University of South Alabama Athletics

2018: Outdoor— Had a season-best discus throw of 50.22m at the Sun Belt Conference Championships … Finished third in the discus at the Southern Miss Open (49.21m) and Tiger Track Classic (48.90m) … Won the South Alabama Invitational discus throw with a 49.44m mark and placed third in the hammer throw with a 51.05m mark … Picked up victories in the hammer (52.05m) and discus (44.82m) events at the University of Mobile Invitational … Earned top-five finishes at Samford’s Alabama Track Challenge with a 45.64m discus throw and a 53.89m hammer throw … Finished third among collegians in the Jaguar Classic discus event with a 46.17m effort and second among collegians with a 48.87m discus mark at the Jaguar Opener. Indoor— Placed fifth in the weight throw at the Sun Belt Conference Championships (18.41m, the third-best mark in Jaguar history) and Samford Invite (17.91m) … Earned a fourth-place finish at the Jaguar Invitational with a 17.49m weight throw … Took the runner-up spot with a 17.16m weight throw mark at the Samford January Invitational … Finished first among collegians and second overall at the Commodore Invitational after a 16.74m weight throw. 

2017: Outdoor— Placed fifth in the Jaguar Opener discus throw (47.94m) and sixth in the hammer throw (54.26m). Indoor— Earned second in the weight throw with a 18.10m mark at the Sun Belt Championships, a career best  ... Placed 11th in the Samford Invite with a 15.93m weight throw ... Had a 16.82m weight throw mark at the South Alabama Invitational ... Placed 14th in the Vanderbilt Invitational weight throw (15.69m) ... Started the season with a ninth-place finish in the weight throw (14.90m) at the UAB Blazer Invitational. 

2016: Outdoor— Threw a personal-best 51.41m in the discus to place fifth at the Jace LaCoste- Mississippi State Invitational … Placed 11th with a 47.34m throw in the  hammer at the John Mitchell Alabama Relays. Indoor— Finished eighth at the Samford Invitational with a weight throw of 16.73m … Finished eighth in the weight throw (16.83m) at the Jaguar Invitational.

2015: Did not compete as a redshirt freshman.

High School: Lettered in football for two years and track and field for four years at Pine Forest High School in Pensacola, Fla. … Left program holding the school record for the discus (189’6”).

Personal: Full name is Siope Tafengamonu Finau … Born March 2, 1996, in Tonga … Son of Arona and Iunisi Finau … Has three brothers and two sisters … Favorite sports team is the New Zealand All Blacks rugby team … Favorite athlete is Sonny Bill Williams … Lists his favorite hobby as staying active.

Major: Exercise Science