2017 Track & Field Roster
Roster
Eric Simpson
- Position:
- Sprints/Hurdles
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Puyallup, Wash.
- High School:
- Rogers
2018: Completed a full season indoors in the 60m hurdles then competed twice outdoors โฆ the top 60m hurdler on the squad once again, posting a season-best time of 8.22 seconds at the UW Indoor Preview โฆ competed at the MPSF Championships, finishing 17th overall in 8.50 โฆ made the Husky Classic 60m hurdles final, placing seventh in 8.33 โฆ also clocked an 8.37 at the UW Indoor Open โฆ outdoors, ran the 110m hurdles at the UW-WSU Dual, placing fourth in 14.67 โฆ also raced at the Mt. SAC Relays, going 14.64.
2017: Reached the Pac-12 Championships finals in the 110m hurdles for the second year in a row, picking up a sixth-place finish โฆ ran 14.31 with a 2.3 tailwind in the Pac-12 prelims to reach the hurdles final, then ran 14.50 in the final to take sixth โฆ best wind-legal mark of the season was 14.47 seconds at the OSU High Performance Meet where he was third โฆ also ran 14.49 at the Beach Invitational for seventh โฆ fourth in the 110m hurdles at the UW-WSU Dual โฆ indoors, lowered his 60-meter hurdles PR to 8.13 seconds, which he ran at the UW Indoor Preview and again in the Husky Classic โฆ was 10th in the MPSF Championships in the 60m hurdles in 8.16 seconds โฆ third in the UW Invitational finals in 8.15 seconds.
2016: Set personal bests and made his first Pac-12 final in the 110m hurdles โฆ highlight of his season was setting a PR of 14.43 seconds in the 110m hurdles prelims to make the Pac-12 hurdles final, where he finished eighth in 14.60 โฆ had a wind-aided best of 14.39 seconds at the UW-WSU Dual to take second in the hurdles โฆ won the 110m hurdles at the Ken Shannon Invite in 14.68 โฆ clocked a 14.55 at the Mt. SAC Relays โฆ third in the high hurdles at the Pepsi Team Invite in 14.72 seconds โฆ indoors, ran at the MPSF Championships, taking 13th overall in the 60m hurdles in 8.27 seconds โฆ twice ran season-bests of 8.26 seconds at the UW Invitational and again at the Husky Classic.
2015: Ran a full season indoors and out in the hurdles, focusing on the 60m hurdles indoors and running both the 110m hurdles and 400m hurdles outdoors โฆ scored at the UW-WSU Dual in the 110m hurdles, finishing third in 14.70 seconds โฆ ran a season-best 14.64 for the high hurdles at the Mt. SAC Relays โฆ got the win at the Ken Shannon Invitational in his season finale, running 14.74 seconds โฆ fourth in the 400m hurdles at the Pepsi Team Invite in a season-best 58.44 โฆ indoors, competed in the MPSF Championships, finishing 11th in the 60m hurdles with a season-best time of 8.25 seconds, and also ran on the 4x400m relay which took ninth โฆ was ninth in the 60m hurdles at the Husky Classic in 8.35 seconds.
High School and Personal: Born in Spanaway, Washington โฆ parents are Mary and Harold Simpson โฆ has one younger sister, Courtney โฆ won back-to-back 4A state titles in the 110m hurdles, winning every high hurdles race his senior year through the state meet โฆ also won his first 300m hurdles title as a senior in 2014, running a PR of nearly a full second in the finals of 37.78 โฆ got a win in the hurdles at the 2014 Arcadia Invite in 14.11 seconds โฆ took fourth in the 110m hurdles at the 2014 Brooks PR Invite in 14.12 โฆ also took second at state as a senior in the 4x100m relay and 11th in the 4x400m relay โฆ clocked his 110m hurdles best of 14.03 seconds in a win at districts in 2013 โฆ named Tacoma Athletic Council Track Athlete of the Year as a senior and SPSL South Track Athlete of the Year โฆ graduated with a 3.96 GPA.
Major Meets
2015 MPSF - 11th, 60m Hurdles | 9th, 4x400m
2016 MPSF - 13th, 60m Hurdles
2016 Pac-12 - 8th, 110m Hurdles
2017 MPSF - 10th, 60m Hurdles
2017 Pac-12 - 6th, 110m Hurdles
2018 MPSF - 17th, 60m Hurdles
Outdoor Bests
110m Hurdles.......14.31w / 14.43
400m Hurdles.......57.83
Indoor Bests
60m Hurdles.......8.13
