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PORTLAND STATE VIKINGS

2015 Track and Field Roster

Larry Lawson
Steve Brenner
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Larry Lawson
Larry Lawson
Larry Lawson

Baileh Simms

  • Class Sophomore
  • Highschool Garfield HS
  • Hometown Seattle, Wash.
  • Connect HS

Biography

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
Indoor:

- All-Big Sky performer in the long jump - 2nd (19-05.50, 5.93m) in 2014
- Ranks third all-time in the long jump - 19-07.50 (5.98m) - Armory Collegiate Invitational (2/7/14)
- Two-time Academic All-Big Sky (2014, 2015)
Outdoor:
- Second-team NCAA All-American in the long jump (15th in 2015)
- Two-time Big Sky champion in the long jump (2014, 2015)
- Part of Big Sky-champion 4x100-meter relay team (2014)
- Finished 12th in the long jump at the 2014 USATF Junior Outdoor Championships (7/6/14) - 19-00.00 (5.79m)
- NCAA National Qualifier in the long jump (2015)
- NCAA Regional Qualifier in the long jump (2015)
- Two-time NCAA Regional Qualifer in the 4x100-meter relay (2014, 2015)
- Holds the school, championship and Big Sky records in the long jump - 20-09.25 (6.33m) - Big Sky Championships (5/15/15)
- Part of school record-breaking 4x100-meter relay team - 44.96 - NCAA West Preliminary (5/30/15)
- Part of Big Sky Championship record-breaking 4x100-meter relay team - 45.11 - Big Sky Championships (5/17/14)
- Part of 4x100-meter relay team that ranks seventh all-time at Portland State - 46.07 - Victor Lopez Classic (3/29/14)
- Ranks tied for 10th all-time in the 100 meters at Portland State - 11.84 - Big Sky Championships (5/15/15)
- Two-time Academic All-Big Sky (2014, 2015)
- Two-time USTFCCCA All-Academic Honoree (2014, 2015)

PSU PERSONAL BESTS:
Indoor:

60m - 7.61 - Big Sky Championships (2/27/15)
200m - 26.25 - Husky Classic (2/14/14)
Long Jump - 19-07.50 (5.98m) - Armory Collegiate Invitational (2/7/14)
Outdoor:
100m - 11.84 - Big Sky Championships (5/15/15)
200m - 26.67 - Rose City Preview (3/21/15)
Long Jump - 20-09.25 (6.33m) - Big Sky Championships (5/15/15)

2015 OUTDOOR:
Second-team NCAA All-American in the long jump after finishing 15th in the event at the NCAA Outdoor Championships (6/10-13)...Youngest Viking athlete to ever earn NCAA All-American honors since the school went Division I...First national qualifier in the long jump in school history...One of two national qualifiers for the Vikings (Jasmine Woods in the 100 meters being the other), the first time two athletes have qualified for the national meet in program history...Broke the Portland State, Big Sky championship meet and conference records in the long jump while defending her Big Sky title in the event with a mark of 20-09.25 (6.33m)...Went into the NCAA West Preliminary (5/28-30) ranked fifth in the NCAA west and 17th in the nation in the long jump off her record jump at the Big Sky meet...Qualified for nationals in the long jump while placing 12th at the NCAA West Preliminary with a mark of 20-04.25 (6.20m)...Broke 20 feet in the long jump at the last three meets of the season, after never having done it before the Big Sky meet...Part of the Vikings' school record-breaking 4x100-meter relay team that finished in 44.96 seconds at the NCAA West Preliminary...Also scored for the Vikings with a sixth-place finish in the 100 meters at the Big Sky Outdoor Championships (5/16)...Set a new personal best in the 100 meters during the prelims of the event at the Big Sky meet, finishing in 11.84 seconds...Moved into a tie for 10th all-time in the 100 meters at Portland State with her time in the prelims of the Big Sky meet...Originally set a new personal best in the long jump at the Stanford Invitational (4/3), finishing with a mark of 19-08.00 (5.99m)...Won the long jump at the OSU High Performance meet (5/1) with a mark of 19-06.25 (5.95m).

2015 INDOOR:
Placed fifth in the long jump at the Big Sky Championships (2/27) with a seasonal-best mark of 19-00.75 (5.81m)...Also cracked 19 feet in the long jump with a mark of 19-00.00 (5.79m) at the Lobo Collegiate Invitational (1/24)...Competed in the 60 meters as well during the season...Finished the prelims of the 60 meters at the Big Sky meet in a personal-best 7.61 seconds.

2014 OUTDOOR:
Big Sky champion in the women’s long jump…Jumped a seasonal-best 19-05.25 (5.92m) in winning the Big Sky title in the long jump, moving her into a tie for fourth all-time in the event at Portland State…Also part of the Vikings’ Big Sky-champion 4x100-meter relay team that won the conference title in a school-record 45.11 seconds…Finished 12th in the long jump at the USATF Junior Outdoor Championships with her jump of 19-00.00 (5.79m)...Qualified for the NCAA West Preliminary meet in the 4x100-meter relay, and finished 20th at the meet in 46.39 seconds…Won the long jump at four of the eight meets at which she competed in the event, and placed second at two of the other four…Won the long jump at the Victor Lopez Classic (3/29) with a jump of 19-04.25 (5.90m)…Finished the collegiate season on a three-meet winning streak in the long jump, winning at the OSU High Performance meet (5/2), Oregon Twilight (5/9) and Big Sky Championships (5/16)…Surpassed 19 feet at five of the seven meets in which she competed in the long jump…Also competed in the 100 and 200 meters during the season…Ran the 100 at the Big Sky Championships (5/16), but didn’t qualify out of the preliminary heats despite running an all-conditions personal best of 11.77 seconds…Ran a wind-legal seasonal-best 11.99 seconds while placing sixth in the 100 at the Oregon Relays (4/19)…Ran a seasonal-best 27.23 seconds at the Mondo Mid-Major Challenge (4/12).

2014 INDOOR:
Earned All-Big Sky honors with a second-place finish in the long jump at the Big Sky Championships (2/28/14), jumping 19-05.50 (5.93m)…Set a personal best of 19-07.50 (5.98m) while placing second in the college division of the long jump at the Armory Collegiate Invitational (2/7/14)…Moved up to No. 3 all-time in the long jump with her jump at the Armory Collegiate Invitational…Set a personal best of 7.74 seconds in the college division prelims of the 60 meters at the Armory Collegiate Invitational…Set a personal best of 26.25 seconds in the 200 meters at the Husky Classic (2/14/14).

GARFIELD HIGH SCHOOL:
Washington 4A State long jump champion as a senior…Placed second in the 100 meters at the 4A state meet as a senior…Team placed third in state …Lettered in track and field (four years) and gymnastics (one year) at Garfield.
 
CLUB:
Competed for the High Voltage Track and Field club team in Seattle during her final three years at Garfield.
 
PERSONAL/MISCELLANEOUS:
Daughter of Justin Simms and Michelle Brown… Made the honor roll during all four years at Garfield…Lists dance and gymnastics as hobbies…Hopes to become a pediatrician or pediatric surgeon…Plans to major in health sciences, with a minor in pre-med.

Historical Player Information

  • 2014Freshman

    Sprints/Jumps
  • 2015Sophomore

    Sprints/Jumps
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