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Simpson-Sullivan, Tara
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Tara Simpson-Sullivan
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Ullswater Community College/Newton Rigg College
- Hometown:
- Penrith, England
Bio
Simpson-Sullivan's TFRRS Results
2024 NCAA Runner-Up - Hammer Throw
2024 Joyce Pounds Hardy Award Winner
ALL-TIME RICE RANKINGS (as of July 15, 2024)
No. 1 Weight Throw - 22.18m / 72-9.25 (2/18/23)
No. 1 Hammer Throw - 69.94m / 229-5 (6/6/24)
ALL-AMERICAN HONORS
2024 NCAA Outdoor First Team All-American (2nd-Hammer Throw)
2024 NCAA Indoor Second Team All-American (12th-Weight Throw)
2023 NCAA Outdoor First Team All-American (5th-Hammer Throw)
2023 NCAA Indoor Second Team All-American (14th-Hammer Throw)
2022 NCAA Outdoor Second Team All-American (14th-Hammer Throw)
2022 NCAA Indoor Second Team All-American (14th-Weight Throw)
2021 NCAA Outdoor First Team All-American (4th-Hammer Throw)
CONFERENCE TITLES
2024 AAC Outdoor (Hammer Throw)
2024 AAC Indoor (Weight Throw)
2023 C-USA Outdoor (Hammer Throw)
2023 C-USA Indoor (Weight Throw)
2022 C-USA Outdoor (Hammer Throw)
2022 C-USA Indoor (Weight Throw)
2021 C-USA Outdoor (Hammer Throw)
2020 C-USA Indoor (Weight Throw)
ALL-CONFERENCE HONORS
2024 AAC Outdoor Hammer Throw (1st)
2024 AAC Indoor Weight Throw (1st)
2023 C-USA Outdoor Hammer Throw (1st)
2023 C-USA Indoor Weight Throw (1st)
2022 C-USA Outdoor Hammer Throw (1st)
2022 C-USA Indoor Weight Throw (1st)
2021 C-USA Outdoor Hammer Throw (1st)
2021 C-USA Indoor Weight Throw (3rd)
2020 C-USA Indoor Weight Throw (1st)
SUPERLATIVES
C-USA Female Field Athlete of the Week (4/11/23)
C-USA Female Field Athlete of the Week (5/3/22)
C-USA Female Field Athlete of the Week (4/21/21)
AT MAJOR MEETS
2024 NCAA Outdoor Championships - 2nd, Hammer Throw, 69.94m (229-5)
2024 NCAA West Prelims - 8th, Hammer Throw, 62.65m (205-6)
2024 AAC Outdoor - 1st, Hammer Throw, 65.76m (215-9)
2024 NCAA Indoor Championships - 12th, Weight Throw, 20.92m (68-7.75)
2024 AAC Indoor - 1st, Weight Throw, 21.14m (69-4.25)
2023 NCAA Outdoor Championships - 5th, Hammer Throw, 67.00m (219-10)
2023 NCAA West Prelims - 4th, Hammer Throw, 66.66m (218-8)
2023 C-USA Outdoor - 1st, Hammer Throw, 67.86m (222-8)
2023 NCAA Indoor Championships - 14th, Weight Throw, 20.47m (67-2)
2023 C-USA Indoor - 1st, Weight Throw, 22.18m (72-9.25)
2022 NCAA Outdoor Championships - 14th, Hammer Throw, 65.86m (216-1)
2022 NCAA West Prelims - 5th, Hammer Throw, 67.87m (222-8)
2022 C-USA Outdoor - 1st, Hammer Throw, 69.39m (227-8)
2022 C-USA Outdoor - 11th, Discus, 41.34m (135-7)
2022 NCAA Indoor Championships - 14th, Weight Throw, 21.05m (69-0.75)
2022 C-USA Indoor - 1st, Weight Throw, 22.15m (72-8.00)
2021 British Championships - 1st, Hammer Throw, 67.38m (221-0)
2021 NCAA Outdoor Championships - 4th, Hammer Throw, 68.78m (225-8)
2021 NCAA West Prelims - 6th, Hammer Throw, 64.87m (212-10)
2021 C-USA Outdoor - 1st, Hammer Throw, 66.01m (216-7)
2021 C-USA Indoor - 3rd, Weight Throw, 18.28m (59-11.75)
2020 C-USA Indoor - 1st, Weight Throw, 19.45m (63-9.75)
ACADEMIC HONORS
2023-24 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
2023-24 AAC All-Academic
2022-23 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
2022-23 CSC All-District Team (T&F)
2022-23 C-USA All-Academic Team (T&F)
2022-23 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
2021-22 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
2021-22 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
2020-21 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
2020-21 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
2019-20 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
