University of California Athletics

TFFRS Results

2016: Finished third in the hammer throw at the Pac-12 Championships with a mark of 192-11 … qualified for NCAA regionals where she placed 15th (198-3) … set her PR in a runner-up showing at the Payton Jordan Invitational (200-4) ... mark puts her fourth in Cal history in the event… during the indoor season, was 15th in the weight throw at the MPSF meet (53-10.25).

2014: Indoor: Placed 10th in the weight throw at the MPSF Championships in Seattle with a season-best throw of 54-2 ... Finished seventh at the Weber State Open in the weight throw ... Outdoor: Finished as the top freshman (15th) at the NCAA Preliminaries in the hammer throw with a mark of 187-2 ... Placed sixth at the Pac-12 Championship with a personal-best hammer throw of 195-1 ... Finished in the top 10 in the hammer throw in 11 of 12 meets during the year, including second at the BYU Cougar Invitational and Utah Spring Classic, third at the BYU Robison Invitational, and fourth at the ASU Invitational, Longhorn Invitational and Bryan Clay Invitational.

High School: Posted a personal-record 60.94 meters with team Finland at the European Athletics U-23 Championships in 2013 ... Qualified for the European Athletics Junior Championships in 2011 ... Placed fourth at the Nordic Junior Championships in 2011 ... Was a two-time silver and two-time bronze-winner at the Finnish Junior Championships ... Finnish high school champion in 2010.

Personal: Daughter of Mirkka and Jouko Kaaja ... Has a younger sister Elsa ... Is on a pre-med track ... Enjoys water sports and hiking.