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2025-26 Rowing Roster

Claire Leavens

  • Height 5-7
  • Class Junior
  • Highschool E.L. Crossley
  • Hometown Welland, Ontario, Canada

Biography

2024-25 (Sophomore)
  • Helped the Varsity 8+ boat place 12th at the Knecht Cup (4/13).
  • Was in the Varsity 8+ boat for the CAA Championship (5/16-5/17).
  • Part of the Varsity 8+ boat that defeated Loyola/George Mason (4/26).
  • In the 4+ boat that finished 13th at the Navy Day Regatta (10/13).
2023-24 (Freshman)
  • Part of the second place boat in the Freshman 8+ at the Navy Day Regatta (10/16)
  • Won a silver medal as part of the Freshman 8+ boat at the Head of the Schuykill Regatta (10/29)
  • Part of Monmouth's Freshman/Novice 8+ boat that won a silver medal at the Dad Vail Regatta (5/11)
  • Part of the Varsity Eight boat at the CAA Championships (5/17-5/18) 
  • Earned team's Most Valuable Athlete award
Before Monmouth
  • Attended E.L. Crossley Secondary School in Ontario, Canada
  • Competed for Notre Dame Rowing Club for head coach John Ruscitti in the starboard and port positions
  • Won gold medals in the women's eight and women's four at the CSSRA Canadian Secondary Schools Rowing Championships
  • Also won gold at the Head of The Schuylkill Regatta and competed at the Head of the Charles
  • Also competed in hockey
Personal
  • Daughter of Renee Johnson
  • Intends to major in Education

Historical Player Information

  • 2023-24Freshman

    5'7"

  • 2024-25Sophomore

    5'7"

  • 2024-25Sophomore

    5'7"

  • 2025-26Junior

    5'7"