2019-20 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
2023-24
Indoor: Threw at four meets...Had her best finish at an NCAA indoor championship meet, finishing 12th in the weight throw and earning Second Team All-American honors...Claimed the AAC weight throw title at the AAC Championships...Outdoor: Competed at five meets...Was the national runner-up in the hammer throw earning First Team All-American honors after a personal best throw of 69.94m at the 2024 NCAA Championships in Eugene...The throw broke her own school record and set a new conference record...Was the AAC hammer throw champion, collecting her eighth conference title and sweeping all four years of hammer throw at conference meets...Qualified for the NCAA meet after finishing eighth at the NCAA West Prelims...Was named the Joyce Pounds Hardy Award winner, presented to the top female athlete at Rice.
2022-23
Indoor: Competed at eight meets...Earned her fifth C-USA event title with a personal best throw of 22/18m (breaking her own school record) in the weight throw at the C-USA Indoor Championships...Earned Second Team All-American honors with a 14th-place showing at the NCAA Championships...Won five event titles during the indoor season. Outdoor: Competed at seven meets...Earned First Team All-American honors with a fifth-place finish in the hammer throw at the NCAA Championships in Austin...Claimed the hammer throw title for the third-straight year at the C-USA Championships, her sixth title overall...Qualified for the NCAA Championships after a 4th-place showing at the NCAA West Prelims in Sacramento...Had a seventh-place finish at the 95th Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays.
2021-22
Indoor: Competed at five meets...earned USTFCCCA Second Team All-American honors with 14th place finish in the weight throw...won the C-USA weight throw crown with a season-best mark of 22.15m at the C-USA Championships...won a total of three weight throw competitions. Outdoor: Competed at seven meets...earned USTFCCCA Second Team All-American accolades with 14th place finish in the hammer throw at the NCAA Championships...placed fifth in the hammer throw at the NCAA West Prelims...won the C-USA crown in the hammer throw by breaking her own school record with a mark of 69.39m...won four hammer throw competitions.
2020-21
Indoor: Earned all-conference honors with a third place result (18.28m/59-11.75) in the weight throw at the C-USA Championships. Outdoor: Threw at 13 meets...concluded the year by winning the hammer throw at the British Championships...earned First Team All-American honors with a 4th place finish (68.78m/225-8) in the hammer throw at the NCAA Championships...placed sixth in the hammer at the NCAA West Prelims...won the hammer throw at the C-USA Championships with a toss of 66.01m (216-7)...broke her own school record in the hammer at the J. Fred Duckett Twilight with a mark of 68.91m (226-1)...won eight toal hammer throw competitions...was named the C-USA Female Athlete of the Week (4/21).
2019-20
Indoor: Competed at six meets...won a gold medal with a first place finish in the weight throw (19.44m) on her final attempt at the C-USA Championships, setting a new school record...also won the weight throw at the Howie Ryan Invitational...recorded a pair of second place finishes in the weight throw, including her collegiate debut at the Leonard Hilton Invitational.
HIGH SCHOOL
Graduated from Ullswater Community College (UCC)/Newton Rigg College in Penrith, Cumbria, England...competed for head coach Bob Halliwell...UCC's Sport Personality of the Year (2015)...UCC's Outstanding Achievment Award (2017)...Borded Harriers Female Athlete of the Year (2016)...Female Athlete of the Year for Wigan Harriers (2017-18).
