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2024-25 Women's Track and Field Roster

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Ava Roberts

  • Position Throws
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Springdale Chestnut Hill Academy
  • Hometown Elkins Park, Pa.

Biography

2023 Outdoor

  • 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.

2022-23 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 after setting a season-best in the discus at the America East Championships at 44.23m.

2021-22 Indoor: Competed in both the shot put and weight throw during the indoor season… 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.

2021-22
  • Earned five points for the Retrievers with an impressive fourth place finish at the 2022 America East Indoor Championships
  • Her top effort of 13.63m was the best of any freshman competitor 
 
BACKGROUND DATA
  • 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
  • Considering a major in business technology administration
  • Enjoys writing poetry and lists favorite food as strawberries
  • Daughter of Angela Alston and Jonathan Roberts – both of whom played college basketball  

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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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.