Completed Event: Rowing at Head of the Charles on October 17, 2025 , , NTS
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Final
Rowing
at Head of the Charles
2025-26 Rowing Roster
Ava Liebmann
- Height:
- 5-2
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Rye, N.Y.
- High School:
- Rye Neck
Honors:
All-ACC Academic (2023, 2024, 2025)
ACC Honor Roll (2023, 2024, 2025)
CRCA Scholar-Athlete (2024)
2024-2025 (Junior): Competed in the Blue Devils’ D boat at the High Point Rowing Festival (10/6), going head-to-head with the Ukraine women's national team, Oxford University and High Point … saw action in the 4V8 and V4D boats in the annual Rivanna Romp (11/10) to close out the fall racing season … opened the spring season in the 2V4 and helped Duke complete a 10-race sweep at the Oak Ridge Cardinal Invitational (3/15-16) … guided the 2V4 to a second-place time of 7:57.575 in the opening day of the inaugural Rocky Top Invitational (4/4-5) … followed with a winning time of 7:40.767, finishing ahead of the crews from Minnesota and Clemson, to close out the regatta … held on in a very tight 2V4 race against No. 12 Michigan and No. 18 Harvard in the Big Ten Invitational (4/18-19), claiming second after a photo finish … concluded the afternoon session with another second-place finish, beating out the crew from No. 7 Brown in the final stretch … raced as part of the 2V4 crew that helped the Blue Devils earn second place at the annual Lake Wheeler Invitational (4/25-26) for the second straight year … placed fifth in the grand final 2V4 race as Duke finished fifth overall at the 2025 ACC Championships (5/16-17).
2023-2024 (Sophomore): Saw action in seven of nine regattas Duke competed in, including the ACC and NCAA Championships … coxswain of the Varsity Eight D and Varsity Four D boat at the annual Rivanna Romp … guided the Varsity Four and Second Varsity Four during the Oak Ridge Cardinal Invitational, sweeping all three races she competed in … led the Third Varsity Eight to a pair of top times against No. 9 Michigan (7:20.2) and No. 12 Ohio State (6:55.1) in its two races at the ACC/Big 10 Double Dual … registered a strong second place finish in the Third Varsity Eight race of the Big Ten Invite, following closely behind the first-place crew from UCLA to record a time of 6:52.621 … improved their time by nearly six seconds in the afternoon session, powering past UCLA, No. 9 Michigan, Clemson and Iowa to a top time of 6:46.804  … helped Duke collect 84 team points to finish second at its annual home regatta, the Lake Wheeler Invitational  … brought home a gold medal in the grand final race at the 2024 ACC Championships on Lake Wheeler … competed against a tough 22-team field to earn a second-place finish in the C Final race at the NCAA Championships in Bethel, Ohio.
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2022-23 (Freshman): Saw action in six regattas during her first season with the Blue Devils ... made her collegiate rowing debut in Duke's Varsity Four E boat that placed in the top-15 at the annual Rivanna Romp (11/13), clocking a time of 15:22.1 ... coxed the Third Varsity Eight and Third Varsity Four boats that earned first and second place finishes, respectively, at the Oak Ridge Cardinal Invitational (3/18-19) ... earned wins over No. 9 Michigan and No. 14 Ohio State in the 3V4+ at the ACC/Big 10 Double Dual (3/31-4/1)  ... guided the 3V8+ crew to a first-place finish that clinched the Pocock Cup for Duke at the Lake Wheeler Invitational (4/21-22) ... earned a bronze medal in the 3V8 at the ACC Championships (5/12-13).
Prior to Duke:Â Attended Rye Neck High School and competed as a coxswain for Row America Rye ... helped lead her club to a pair of notable third-place results in 2021, at the USRowing Youth Nationals where she was a member of the Women's U19 4+ lineup and a third-place finish in the Women's 8+ at the Head of the Charles in October ... was named the Most Valuable Player of her novice squad in 2018 and 2019 ... coxed the Men's U17 4+ to a second-place showing at the 2019 Club Nationals.
