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Francine Simpson
Francine Simpson

Class:
Senior

Hometown:
Chapelton, Jamaica

High School:
Edwin Allen HS

Height:
5-6

Event:
Long Jump

05/16/2013

KU Track & Field Secures 35 Spots at NCAA West Prelim

Jayhawks to began drive through NCAA Championship Rounds starting May 23 in Austin, Texas

05/07/2013

KU Women Reclaim No. 1, Men Enter Ranks at No. 22

Jayhawk women No. 1 for fifth week in 2013, Men ranked in top-25 for first time

05/05/2013

Jayhawks Claim Title at Big 12 Outdoor Championships

Jayhawks crowned league champions for first time in program history.

05/04/2013

Pair of Big 12 Titles Propel KU into Lead at Big 12 Championships

Kansas women lead team standings going into final day, men in seventh.

05/01/2013

Kansas Sets Off to Waco for Big 12 Outdoor Championships

No. 2-ranked KU women vying for program's first outdoor conference title.

02/24/2012

Day One of the 2012 Big 12 Indoor Championships

Kansas Track and field at day one of the Big 12 Championships

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 11th-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 20th... Took 13th 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 22nd 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.

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