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2020-21 Track and Field Roster

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Anya Tonga

  • Position Throws
  • Class Senior
  • Highschool Del Mar HS
  • Hometown East Palo Alto, Calif.

Biography

2020 Indoor: Competed in nine meets…Had 14 top-five finishes…Won four individual events…Tabbed the OVC Female Field Athlete of the Year for the second-straight season…Awarded OVC Female Track Athlete of the Week (2/12), after she registered a pair of fourth place finishes in the shot put (PR, 47-8.5, 14.54m) and weight throw (61-0, 18.59m) at the 2020 Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational (2/7-8)…Led the conference in the weight throw (64-7.25, 19.69m) and ranked third in the shot put (47-8.5, 14.54m)…Her shot put mark ranks ninth in the SEMO record books…Won both the shot put (45-1.5, 13.75m) and weight throw (62-2.5, 18.96m) at the season-opening SEMO vs. SIUE Dual Meet (12/6/19)…Took second in the shot put with a career-best throw of 47-8.5 (14.54m) and was also third in the weight throw (62-2.5, 18.96m) at the Gene Edmonds Memorial (1/10-11)…Finished second in weight throw (58-7.25, 17.86m) and third in shot put (45-10.5, 13.98m) at the Illini Invitational (1/24-25)…Took fourth in both the shot put (47-8.5, 14.54m) and weight throw (61-0, 18.59m) at the 2020 Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational (2/7-8)…Won the shot put (46-6.75, 14.19m) and was third in the weight throw (58-2, 17.73m) at the 2020 Hoosier Hills (2/14)…Finished as the runner-up in the shot put with a toss of 47-2.25 (14.38m) at the 2020 Redhawks Open (2/21)…Won her third-straight weight throw title with a career-best distance of 64-7.25 (19.69m) at the 2020 Ohio Valley Conference Indoor Track & Field Championship (2/26-27)…Also was sixth in the shot put with 42-1.25 (12.83m)…Named to the OVC Commissioner’s Honor Roll.

2019 Outdoor: Did not compete.

2019 Indoor: Competed in eight meets…Amassed four weight throw titles and one shot put title…Opened the indoor campaign with a first place finish in weight throw (60-6.75, 18.46m) and a second place finish in shot put (44-11, 13.69m) at the season-opening SEMO vs. SIUE Dual Meet (12/7)…Was second in weight throw (57-10.25, 17.63m) and third in shot put (42-7, 12.98m) at the 2019 Illini Open (1/12)…Won both the shot put (44-5.25, 13.54m) and the weight throw (58-5.25, 17.81m) titles at the Samford Open (1/18-19)…Placed third in the shot put (45-1, 13.74m) and fourth in weight throw (59-7.75, 18.18m) at the Fred Wilt Open (2/1-2)…Set a personal best shot put heave of 46-10 (14.27m) for fifth at the 2019 Hoosier Hills (2/8)…Won the weight throw with a career best 64-5.75 (19.65m) at the 2019 Redhawks Open (2/15)…Named the OVC Indoor Female Field Athlete of the Year, becoming the first Redhawk to win the honor since Kayla Gutierrez earned the award in 2015…Ranked first in the conference for weight throw (64-5.75, 19.65m at the 2019 Redhawks Open (2/15)) and second in shot put (46-10, 14.27m at the 2019 Hoosier Hills (2/8))…Earned Gold in weight throw to retain her title at the 2019 OVC Indoor Track & Field Championship (2/20-21) with a distance of 59-9.5 (18.22m)…Had a shot put mark of 41-5.25 (12.63m) for 10th...Named to the OVC Commissioner’s Honor Roll.

2018 Outdoor: Appeared in eight meets…Finished runner-up in discus (142-8, 43.50m) and fifth in the hammer throw (150-2, 45.77m) at the South Alabama Jaguar Opener (3/3)… Placed fifth in the shot put at the Rhodes Invitational (3/17) with a distance of 43-8 (13.31m)…Was fourth in shot put (43-8, 13.31m) at the Mississippi State Bulldog Relays (3/24)…Registered a personal-best mark of 45-11.75 (14.01m) for second in shot put at the 2018 Drury Hotels Joey Haines (3/30-31)…Won shot put (44-8, 13.61m) and discus (137-2, 41.81m) at the SLU Billiken Invitational (4/7)…Also was second in hammer throw (160-7, 48.94m)…Placed fifth in shot put (44-8, 13.61m) at the Georgia Tech Invitational (4/21)…Was fourth (45-10.75, 13.99m) in the same event at the Memphis Tiger Invitational (4/28)…Won bronze in both the discus (PR, 153-10, 46.90m) and hammer throw (169-9, 51.75m) at the Ohio Valley Conference Championship (5/12).
 
2018 Indoor: Competed in six meets…Placed third in the weight throw at the Illinois Open (1/13) with a distance of 56-1.25 (17.10m)…Recorded a personal-best mark in the weight throw of 60-3 (18.36m) for second at the 2018 Redhawks Open (2/16)…Won gold in the weight throw at the Ohio Valley Indoor Track and Field Championships (2/23-24) with a throw of 59-9.75 (18.23m)…Also was fourth in shot put (45-4.5, 13.83m).

Historical Player Information

  • 2017-18Junior

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  • 2018-19Senior

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  • 2019-20Senior

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  • 2020-21Senior

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