Personal: Native of Mamaroneck, N.Y. ... daughter of Theo Liebmann and Barb Weinstein ... was a member of the National Honor Society and Italian Language Honor Society
All-ACC Academic (2023, 2024, 2025)
ACC Honor Roll (2023, 2024, 2025)
CRCA Scholar-Athlete (2024)
2024-2025 (Junior): Competed in the Blue Devils’ D boat at the High Point Rowing Festival (10/6), going head-to-head with the Ukraine women's national team, Oxford University and High Point … saw action in the 4V8 and V4D boats in the annual Rivanna Romp (11/10) to close out the fall racing season … opened the spring season in the 2V4 and helped Duke complete a 10-race sweep at the Oak Ridge Cardinal Invitational (3/15-16) … guided the 2V4 to a second-place time of 7:57.575 in the opening day of the inaugural Rocky Top Invitational (4/4-5) … followed with a winning time of 7:40.767, finishing ahead of the crews from Minnesota and Clemson, to close out the regatta … held on in a very tight 2V4 race against No. 12 Michigan and No. 18 Harvard in the Big Ten Invitational (4/18-19), claiming second after a photo finish … concluded the afternoon session with another second-place finish, beating out the crew from No. 7 Brown in the final stretch … raced as part of the 2V4 crew that helped the Blue Devils earn second place at the annual Lake Wheeler Invitational (4/25-26) for the second straight year … placed fifth in the grand final 2V4 race as Duke finished fifth overall at the 2025 ACC Championships (5/16-17).
2023-2024 (Sophomore): Saw action in seven of nine regattas Duke competed in, including the ACC and NCAA Championships … coxswain of the Varsity Eight D and Varsity Four D boat at the annual Rivanna Romp … guided the Varsity Four and Second Varsity Four during the Oak Ridge Cardinal Invitational, sweeping all three races she competed in … led the Third Varsity Eight to a pair of top times against No. 9 Michigan (7:20.2) and No. 12 Ohio State (6:55.1) in its two races at the ACC/Big 10 Double Dual … registered a strong second place finish in the Third Varsity Eight race of the Big Ten Invite, following closely behind the first-place crew from UCLA to record a time of 6:52.621 … improved their time by nearly six seconds in the afternoon session, powering past UCLA, No. 9 Michigan, Clemson and Iowa to a top time of 6:46.804  … helped Duke collect 84 team points to finish second at its annual home regatta, the Lake Wheeler Invitational  … brought home a gold medal in the grand final race at the 2024 ACC Championships on Lake Wheeler … competed against a tough 22-team field to earn a second-place finish in the C Final race at the NCAA Championships in Bethel, Ohio.
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2022-23 (Freshman): Saw action in six regattas during her first season with the Blue Devils ... made her collegiate rowing debut in Duke's Varsity Four E boat that placed in the top-15 at the annual Rivanna Romp (11/13), clocking a time of 15:22.1 ... coxed the Third Varsity Eight and Third Varsity Four boats that earned first and second place finishes, respectively, at the Oak Ridge Cardinal Invitational (3/18-19) ... earned wins over No. 9 Michigan and No. 14 Ohio State in the 3V4+ at the ACC/Big 10 Double Dual (3/31-4/1)  ... guided the 3V8+ crew to a first-place finish that clinched the Pocock Cup for Duke at the Lake Wheeler Invitational (4/21-22) ... earned a bronze medal in the 3V8 at the ACC Championships (5/12-13).
Prior to Duke:Â Attended Rye Neck High School and competed as a coxswain for Row America Rye ... helped lead her club to a pair of notable third-place results in 2021, at the USRowing Youth Nationals where she was a member of the Women's U19 4+ lineup and a third-place finish in the Women's 8+ at the Head of the Charles in October ... was named the Most Valuable Player of her novice squad in 2018 and 2019 ... coxed the Men's U17 4+ to a second-place showing at the 2019 Club Nationals.
Personal: Native of Mamaroneck, N.Y. ... daughter of Theo Liebmann and Barb Weinstein ... was a member of the National Honor Society and Italian Language Honor Society
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