2018 Track & Field Roster
Roster
Kai Wong
- Position:
- Throws
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Singapore
- High School:
- Hwa Chong Institution
2019
Missed a majority of the season due to injury, competing in two outdoor meets โฆ Outdoor: Finished 11th in the shot put with a mark of 15.88m (52-1.25) at the Rafer Johnson/Jackie Joyner-Kersee Invitational โฆ Competed in the shot put at the Beach Invitational, placing 40th with a throw of 15.64m (51-3.75) โฆ Honors: Pac-12 All-Academic Honorable Mention.
2018
Pac-12 All-Academic Team honorable mention ... Competed in two indoor and six outdoor meets exclusively in the shot putย ... Finished 10th at the Pac-12 Championships with a top mark of 15.01m (49-3) ... Best throw of the year came at the John Jacobs Invitational, where he uncorked a 16.21m (53-2.25) throw ... Had a 16.03m (52-7.25) throw at the USC Dual Meet, giving him 16-meter throws in back-to-back meets.ย
2017
Finished fourth at the USC Dual with a throw of 52-4.50 โฆ Competed in the shot put five times for the Bruins โฆ Was the runner-up at the Triton Invitational, throwing 52-08.00 โฆ Threw a season best 52-09.50 at the Jim Bush Collegiate, good for seventh place.
2016
Competed in four meets โฆ Recorded a personal best shot put mark of 54-1.75 to place eighth at the Oxy Invitational โฆ Finished seventh at the dual meet against rival USC with a throw of 52-6.50 โฆ Was 10th at the Triton Invitational with a mark of 53-1 โฆ Opened his season by throwing 52-2.75 to place fifth in the dual meet against Texas A&M โฆ Also threw the hammer where he recorded a best of 121-1.
High School
Prepped at the Hwa Chong Institution in Singapore โฆ Was a bronze medalist at the Asian Junior Championships โฆ Finished sixth at the Commonwealth Youth Games โฆ A participant at the World Youth Junior Championships โฆ Holds the South East Asian Youth Gold and Championship Record โฆ ASEAN Schools Gold and Championship Record holder โฆ IAAF 2011 World U18 top 30 โฆ IAAF 2013 World U20 top 50 โฆ Singapore U17, U18, U20, U21 Records โฆ South East Asian U18 and U20 Records โฆ Holds a 5kg shot put personal best of 18.63m (61-1.50) โฆ Has a 6kg shot put personal best of 59-9.50.
Personal
Son of Mark Wong and Ginnie Chua โฆ Enjoys taking naps โฆ Plans to major in computer science.