PERSONAL
Parents: Tracy Simpson...one sister...Rice College: Hanszen...Major: Psychology.
2024 NCAA Runner-Up - Hammer Throw
2024 Joyce Pounds Hardy Award Winner
ALL-TIME RICE RANKINGS (as of July 15, 2024)
No. 1 Weight Throw - 22.18m / 72-9.25 (2/18/23)
No. 1 Hammer Throw - 69.94m / 229-5 (6/6/24)
ALL-AMERICAN HONORS
2024 NCAA Outdoor First Team All-American (2nd-Hammer Throw)
2024 NCAA Indoor Second Team All-American (12th-Weight Throw)
2023 NCAA Outdoor First Team All-American (5th-Hammer Throw)
2023 NCAA Indoor Second Team All-American (14th-Hammer Throw)
2022 NCAA Outdoor Second Team All-American (14th-Hammer Throw)
2022 NCAA Indoor Second Team All-American (14th-Weight Throw)
2021 NCAA Outdoor First Team All-American (4th-Hammer Throw)
CONFERENCE TITLES
2024 AAC Outdoor (Hammer Throw)
2024 AAC Indoor (Weight Throw)
2023 C-USA Outdoor (Hammer Throw)
2023 C-USA Indoor (Weight Throw)
2022 C-USA Outdoor (Hammer Throw)
2022 C-USA Indoor (Weight Throw)
2021 C-USA Outdoor (Hammer Throw)
2020 C-USA Indoor (Weight Throw)
ALL-CONFERENCE HONORS
2024 AAC Outdoor Hammer Throw (1st)
2024 AAC Indoor Weight Throw (1st)
2023 C-USA Outdoor Hammer Throw (1st)
2023 C-USA Indoor Weight Throw (1st)
2022 C-USA Outdoor Hammer Throw (1st)
2022 C-USA Indoor Weight Throw (1st)
2021 C-USA Outdoor Hammer Throw (1st)
2021 C-USA Indoor Weight Throw (3rd)
2020 C-USA Indoor Weight Throw (1st)
SUPERLATIVES
C-USA Female Field Athlete of the Week (4/11/23)
C-USA Female Field Athlete of the Week (5/3/22)
C-USA Female Field Athlete of the Week (4/21/21)
AT MAJOR MEETS
2024 NCAA Outdoor Championships - 2nd, Hammer Throw, 69.94m (229-5)
2024 NCAA West Prelims - 8th, Hammer Throw, 62.65m (205-6)
2024 AAC Outdoor - 1st, Hammer Throw, 65.76m (215-9)
2024 NCAA Indoor Championships - 12th, Weight Throw, 20.92m (68-7.75)
2024 AAC Indoor - 1st, Weight Throw, 21.14m (69-4.25)
2023 NCAA Outdoor Championships - 5th, Hammer Throw, 67.00m (219-10)
2023 NCAA West Prelims - 4th, Hammer Throw, 66.66m (218-8)
2023 C-USA Outdoor - 1st, Hammer Throw, 67.86m (222-8)
2023 NCAA Indoor Championships - 14th, Weight Throw, 20.47m (67-2)
2023 C-USA Indoor - 1st, Weight Throw, 22.18m (72-9.25)
2022 NCAA Outdoor Championships - 14th, Hammer Throw, 65.86m (216-1)
2022 NCAA West Prelims - 5th, Hammer Throw, 67.87m (222-8)
2022 C-USA Outdoor - 1st, Hammer Throw, 69.39m (227-8)
2022 C-USA Outdoor - 11th, Discus, 41.34m (135-7)
2022 NCAA Indoor Championships - 14th, Weight Throw, 21.05m (69-0.75)
2022 C-USA Indoor - 1st, Weight Throw, 22.15m (72-8.00)
2021 British Championships - 1st, Hammer Throw, 67.38m (221-0)
2021 NCAA Outdoor Championships - 4th, Hammer Throw, 68.78m (225-8)
2021 NCAA West Prelims - 6th, Hammer Throw, 64.87m (212-10)
2021 C-USA Outdoor - 1st, Hammer Throw, 66.01m (216-7)
2021 C-USA Indoor - 3rd, Weight Throw, 18.28m (59-11.75)
2020 C-USA Indoor - 1st, Weight Throw, 19.45m (63-9.75)
ACADEMIC HONORS
2023-24 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
2023-24 AAC All-Academic
2022-23 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
2022-23 CSC All-District Team (T&F)
2022-23 C-USA All-Academic Team (T&F)
2022-23 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
2021-22 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
2021-22 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
2020-21 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
2020-21 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
2019-20 USTFCCCA All-Academic Team
2019-20 C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
2023-24
