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2024-25 Men's Track & Field Roster

Kai Aravena

  • Position Throws
  • Ht./Wt. 5-9 / 225
  • Class Junior
  • Major Business (Leonard N. School of Business)
  • Hometown Melbourne, FL
  • High School Rockledge

Biography

Career Results (TFRRS)
2024-25
  • Competed in nine meets
  • Notched a personal best and placed 15th in the shot put (10.89m) at the UAA Indoor Championships (3/1)
  • Finished in fifth place with a mark of 44.39m in the javelin throw at the Metropolitan Outdoor Championships (4/4)
2023-24
  • Competed in eight meets
  • Placed 14th and notched a personal best in the shot put (10.79m) at the UAA Indoor Championships (2/24)
  • Finished fifth in the javelin throw (44.34m) at the Emory Thrills in the Hills Invitational (3/22)
  • UAA Winter All-Academic
  • Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar Second Team
  • CSC Academic All-District
2022-23
  • Competed in nine meets
  • Achieved a season best in the shot put (10.60m) at the UAA Indoor Championships (2/25)
  • Posted a season best in the javelin (49.10m) at the Ramapo Invitational (3/31)
  • Notched a season best in the discus (29.52m) at the Metropolitan Championships (4/8)
Personal
  • Working towards his Master’s in Accounting through the Stern BS/MS program
  • Minoring in American Sign Language
  • Four-year track & field, baseball and swimming team member in high school
  • Enjoys fantasy football, working out, reading, TV & movies, and collecting vinyl records
  • Aspires to become a salary cap manager for the NFL
Aravena on NYU
  • Chose NYU for the “incredible education that fits my desires for what I wish to accomplish, as well as life in the city.”

Historical Player Information

  • 2023Freshman

    Throws
    5'9" 205 lbs
  • 2024Sophomore

    Throws
    5'9" 205 lbs
  • 2024-25Junior

    Throws
    5'9" 225 lbs