2017 Track & Field Roster
Roster
Eric Simpson
- Position:
- Sprints/Hurdles
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Puyallup, Wash.
- High School:
- Rogers
2018: Completed a full season indoors in the 60m hurdles then competed twice outdoors … the top 60m hurdler on the squad once again, posting a season-best time of 8.22 seconds at the UW Indoor Preview … competed at the MPSF Championships, finishing 17th overall in 8.50 … made the Husky Classic 60m hurdles final, placing seventh in 8.33 … also clocked an 8.37 at the UW Indoor Open … outdoors, ran the 110m hurdles at the UW-WSU Dual, placing fourth in 14.67 … 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 … 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 … best wind-legal mark of the season was 14.47 seconds at the OSU High Performance Meet where he was third … also ran 14.49 at the Beach Invitational for seventh … fourth in the 110m hurdles at the UW-WSU Dual … 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 … was 10th in the MPSF Championships in the 60m hurdles in 8.16 seconds … 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 … 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 … had a wind-aided best of 14.39 seconds at the UW-WSU Dual to take second in the hurdles … won the 110m hurdles at the Ken Shannon Invite in 14.68 … clocked a 14.55 at the Mt. SAC Relays … third in the high hurdles at the Pepsi Team Invite in 14.72 seconds … indoors, ran at the MPSF Championships, taking 13th overall in the 60m hurdles in 8.27 seconds … 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 … scored at the UW-WSU Dual in the 110m hurdles, finishing third in 14.70 seconds … ran a season-best 14.64 for the high hurdles at the Mt. SAC Relays … got the win at the Ken Shannon Invitational in his season finale, running 14.74 seconds … fourth in the 400m hurdles at the Pepsi Team Invite in a season-best 58.44 … 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 … was ninth in the 60m hurdles at the Husky Classic in 8.35 seconds.
High School and Personal: Born in Spanaway, Washington … parents are Mary and Harold Simpson … has one younger sister, Courtney … won back-to-back 4A state titles in the 110m hurdles, winning every high hurdles race his senior year through the state meet … 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 … got a win in the hurdles at the 2014 Arcadia Invite in 14.11 seconds … took fourth in the 110m hurdles at the 2014 Brooks PR Invite in 14.12 … also took second at state as a senior in the 4x100m relay and 11th in the 4x400m relay … clocked his 110m hurdles best of 14.03 seconds in a win at districts in 2013 … named Tacoma Athletic Council Track Athlete of the Year as a senior and SPSL South Track Athlete of the Year … 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
