2023 Track & Field Roster

Rudy Tapia

  • Class Redshirt Junior
  • Hometown Tucson, Ariz.
  • High School Cholla High School
  • Major Anthropology

Biography

Indoor Personal Bests Event Outdoor Personal Bests
16.02m at NAU Tune Up (2/18/22) SP 15.81m at Big Sky Championships (4/30/23)
--- DT 51.46m at Desert Heat Classic (4/30/22)

2023 Outdoor: Finished fourth in the discus at the GCU Invitational with a mark of 50.08 meters…Finished sixth in the discus at the Willie Williams Classic with a season best mark of 50.66 meters…Finished fifth in the discus at the Mt. SAC Relays with a mark of 47.96 meters…Finished 10th in the discus at the Big Sky Conference Championships with a mark of 49.28 meters.

2023 Indoor: Finished sixth in the shot put at the Lumberjack Team Challenge with a mark of 15.55 meters…Finished eighth in the shot put at the Ron Mann Classic with a mark of 15.21 meters…Finished 11th in the shot put at the NAU Tune Up with a mark of 14.57 meters.

2022 Outdoor: Placed sixth in the men's discus at Big Sky Championships (51.40m)...Finished 13th in the men's shot put at Big Sky Championships (15.81m)...Threw discus personal best of 51.46 meters at the Desert Heat Classic.

2022 Indoor: Threw shot put personal best mark of 16.02 meters at NAU Tune Up.

2021 Outdoor: Set shot put personal best of 13.96m at the GCU Antelope Invitational...Threw the discus for a personal best of 50.74m at the Canyon Invitational.

2021 Indoor: NAU did not compete.

TF Accomplishments: 2019 State Discus Runner-up.

Why did you choose NAU?

Coach Schutz was recommended by my high school coach.

Academic: Majoring in Anthropology.

Personal: Son of Rudolph and Elizabeth...Brother to Brandon...Birthday is February 22.

Historical Player Information

  • 2020Freshman

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  • 2021Sophomore

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  • 2022Redshirt Sophomore

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  • 2023Redshirt Junior

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