Francine Simpson

Class: Senior Hometown: Chapelton, Jamaica High School: Edwin Allen HS

Height: 5-6 Event: Long Jump

Updated Personal Results

2012 OUTDOOR
Earned First Team All-America honors after finishing fourth at the NCAA Championships (6/7), her top jump a mark of 6.57 meters (21-06.75 ft.), her best wind-legal leap of the season... Claimed conference title at the Big 12 Championships (5/12) where she recorded a wind-aided mark of 6.67 meters (21-10.75 ft.), the best jump in any condition in school history... Won the long jump at the UTEP Invitational, notching a wind-aided mark of 6.59 meters (21-7.50 ft.)... Member of school record-breaking 4x100-meter relay team which finished fourth at the Big 12 Championships (5/12) with a time of 43.73... Finished fourth at the NCAA West Prelims (5/24), leaping to a top distance of 6.55 meters (21-06 ft.).

2012 INDOOR

Earned her way onto All-America First Team list after finishing sixth at the NCAA Championships (3/9), setting a team and personal best jump of 6.39 meters (20-11.75 ft.)... Conference champion in the long jump after hitting a mark of 6.29 meters (20-07.25 ft.)... Finished as the runner-up at the New Balance Invitational (2/3) after her leap of 6.32 meters (20-08.75 ft.)... Won the long jump at the Husky Classic (2/11) where she hit a mark at 6.28 meters (20-07.25 ft.)... Took part in the 60 meters at the Big 12 Championships (2/24) and was able to clock in with a personal-best time of 7.51 en route to an 11^th-place finish.

2011 OUTDOOR
Hit the fourth-best long jump mark in school history at the Texas Relays (4/8), finishing second with a mark of 6.47m (21-02.75 ft.)... Competed in the long jump at the NCAA West Preliminary (5/26), hitting a distance of 5.92m (19-05.25 ft.) to place 20^th... Took 13^th in the long jump at the Big 12 Outdoor Championships (5/14) with a mark of 5.85m (19-02.50 ft.)... Took the long jump title at the John Jacobs Invitational (4/16) with a top mark of 6.36m (20-10.50 ft.).

2011 INDOOR
Finished fourth in the long jump at the Big 12 Indoor Championships (2/25) with a mark of 6.16m (20-02.50 ft.)... Best long jump mark of the season came in a fourth-place finish at the New Balance Invitational (2/4) with a leap of 6.22m (20-05.00 ft.)... Competed in the 200 meters at the Big 12 Championships (2/25), placing 22^nd with a time of 25.24... Took the long jump title at the Missouri vs. Kansas Dual (1/14) with a leap of 6.04m (19-09.50 ft.)... Ran a 7.60 60 meters at the Missouri vs. Kansas Dual (1/14), finishing second.

HIGH SCHOOL
Holds Attended Edwin Allen High School record in long jump.

PERSONAL
Daughter of Laurel Thomas... Has two brothers... Majoring in applied behavioral sciences.