Amber Simpson

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Amber Simpson, 2018-19 Women's Track and Field

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Position:
Throws
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Shotton, Flintshire, Wales

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Career
Thrower that has competed in indoor weight throw and outdoor discus and hammer … Has eight top-three performances (3 weight/5 hammer) … Has three titles in the hammer … Has improved her weight throw by more than seven feet over the two indoor seasons.

Honors
2019 NCAA East Preliminaries qualifier (hammer) … American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team (2018-19).

Outdoor
2020: Canceled due to pandemic ... 2019: Threw in eight meets, including the postseason … Logged five top-three finishes in the hammer .. Won three hammer crowns, with all three coming in her first three college outdoor meets (Rhodes College Invitational/Mississippi State’s Al Schmidt Bulldog Relays/Southeast Missouri’s Joey Haines Invitational) … Posted a personal-best in the hammer at Southeast Missouri’s Joey Haines Invitational … Had runner-up finishes in the hammer at Alabama’s Crimson Tide Invitational and the Memphis Tigers Invitational … Competed in the hammer at the American Athletic Conference Championships … Also threw in the discus in the season’s first two meets … Set a personal-best in the event at the Rhodes College Invitational

Indoor
2019-20: Competed exclusively in the weight throw in all six meets … Placed in the top-four of the event in five meets … Logged a third-place finish at South Alabama’s Jaguar Invitational … Threw a personal-best in her fourth-place performance at the American Athletic Conference Championships … 2018-19: Appeared in seven meets … Competed in the shot put and weight throw … Had two third-place performances in the weight throw at the Vanderbilt Indoor Opener and Arkansas State Invitational … Logged a personal-best in the shot put at Southeast Missouri’s Redhawks Open … Posted a season-best in the weight throw at the American Athletic Conference Championships … Scored points with a sixth-place finish in the event at the conference meet.