Zaria Opara
Zaria Opara
Title: Track & Field
Year: Jr
Hometown: Carnation, WA
High School: Lake Washington HS

2022
All-SCIAC in the hammer throw… Competed at 12 meets… Won the hammer throw at 6 separate meets and finished in the top 4 at every meet… Finished 1st in the shot put and discus at the Moorpark Open… Won all three events; the shot put, discus and hammer throw at the SCIAC Multi Dual #2… Set career longs of 11.26m in the shot put, 40.62m in the discus, and 51.01m in the hammer throw.

2021
ALL-SCIAC in the shot put… Won the shot put (10.66 meters) and was the runner-up in the discus (35.78m) and hammer (39.08m) at the SCIAC Championships… Won the shot put in all three meets she competed in during her sophomore season.

2020 
In her freshman season, competed in the discus, hammer throw, and shot put… in the nation, she ranked second in the discus with 38.90 meters, third in the hammer throw with 41.86, and 10th in the shot put with 9.85.

Lake Washington High School ‘19
Competed for the Kangaross in the 2A/3A Kingco league… was a member of the basketball, track & field and volleyball teams… earned four letters in track 7 field and two in basketball… individual high school honors include volleyball captain (1 Year), basketball captain (3 Years) Basketball Most Improved/MVP (Sophomore Year), Basketball Most Spirited (Freshmen Year) track and field captain (1 Year), Track and Field Most Improved (Sophomore Year) Thrower of the year (3 years). track and field state for discus (15th place junior year, 6th place senior year), 3rd on record board for discus, 8th on record board for shot put… team honors include first in Kingco (track and field, 2 Years) Kingco Champs (track and field, 3 years) Kingco champs (basketball, 1 year)… academic achievements include ASB Spirit Commissioner, Diversity Forum Head Website Editor. 

Personal
Hometown is Carnation, WA… parents are Nicholas and Symone… biblings are Ndidi (16), Nicholas (15), Henri (10), Ema (10)… majoring in biology… volunteered as Life Guard/Swim Instructor at local pool, Loyalty Club (Community Service organization).