Phillip Kalaniopio Career Stats

Academic Notes: Contemplating a major in biomedical science with a minor in chemistry … Wants to become a physician or work in the biotechnology industry … Member of the Junior Statesmen of American academic club at Simi Valley High School

2018: Competed in the hammer and weight throw in ten meets for NAU throughout the year... Third-place finish in the weight throw competition at Mountain T's Invite (16.20m)... Recorded a PR in the weight throw at Big Sky Indoor Championships throwing for a mark of 16.28m for a 14th-place finish... PR'd in the hammer throw at the 39th Sun Angel Classic throwing for a mark of 53.54m for a seventh-place finish... 

2017: Competed at Mountain T’s and the NAU Tune Up in the weight throw during the indoor campaign as an unattached athlete … Redshirted the outdoor season
 

High School: Two sport athlete at SVHS: track & field and football … Three-year starter on the track & field team … Senior captain of the throws squad, participating in the hammer, shot and discus … Selected to the first-team All-Coastal Canyon squad in 2015 (discus) … Member of the SVHS track & field team that won back-to-back Coastal Canyon League Championships, going undefeated in league meets

Personal: Born to Aaron and Jill Kalaniopio on March 16, 1998 … Hobbies include watching sports and playing video games … Person he admires most is high school coach Mike Torie “because he taught me how to grind and have a work ethic” … Played football against Blake Rutherford, a first-round pick of the New York Yankees in the 2016 MLB draft … Most memorable athletic moment came when being the first athlete from his high school to compete in the hammer throw event at state … Chose NAU because “Flagstaff is a gorgeous place, I needed a change of scenery, and Coach Ott is building an amazing group of throwers”