Indoor: Threw at four meets...Had her best finish at an NCAA indoor championship meet, finishing 12th in the weight throw and earning Second Team All-American honors...Claimed the AAC weight throw title at the AAC Championships...Outdoor: Competed at five meets...Was the national runner-up in the hammer throw earning First Team All-American honors after a personal best throw of 69.94m at the 2024 NCAA Championships in Eugene...The throw broke her own school record and set a new conference record...Was the AAC hammer throw champion, collecting her eighth conference title and sweeping all four years of hammer throw at conference meets...Qualified for the NCAA meet after finishing eighth at the NCAA West Prelims...Was named the Joyce Pounds Hardy Award winner, presented to the top female athlete at Rice.
2022-23
Indoor: Competed at eight meets...Earned her fifth C-USA event title with a personal best throw of 22/18m (breaking her own school record) in the weight throw at the C-USA Indoor Championships...Earned Second Team All-American honors with a 14th-place showing at the NCAA Championships...Won five event titles during the indoor season. Outdoor: Competed at seven meets...Earned First Team All-American honors with a fifth-place finish in the hammer throw at the NCAA Championships in Austin...Claimed the hammer throw title for the third-straight year at the C-USA Championships, her sixth title overall...Qualified for the NCAA Championships after a 4th-place showing at the NCAA West Prelims in Sacramento...Had a seventh-place finish at the 95th Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays.
2021-22
Indoor: Competed at five meets...earned USTFCCCA Second Team All-American honors with 14th place finish in the weight throw...won the C-USA weight throw crown with a season-best mark of 22.15m at the C-USA Championships...won a total of three weight throw competitions. Outdoor: Competed at seven meets...earned USTFCCCA Second Team All-American accolades with 14th place finish in the hammer throw at the NCAA Championships...placed fifth in the hammer throw at the NCAA West Prelims...won the C-USA crown in the hammer throw by breaking her own school record with a mark of 69.39m...won four hammer throw competitions.
2020-21
Indoor: Earned all-conference honors with a third place result (18.28m/59-11.75) in the weight throw at the C-USA Championships. Outdoor: Threw at 13 meets...concluded the year by winning the hammer throw at the British Championships...earned First Team All-American honors with a 4th place finish (68.78m/225-8) in the hammer throw at the NCAA Championships...placed sixth in the hammer at the NCAA West Prelims...won the hammer throw at the C-USA Championships with a toss of 66.01m (216-7)...broke her own school record in the hammer at the J. Fred Duckett Twilight with a mark of 68.91m (226-1)...won eight toal hammer throw competitions...was named the C-USA Female Athlete of the Week (4/21).
2019-20
Indoor: Competed at six meets...won a gold medal with a first place finish in the weight throw (19.44m) on her final attempt at the C-USA Championships, setting a new school record...also won the weight throw at the Howie Ryan Invitational...recorded a pair of second place finishes in the weight throw, including her collegiate debut at the Leonard Hilton Invitational.
HIGH SCHOOL
Graduated from Ullswater Community College (UCC)/Newton Rigg College in Penrith, Cumbria, England...competed for head coach Bob Halliwell...UCC's Sport Personality of the Year (2015)...UCC's Outstanding Achievment Award (2017)...Borded Harriers Female Athlete of the Year (2016)...Female Athlete of the Year for Wigan Harriers (2017-18).
PERSONAL
Parents: Tracy Simpson...one sister...Rice College: Hanszen...Major: Psychology.
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