She enjoyed a successful New Zealand Rowing Championships regatta earlier this month, picking up a bronze medal in the women’s senior coxless four alongside Robyn van Dijk, Mila Graham and Madeline Cox.
Su’a joined the Otago University Rowing Club last year and was selected to represent NZ Universities at the Australasian Universities Regatta in Brisbane.
Otago University Rowing also has a long-term arrangement to race at a regatta in Shenyang, China, and Su’a was selected to participate in this event last winter before returning to Whanganui for the summer season.
Su’a trialled but was not selected for the NZ under-21 crew a year ago.
She continued to develop over the next 12 months, with experiences gained at Otago and the club season culminating in the NZ Rowing Championships a week ago, where she gained a bronze medal in the very competitive senior quad scull with her three Aramoho Whanganui crew mates.
Su’a said she was proud of her Samoan heritage and acknowledged the family support she received, as well as from the wider Aramoho Whanganui Rowing Club and coaches who had been instrumental in her development.
Aramoho Whanganui will have four female athletes wearing the NZ singlet this year.
Last week, Georgia Nugent-O’Leary was named to race in the NZ women’s quad at the infamous “Regatta of Death” at Lucerne in May, where a first or second placing will ensure the boat will start at the Paris Olympics.
Kerri Williams and sister Jackie Gowler have made the final selection for the women’s coxless four crew for the Paris Olympics, an event New Zealand qualified for at the World Rowing Championships in 2023.
Su’a and the rest of the team will compete at the 2024 under-21 Pacific Regatta in Sydney in late May/early June.
