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2025-26 Women's Track and Field Roster

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Ava Roberts

  • Position Throws
  • Height 5-11
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Highschool Springside Chestnut Hill Academy
  • Hometown Elkins Park, Pa.

Biography

HONORS & ACCOLADES

  • 2024 America East Most Outstanding Field Performer (Outdoor)
  • 2024 All-America East (Outdoor - Discus)
  • 2024 All-America East (Indoor - Shot Put)
  • 2x America East Indoor Field Performer of the Week (Jan. 16, 2024, Jan. 23, 2024)
UMBC ALL-TIME RANKS (as of 10.8.25)
  • 1st - Outdoor - Shot Put - 16.74m
  • 1st - Outdoor - Discus Throw - 50.34m
  • 3rd - Indoor - Shot Put - 15.27m
  • 3rd - Indoor - Weight Throw - 17.20m

2025 OUTDOOR

  • Did not compete
2025 INDOOR
  • Did not compete
2024 OUTDOOR
  • Placed 21st in the preliminary round of the shot put at the NCAA East First Round w/ a 15.74m throw
  • Won the discus throw at the IC4A/ECAC Championships w/ a 49.96m toss
  • Won the discus throw at the America East Championships w/ a 49.12m throw
  • Finished second in the shot put at the America East Championships w/ a 14.88m mark
  • Set a new personal best in the shot put at the Penn Relays w/ a 16.74m throw
  • Set a new personal best in the discus throw at the Penn Relays w/ a 50.34m toss
  • Won the shot put at the Dalton Ebanks Invitational w/ a 14.26m throw
  • Won the discus throw at the Towson Invitational w/ a mark of 48.05m
2024 INDOOR
  • Won the shot put at the America East Championships w/ a 15.26m throw
  • Finished fifth in the weight throw at the America East Championships w/ a PR toss of 17.20m
  • Won the shot put at the Ramapo College Opener w/ a 15.27m throw
  • Won the shot put at the Navy Indoor Invitational w/ a 14.50m throw

2023 OUTDOOR

  • Finished fifth in the discus throw at the IC4A/ECAC Championships w/ a 46.70m toss
  • In the Weems Baskin Invitational, went for gold in the discus with a personal-mark distance of 46.48 meters while also snatching silver for her 13.92m shot put throw.
  • Won the discus throw in a personal-mark of 48.15m, unofficially the top mark in the America East Conference this spring in the Dalton Ebanks Invitational.
  • Earned Female Field Performer of the Week (Week of April 12th).
  • Came in the top half-dozen competitors in the discus throw, recording a toss of 45.75 meters at the Bison Classic..
  • Captured silver in the discus (46.82m) in the America East Outdoor Championships.

2023 INDOOR

  • Named the team’s Unsung Hero at the Gritty’s
  • In the Nittany Lion Challenge placed 8th (15.87m) in Weight Throw, notching the eighth-best toss in UMBC indoor track history.
  • Placed 13th (14.79 m) in Weight Throw at the Brant Tolsma Invitational
  • Took the Shot Put (13.73 meters) with the fourth-best score in the conference and fourth in Weight Throw (16.45 m) at the Liberty Open.
  • Received a silver medal launching the shot put a distance of 14.02m, a personal-best, in the America East Indoor Championships.
2022 OUTDOOR 
  • Competed in the shot put and discus during the outdoor season
  • Ended the year on a strong note with her best throw in the shot put coming at the ECAC Championships at 13.24m
  • Finished third in the discus at the America East Championships w/ a 44.23m throw
2022 INDOOR
  • Had her best toss in the weight throw at the Penn State National Open at 13.05m
  • Ended the year at the America East Championships with a toss of 13.63m in the shot put, her best of the season
BACKGROUND
  • Earned All-American status in the shot put at 2021 Adidas Indoor Nationals in Virginia Beach
  • Selected as Springside Chestnut Hill’s Team MVP in 2020 and 2021 and helped the Blue Devils to the school’s first-ever conference title
  • Started competing in track & field at age 6
  • Majoring in Technincal Management & Project Management
  • Enjoys writing poetry & performing music
  • Nicknamed Avalanche
  • Daughter of Angela Alston-Roberts and Jonathan Roberts
  • Mom (Syracuse) and dad (East Stroudsburg) both played college basketball
  • Brother, plays basketball at Iowa CC
  • Has one sibling, Jonathan Roberts II
  • Lists favorite musical artist as Mariah Carey

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22Freshman

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  • 2022-23Sophomore

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  • 2023-24Junior

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  • 2024-25Senior

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  • 2025-26Graduate Student

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    5'11"
Land Acknowledgement
UMBC was established upon the land of the Piscataway and Susquehannock peoples. Over time, citizens of many more Indigenous nations have come to reside in this region. We humbly offer our respects to all past, present, and future Indigenous people connected to this place. Learn more about this statement here.