2022-23 Track & Field Roster
Biography
2023 Sun Belt Conference Indoor Champion (Long Jump)
2023 First Team All-SBC (Indoor)
2022 Sun Belt Conference Indoor Runner-Up (Long Jump)
2022 Second Team All-Sun Belt (Indoor)
2019 NCAA West Regionals Qualifier (4x100m Relay, Long Jump)
2023 OUTDOOR SEASON | SENIOR
Second in the 4x100-meter relay at the Beach Invitational (40.73) and at the Joe Walker Invite (40.27) … Placed ninth in the long jump at the Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays, jumping a wind-aided 7.43m (24-4.5).
2023 INDOOR SEASON | SENIOR
Sun Belt Conference champion in the long jump with a season-best leap of 7.54m (24-9) … Placed fourth at the Music City Challenge … Jumped 7.17m (23-6.25) to place eighth at the Texas Tech Open … Opened the season with a fourth-place finish at the Crimson and Gold Invitational.
2022 OUTDOOR SEASON | JUNIOR
Placed sixth in the long jump at the Sun Belt Conference Championships with a mark of 7.31m (23-11.75) … Jumped a personal-best 7.71m (25-3.5) to place second at the Red Wolves Open in the long jump, while also running a leg of A-State's first-place 4x100m relay squad.
2022Â INDOOR SEASON | JUNIOR
Earned silver at the Sun Belt Conference Championships in the long jump, leaping a personal-best 7.56m (24-9.75), while also placing eighth in the triple jump … Leaped a personal-best 14.96m (49-1.0) in the triple jump at the Music City Challenge … Placed third in the long jump at the Vanderbilt Invitational with a mark of 7.54m (24-9.0) … Runner-up in the long jump at the Crimson & Gold Invitational.
2021 OUTDOOR SEASON | SOPHOMORE
Jumped an outdoor-best 7.47m (24-6.25) at the Sun Belt Conference Championships … Placed second in the long jump at the Maroon and White Invite … Ran a personal-best 22.22 in the 200m at the UAB Spring Invitational.
2021 INDOOR SEASON
Placed fourth in the long jump at the Sun Belt Conference Championships … Runner-up in the long jump at the Division I Challenge … Ran personal bests in the 55m and 200m at the Scarlet and Black Invitational.
2020 INDOOR SEASON | SOPHOMORE
Fifth place in the long jump at the Sun Belt Conference Championships … Won the triple jump at the Green and Gold Invitational … Long jump champion at the Samford January Invite … Ran a personal-best 6.88 at the Crimson and Gold Invitational.
2019 OUTDOOR SEASON |Â FRESHMAN
Competed in the 4x100m relay and long jump at the NCAA West Prelims … Placed seventh in the 4x100m relay and eighth in the long jump at the Sun Belt Conference Championships … Finished third in the long jump and fourth in the triple jump at the Memphis Tiger Invitational … Top-three in the 4x100m relay (1st), long jump (2nd) and triple jump (3rd) at the Red Wolves Open … Jumped a personal-best 14.47m (47-5.75) at the Spec Towns Invitational.
2019 INDOOR SEASON |Â FRESHMAN
Finished fifth in the long jump at the Sun Belt Conference Championships … Won the triple jump and placed second in the long jump at the Scarlet and Black Invitational … Long jump champion at the A-State Invitational and Kickoff Klassic.
HIGH SCHOOL
Prepped at Central High School … Broke the school record in the long jump as a senior … TSSAA 300m hurdles state champion as a junior … Junior Olympics and TSSAA state champion in the triple jump as a sophomore
PERSONAL
Son of Valerie Thomas and Michael Simmons … Birthday is July 21 … Majoring in business
COLLEGIATE BESTS
Indoor |
55 meters |
6.51 |
Scarlet and Black Invitational (1/31/21) |
60 meters |
6.88 |
Crimson and Gold Invitational (12/7/19) |
200 meters |
22.42 |
Scarlet and Black Invitational (1/31/21) |
Long Jump |
7.56m (24-9.75) |
Sun Belt Conference Championships (2/21/22) |
Triple Jump |
14.96m (49-1) |
Music City Challenge (2/12/22) |
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Outdoor |
100 meters |
10.75 |
Bulldog Relays (3/23/19) |
200 meters |
21.91 |
Ole Miss Classic (12/30/19) |
Long Jump |
7.71m (25-3.5) |
Red Wolves Open (4/22/22) |
Triple Jump |
14.47m (47-5.75) |
Spec Towns Invitational (4/6/19) |
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Historical Player Information
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2018-19Freshman
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2019-20Sophomore
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2020-21Sophomore
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2021-22Junior
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2022-23Senior
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