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2025-26 MIT Women's Lightweight Crew Roster

Liane Xu

  • Height 5-4
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Orlando, Fla.
  • High School Winter Park

Biography

Accolades:
  • IRA All-Academic Team (2022-23)
  • CRCA Scholar-Athlete (2022-23)
2024-25:
  • Made five appearances, all during the spring racing season
  • Earned a silver medal in the 2V4+ at the Dad Veil Regatta, racing in the 4 seat
  • Raced in the 3 seat of the V4+ B vs. Gordon and BU on April 26
  • Bow seat for the V8+ vs. BU and Harvard on April 19
  • Bow seat for the V8+ at the Knecht Cup Regatta
  • Bow seat for the V8+ vs. Bates and Simmons on April 5
2023-24: 
  • Did not compete in an event
2022-23:
  • Competed in six regattas
  • Rowed in the bow seat of the V8 that finished second in the Third Final at the Knecht Cup
  • Was in the stroke seat of the 2x that crossed in fifth in the Grand Final at the IRA National Championship
2021-22:
  • Competed in eight regattas
  • Rowed in the No. 4 seat of the 2V4 at the Dad Vail
  • Was in the No. 5 seat of the V8 at the Head of the Charles
Before MIT:
  • 2019-2020 Winter Park Crew Most Improved Oarswoman
  • Stroked the lightweight 8+ that placed first at 2021 Scholastic Nationals
  • Three-time (2018, 2019, 2021) state scholastic champion in the 8+,
  • First place at the 2020 USRowing Virtual Southeast Championships Weight-Adjusted 4+
  • Member of the French Honor Society, Math Honor Society, Science Honor Society, National Honor Society and the Tri-M Music Honor Society
  • Violin player in Park Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Interact Club Co-President
  • Orlando Science Center Volunteer
  • Environmental activism
  • National AP Scholar
  • Winter Park High School 2020-2021 Math Student of the Year
  • Earned the Winter Park High School 2020-2021 Science Award in Physics
Personal:
  • Research at Biomimetic Robotics Lab
  • UROP at Urban Risk Lab
  • Bioinstrumentation Lab
  • STEP Lab
  • Member of the Solar Electric Vehicle Team
  • MISTI Eurasia internship in Lithuania
  • Member of Camp Kesem

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22First Year

    5'4"
  • 2022-23Sophomore

    5'5"
  • 2023-24Junior

    5'4"
  • 2024-25Senior

    5'4"
  • 2025-26Graduate Student

    5'4"