Men's Track & Field
Sua, Seilala
Seilala Sua
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
Seilala (Sly) Sua completed her fifth season as a member of Don Strametz's Matador track & field coaching staff in 2011. Sua, who was officially named to the staff on Sept. 18, 2006 is an assistant coach in charge of the Northridge throwers.
Sua has led the Matador throwers to unprecedented heights. Northridge throwers won four Big West titles in 2010, giving the Matadors nine individual conference throwing cham- pionships under her watch. Derek Cooper has been the most successful thrower under Sua, winning four conference titles from 2008-2010. Several Matador throwers have advanced to the NCAA Regionals as well as the NCAA Championships.
A 2001 graduate of UCLA, Sua is the winningest athlete in NCAA track & field history. The seven-time NCAA Champion and 14-time All-American competed in all four throwing events; shot put, discus, hammer and javelin from 1997-2000, where she still ranks in the UCLA all-time top-10 in each of those events. In Pac-10 competition, Sua won six individual titles and was a two-time Pac-10 Women's Track and Field Athlete of the Year. In NCAA competition, she won six Outdoor titles and one indoor crown. Sua won four consecutive discus crowns and became only the second woman in NCAA history to win four straight individual titles in the same event.
As a professional athlete, Sua has continued her collegiate success onto the National and World scene where she has been a member of two Olympic teams in the discus (2000 Sydney, 2004 Athens), four-time USATF National Champion in the discus, one-time USATF National Champion in the shot put and a three-time World Championships competitor. Sua has ranked in the top-10 in the Nation in the discus for eight consecutive years and had the No. 6 mark in the world in 2001. While competing in the shot put, she also ranked in the top-10 nationally for seven consecutive years. Sua graduated in 2001 with a degree in Sociology.
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Sua has led the Matador throwers to unprecedented heights. Northridge throwers won four Big West titles in 2010, giving the Matadors nine individual conference throwing cham- pionships under her watch. Derek Cooper has been the most successful thrower under Sua, winning four conference titles from 2008-2010. Several Matador throwers have advanced to the NCAA Regionals as well as the NCAA Championships.
A 2001 graduate of UCLA, Sua is the winningest athlete in NCAA track & field history. The seven-time NCAA Champion and 14-time All-American competed in all four throwing events; shot put, discus, hammer and javelin from 1997-2000, where she still ranks in the UCLA all-time top-10 in each of those events. In Pac-10 competition, Sua won six individual titles and was a two-time Pac-10 Women's Track and Field Athlete of the Year. In NCAA competition, she won six Outdoor titles and one indoor crown. Sua won four consecutive discus crowns and became only the second woman in NCAA history to win four straight individual titles in the same event.
As a professional athlete, Sua has continued her collegiate success onto the National and World scene where she has been a member of two Olympic teams in the discus (2000 Sydney, 2004 Athens), four-time USATF National Champion in the discus, one-time USATF National Champion in the shot put and a three-time World Championships competitor. Sua has ranked in the top-10 in the Nation in the discus for eight consecutive years and had the No. 6 mark in the world in 2001. While competing in the shot put, she also ranked in the top-10 nationally for seven consecutive years. Sua graduated in 2001 with a degree in Sociology.
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