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Kaia Tupu-South
- Position:
- Throws
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Auckland, New Zealand
- High School:
- Westlake
2023 Pac-12 Shot Put Bronze Medalist
2025 Outdoors: Broke her own School Record one more time in the shot put, scored at Big Tens and competed at West Prelims in both shot and discus … at Big Ten Outdoors, improved the outdoor School Record to 56-10 1/4, finishing in fifth-place … at West Prelims, was 18th in the shot put at 52-8, and was 34th in the discus at 166-5 … season-best discus mark of 172-1 at the Desert Heat Classic for third … named to the Spring Academic All-Big Ten team … a National Collegiate Honor Society honoree … earned USTFCCCA All-Academic honors.
2025 Indoors: Extended her shot put School Record indoors, with the farthest toss either indoors or out by a Husky, going 57-9 at the Don Kirby Elite Invite at New Mexico on Feb. 15 … that mark just barely missed the NCAA Indoor meet by three centimeters, ranking 18th nationally with the top 16 qualifying … at Big Ten Indoors, threw 56-1 for seventh in the shot put … competed for New Zealand at the World Indoor Championships in China on Mar. 21, finishing 16th with a mark of 53-11 3/4.
2024: Bettered her School Record in the shot put once again, scored at the Pac-12 Championships and finished top-25 in the discus and the shot put at NCAA Prelims … finished 15th in the shot put at NCAA West Prelims with a mark of 55-5 ½ and was 21st in the discus with a season-best 178-10 … at the final Pac-12s, was fourth in the shot put going 54-10 ¼, and 10th in the discus at 171-6 … was just two centimeters away from qualifying for NCAA Indoors, finishing 17th nationally with a PR of 56-4 at the Husky Classic, breaking her own School Record … threw a then-Record of 56-2 at the Frank Sevigne Husker Invite … took second at the Ken Shannon Last Chance meet with a put of 55-3 ¾ … earned USTFCCCA All-Academic Team honors and a spot on the Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll.
2023: Tremendous redshirt freshman season setting the School Records in the shot put both indoors and outdoors … at NCAA West Prelims, set a new PR with a School Record of 56-2 ½ which finished 13th overall, one spot out of advancing to the NCAA Championships, and the best mark ever to not qualify for the meet … made the podium at first Pac-12 Championships, placing third in the shot put at 55-7 ¾ and also finished ninth in the discus at 172-3 … eighth in the shot put invite at the Mt. SAC Relays, going 54-5 ½ … season-best discus of 172-11 at the Aztec Invitational, going to No. 7 in school history … indoors, upped her PR by a stunning three feet to break the School Record at the Ken Shannon Last Chance meet, going 56-1 ¼ … previous best before breaking the record was 53-0 ¼ at the UW Indoor Preview … record toss ranked 23rd in the final indoor national rankings, and third among freshmen … named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team and the Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll.
2022: Redshirted the season, competing just once unattached … at the Husky Classic, threw 51-0 ¾ in the shot put for second, which would have been the No. 5 mark in school history if done in uniform.
High School and Personal: Born in Auckland, New Zealand … parents are Ben Tupu and Julie Tupu-South … has one older brother, Trey, who has won two age group national boxing titles in New Zealand … grandfather played college basketball at San Jose State … the senior national champion for New Zealand in the discus in 2021 with a throw of 173-5 … qualified for the U20 World Championships in 2020 before the meet was canceled due to Covid … has won four U20 New Zealand national titles in shot put and discus … threw a discus PR of 176-1 that ranked sixth in the world among all U20 athletes in 2020 … also played one year of netball … was the Head Girl of her high school, equivalent to class president in the U.S.
Major Meets
2023 Pac-12 - 3rd, Shot Put | 9th, Discus
2023 NCAA Prelims - 13th, Shot Put | 29th, Discus
2024 Pac-12 - 4th, Shot Put | 10th, Discus
2024 NCAA Prelims - 15th, Shot Put | 21st, Discus
2025 Big Ten Indoors - 7th, Shot Put
2025 World Indoor Championships - 16th, Shot Put
2025 Big Ten Outdoors - 5th, Shot Put
2025 NCAA Prelims - 18th, Shot Put | 34th, Discus
Outdoor Bests
Shot Put.......56-10 1/4 - School Record
Discus…….178-10
Indoor Bests
Shot Put.......57-9 - School Record
Academic Honors
2025 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
2025 Spring Academic All-Big Ten
2025 National Collegiate Honor Society
2024 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
2024 Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
2023 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
2023 Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
2025 Outdoors: Broke her own School Record one more time in the shot put, scored at Big Tens and competed at West Prelims in both shot and discus … at Big Ten Outdoors, improved the outdoor School Record to 56-10 1/4, finishing in fifth-place … at West Prelims, was 18th in the shot put at 52-8, and was 34th in the discus at 166-5 … season-best discus mark of 172-1 at the Desert Heat Classic for third … named to the Spring Academic All-Big Ten team … a National Collegiate Honor Society honoree … earned USTFCCCA All-Academic honors.
