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