- Aaron
- Simpson
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- Event
- Sprints/Hurdles
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- Class
- Senior
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- High School/Other
- Western Branch
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- Hometown
- Chesapeake, Va.
Updated: May 31, 2017
2017 outdoor: Participated in the 110-meter hurdles at the ACC Championships, placing 10th ... Competed in the 110 hurdles at four different meets during the regular season, finishing with a season-best time of 14.64 seconds at the Tennessee Relays.
2017 indoor: Placed fifth overall in the 60-meter hurdle event at the ACC Championships, earning second-team all-league honors … Won the 60 hurdles with a lifetime-best mark of 8.05 seconds at the Virginia Tech Challenge - the sixth-fastest time in the event in school history … Raced to a sixth-place finish in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.11 seconds at the Music City Challenge ... Placed sixth in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.24 at the Bob Pollock Invitational ... Was fifth in the 60-meter hurdles at the Hokie Invitational with a time of 8.20 seconds … Came in fourth in the 60-meter hurdles at the Virginia Tech Invitational with a time of 8.23 seconds.
2016 outdoor: Placed fourth in the 110-meter hurdles at the Liberty Twilight Qualifier after setting a PR of 14.46 in the preliminary round … Finished second in the 110-meter hurdles at the Highlander Invite with a time of 14.59 seconds … Came in 13th in the 100-hurdles at the War Eagle Invite with a time of 14.57 … Was sixth in the 110-meter hurdles at the Charlotte Invite with a personal-best time of 14.59 seconds … Ran the 110-meter hurdles in 14.69 seconds in the 110-meter hurdles at the Florida Relays … Won the 110-meter hurdles at the Hurricane Invitational with a time of 14.78 seconds.
2016 indoor: Finished 13th in the 60-meter hurdles at the ACC Championships with a time of 8.26 seconds.
2015 outdoor: Competed in the 110-meter hurdles at seven meets, including the ACC Championships where he recorded a personal-best time of 14.72.
2015 indoor: Posted a season-best time of 8.35 seconds at the Hokie Invitational in the 60-meter hurdles.
2014 outdoor: Posted a season-best time of 15.58 seconds in the 100-meter hurdles at the Raleigh Relays.
2014 indoor: Hit a season-best time of 8.48 seconds in the 60-meter hurdles.
High school: Four-time letter winner at Western Branch … Three-time all-district selection, three-time all-region selection and three-time all-state selection … Four-time All-American in the shuttle hurdles … Two-time District Champion and two-time State Champion in 55m hurdles and 110m hurdles … 2012 New Balance Outdoor National Champion in the Shuttle Hurdle Relay … Was a member of the National Honor Society.
Personal: Born March 13, 1995 … Son of Selander Simpson and Connie Askew … Has one sister … Majoring in criminology.
Indoor | Outdoor |
200m - 24.21, Marshall Invitational (2015) 60m hurdles - 8.05, VT Challenge (2017) |
110 hurdles - 14.48, Liberty Twilight (2016) |