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Alia Mahuna

  • Class
    2018
  • Honors
    Track and Field (2016-2018)
Major: Media Studies
Hometown: Portland, OR
Career Highlights: Four-year letter winner for Women's Track and Field; MPSF All-Academic honor

2018 Track & field: Earned MPSF All-Academic honors…her times in the 60 meters and 100 meters ranked in the top-five in USF track & Field program history…opened the indoor season with a season best in the 60 meters at the UW Preview (Jan. 13), where she finished with a time of 8.69…had a personal and season best meet at the Sac State Open (May 5), finishing the 100 meters with a time of 13.68, while posting a mark of 28.11 in the 200 meters.

2017 Track & Field: Ran twice and threw the javelin four times for USF … recorded a season-best mark of 31.09 meters in the javelin at the Hornet Invitational on March 18 … raced to a season-best mark of 14.06 in the 100 meters in the Payton Jordan Invitational on May 5.

2016 Track & Field: Competed in seven meets for the Dons, throwing the javelin in each … posted a season-best in the season opener, hurling the javelin 31.16 meters to take 12th at the Johnny Mathis Invitational on Feb. 27 … finished third at the Stanford Twilight with a mark of 30.45 m on April 22.

High School and Personal: Competed as a varsity sprinter and a varsity thrower in high school...Named the Most Outstanding Female Thrower and the MVP Female Thrower in high school...Coached in high school by Nabih Saker...Also played four years of varsity basketball, one year as team captain...Daughter of Peter and Shawna.

Biography: Mahuna was on the track and field team for four years. Her times in the 60 meters and 100 meters rank in the top-five in USF track and field program history. In 2016 she hurled the javelin 31.16 meters to take 12th at the Johnny Mathis Invitational. Mahuna competed as a varsity sprinter and a varsity thrower at Westview High School in Portland, Oregon, and was named the Most Outstanding Female Thrower and the MVP Female Thrower in high school. 

Why Mahuna Chose USF: "I always wanted to live in San Francisco."

Favorite USF Memories: "I loved the peanut butter and jelly sandwiches in the training room, they were my favorite thing."

The USF Student-Athlete Experience: "Learning, growing, and pushing myself past my limits. It has served me well post-graduation."

Life After USF: Mahuna now resides in her hometown of Portland, Oregon and manages a start up company.
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