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PORTLAND STATE VIKINGS

2026 Track & Field Roster

Akanesi Latu-Alves (She/Her)

  • Position Sprints/Jumps
  • Class Sophomore
  • Hometown East Palo Alto, Calif.
  • High School Saint Francis HS

Biography

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:

Awards:

- Academic All-Big Sky (2025 Indoor)
 

PERSONAL BESTS:

Indoor:

60m - 8.39 - UW Preview (1/17/25)
200m - 28.06 - Portland Indoor 1 (1/26/25)
Long Jump - 15-00.75 (4.59m) - Spokane Invitational (12/14/24)

Outdoor:

100m - 13.32 - L&C Electric Forest Opener (3/8/25
200m - 27.86 - Dual vs. Archbishop Mitty (4/17/24; PSU Best: 27.89 - L&C Electric Forest Opener, 3/8/25)
400m - 1:10.26 - Dual vs. St. Ignatius HS (3/13/24)
Long Jump - 16-06 (5.02m) - WCAL Championships (5/3/24; PSU Best: 16-07.00 (5.05m) - L&C Electric Forest Opener, 3/8/25)
Triple Jump - 31-06.50 (9.61m) - Dual vs. Archbishop Mitty (4/17/24)
 

2025 OUTDOOR:

Set personal bests in the 100 meters (13.32) and long jump (16-07.00, 5.05m) at the L&C Electric Forest Opener (3/8).
 

2025 INDOOR:

Lowered her indoor best in the 200 meters to 28.06 seconds at the Portland Indoor 1 (1/26)...Set a new personal best in the 60 meters at the UW Preview (1/17), finishing in 8.39 seconds...Competed in the 60 meters (8.47) and long jump (15-00.75, 4.59m) at the Spokane Invitational (12/14)...Made her PSU debut while running the 200 meters in 28.62 seconds at the PSU vs. UP Dual Meet (11/25).
 

SAINT FRANCIS HIGH SCHOOL:

Four-year letterwinner in both track & field and rugby…Placed third in the triple jump as a senior at the 2024 WCAL Championships…Won a WCAL conference title with her team’s 4x100-meter relay squad in 2023…Tom Tuite Award winner…Captained her varsity track team…Four-time WCAL girls champion with her rugby team.
 

PERSONAL/MISCELLANEOUS:

Daughter of Tina Latu, who was a rugby player herself…Has two brothers, To’a and Yosheyah…Earned the Student Engagement Leadership award at her high school…She is the first in her family to go to college…Avid reader…Hopes to become a lawyer…Plans on majoring in political science or pre-law.

Historical Player Information

  • 2025Freshman

    Sprints/Jumps
  • 2026Sophomore

    Sprints/Jumps
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