free and 200 free
  • Michigan Tech Club (1/27/24) - First place finish in the 200 free relay and 50 fly time trial, second in the 100 free, fourth in the 50 back time trial and 50 breast time trial 
  • UW – Green Bay  (1/20/24) - First place finishes in the 200 free relay and 100 fly, and second in the 400 medley relay
  • Calvin Invite (11/30/23-12/2/23) - First place finish in the 800 free relay, second in the 400 free relay, fourth in the 200 free, and fifth in the 200 free relay and 100 free
Before NMU
  • Multiple national titles in the 4x100 Freestyle and Medley with MEGA
  • 2nd place in the international youth meeting in Bonn in the 100-meter Butterfly
Personal 
  • Son of Tom Leroux and Lien Verstraete
  • From Kaprijke, Belgium
  • Hobbies include playing video games and learning about space/rockets

Historical Player Information

  • 2023-24Junior

    6'5"
  • 2024-25Senior

    6'5"
  • 2025-26Senior

    6'5"