2025 Indoors: Extended her shot put School Record indoors, with the farthest toss either indoors or out by a Husky, going 57-9 at the Don Kirby Elite Invite at New Mexico on Feb. 15 … that mark just barely missed the NCAA Indoor meet by three centimeters, ranking 18th nationally with the top 16 qualifying … at Big Ten Indoors, threw 56-1 for seventh in the shot put … competed for New Zealand at the World Indoor Championships in China on Mar. 21, finishing 16th with a mark of 53-11 3/4.
2024: Bettered her School Record in the shot put once again, scored at the Pac-12 Championships and finished top-25 in the discus and the shot put at NCAA Prelims … finished 15th in the shot put at NCAA West Prelims with a mark of 55-5 ½ and was 21st in the discus with a season-best 178-10 … at the final Pac-12s, was fourth in the shot put going 54-10 ¼, and 10th in the discus at 171-6 … was just two centimeters away from qualifying for NCAA Indoors, finishing 17th nationally with a PR of 56-4 at the Husky Classic, breaking her own School Record … threw a then-Record of 56-2 at the Frank Sevigne Husker Invite … took second at the Ken Shannon Last Chance meet with a put of 55-3 ¾ … earned USTFCCCA All-Academic Team honors and a spot on the Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll.
2023: Tremendous redshirt freshman season setting the School Records in the shot put both indoors and outdoors … at NCAA West Prelims, set a new PR with a School Record of 56-2 ½ which finished 13th overall, one spot out of advancing to the NCAA Championships, and the best mark ever to not qualify for the meet … made the podium at first Pac-12 Championships, placing third in the shot put at 55-7 ¾ and also finished ninth in the discus at 172-3 … eighth in the shot put invite at the Mt. SAC Relays, going 54-5 ½ … season-best discus of 172-11 at the Aztec Invitational, going to No. 7 in school history … indoors, upped her PR by a stunning three feet to break the School Record at the Ken Shannon Last Chance meet, going 56-1 ¼ … previous best before breaking the record was 53-0 ¼ at the UW Indoor Preview … record toss ranked 23rd in the final indoor national rankings, and third among freshmen … named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team and the Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll.
2022: Redshirted the season, competing just once unattached … at the Husky Classic, threw 51-0 ¾ in the shot put for second, which would have been the No. 5 mark in school history if done in uniform.
High School and Personal: Born in Auckland, New Zealand … parents are Ben Tupu and Julie Tupu-South … has one older brother, Trey, who has won two age group national boxing titles in New Zealand … grandfather played college basketball at San Jose State … the senior national champion for New Zealand in the discus in 2021 with a throw of 173-5 … qualified for the U20 World Championships in 2020 before the meet was canceled due to Covid … has won four U20 New Zealand national titles in shot put and discus … threw a discus PR of 176-1 that ranked sixth in the world among all U20 athletes in 2020 … also played one year of netball … was the Head Girl of her high school, equivalent to class president in the U.S.
Major Meets
2023 Pac-12 - 3rd, Shot Put | 9th, Discus
2023 NCAA Prelims - 13th, Shot Put | 29th, Discus
2024 Pac-12 - 4th, Shot Put | 10th, Discus
2024 NCAA Prelims - 15th, Shot Put | 21st, Discus
2025 Big Ten Indoors - 7th, Shot Put
2025 World Indoor Championships - 16th, Shot Put
2025 Big Ten Outdoors - 5th, Shot Put
2025 NCAA Prelims - 18th, Shot Put | 34th, Discus
Outdoor Bests
Shot Put.......56-10 1/4 - School Record
Discus…….178-10
Indoor Bests
Shot Put.......57-9 - School Record
Academic Honors
2025 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
2025 Spring Academic All-Big Ten
2025 National Collegiate Honor Society
2024 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
2024 Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
2023 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
2023 Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
Raising the Bar | Hana & Amanda Moll
Monday, August 04
Women's 1500m final - 2025 NCAA outdoor track and field championship
Sunday, June 15
Nathan Green | 2025 NCAA 1500m Champion
Saturday, June 14
Track & Field NCAA Championships | Huskies Highlights
Friday, June 13
