# Kasandra Vegas

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{{MedalBronze| [2015 Port Moresby](/source/Athletics_at_the_2015_Pacific_Games) |Discus}}
{{MedalBronze| [2015 Port Moresby](/source/Athletics_at_the_2015_Pacific_Games) |Hammer throw}}
{{MedalCompetition|[Oceania Championships](/source/Oceania_Area_Championships_in_Athletics)}}
{{MedalBronze| [2015 Cairns](/source/2015_Oceania_Athletics_Championships) |Hammer throw}}
{{MedalBronze| [2014 Rarotonga](/source/2014_Oceania_Athletics_Championships) |Discus}}
{{MedalBronze| [2014 Rarotonga](/source/2014_Oceania_Athletics_Championships) |Hammer throw}}
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'''Kasandra Salamasina Le Tafa’ifa Vegas''' (born 1 March 1991) is a [Samoan American](/source/Samoan_Americans) athlete who has represented [Samoa](/source/Samoa) at the [Pacific Games](/source/Pacific_Games).

Vegas is from [Honolulu](/source/Honolulu), [Hawaii](/source/Hawaii), and was educated at [Kamehameha High School](/source/Kamehameha_Schools) and [Northern Arizona University](/source/Northern_Arizona_University), where she majored in sports medicine and exercise science.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://nauathletics.com/sports/track-and-field/roster/kasandra-vegas/1616 |title= Kasandra Vegas  |publisher=NAU |access-date=17 July 2022}}</ref> In 2013 she was named a finalist for the [National Collegiate Athletic Association](/source/National_Collegiate_Athletic_Association) women of the year award.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.foxsports.com/stories/other/naus-kasandra-vegas-a-finalist-for-ncaa-woman-of-the-year |title=NAU's Kasandra Vegas a finalist for NCAA Woman of the Year |work=Fox Sports |date=1 August 2013 |access-date=17 July 2022}}</ref> She later studied for a master's degree in international public health at the [University of Sydney](/source/University_of_Sydney) in [Australia](/source/Australia).<ref name=SO2016a>{{cite web |url=https://www.samoaobserver.ws/category/samoa/1366 |title=Kasandra's long shot at making Olympics |publisher=Samoa Observer |date=23 July 2016 |access-date=17 July 2022}}</ref>

She represented Samoa at the [2014 Oceania Athletics Championships](/source/2014_Oceania_Athletics_Championships) in [Rarotonga](/source/Rarotonga), winning bronze in both the discus and hammer throw.<ref>{{cite news |title=Hawaii Beat |work=Honolulu Star-Advertiser |page= |date=9 August 2014 |author= |via=EBSCOHost}}</ref> She won another bronze at the [2015 championships](/source/2015_Oceania_Athletics_Championships) in [Cairns](/source/Cairns). At the [2015 Pacific Games](/source/2015_Pacific_Games) in [Port Moresby](/source/Port_Moresby), [Papua New Guinea](/source/Papua_New_Guinea) she won bronze in both the discus and hammer throw.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pg2015.gems.pro/Result/Event_Single.aspx?Event_GUID=4804512b-4c4c-4acf-b1a0-48003ffb7389&SetLanguage=en-GB&Section= |title=Athletics: Discus: Female |publisher=XV Pacific Games |access-date=17 July 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://pg2015.gems.pro/Result/Event_Single.aspx?Event_GUID=664a3a00-10fc-4073-a9a0-c4f990c98160&SetLanguage=en-GB&Section= |title=Athletics: Hammer: Female |publisher=XV Pacific Games |access-date=17 July 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.loopsamoa.com/content/double-clean-sweep-host-nation-rounds-third-night-pacific-games-athletics |title=Double clean sweep for host nation rounds off third night of Pacific Games athletics |publisher=Loop Samoa |date=16 July 2015 |access-date=17 July 2022}}</ref> She had hoped to be selected for the Samoan team for the [2016 Summer Olympics](/source/2016_Summer_Olympics) in [Rio de Janeiro](/source/Rio_de_Janeiro), [Brazil](/source/Brazil),<ref>{{cite news |title=The Honolulu Star-Advertiser Ferd's Words column |work=Honolulu Star-Advertiser |date=11 August 2015 |author=Ferd Lewis |via=EBSCOHost}}</ref><ref name=SO2016a/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.samoaobserver.ws/category/samoa/6640 |title=Trip of special moments |publisher=Samoa Observer |author=Pai Mulitalo Ale |date=13 January 2016 |access-date=17 July 2022}}</ref> but failed to qualify.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.samoaobserver.ws/category/samoa/9704 |title=Olympic hopes dashed |publisher=Samoa Observer |author=Deidre Fanene |date=28 July 2016 |access-date=17 July 2022}}</ref>

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Category:1991 births
Category:Living people
Category:21st-century American sportswomen
Category:American women discus throwers
Category:American women hammer throwers
Category:American people of Samoan descent
Category:Sportspeople of Samoan descent
Category:Kamehameha Schools alumni
Category:Northern Arizona University alumni
Category:Pacific Games bronze medalists for Samoa
Category:Pacific Games medalists in athletics
Category:Sportspeople from Honolulu
Category:University of Sydney alumni

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