2014-15 Women's Indoor Track
Roster
Alea Simons
- Height:
- 5-4
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Piscataway, NJ
- High School:
- Piscataway
- Position:
- Sprint
| Career Highs | ||
| Event | Time | Date |
| 60m | 7.83 | MAAC Championships (2/21/15) |
| 200m | 26.64 | Valentine Invitational (2/13/15) |
AS A JUNIOR IN 2014-15:
- Was one of the Bobcats' steady sprinters who came up with new season-bests as the season continued to progress
- Placed 9th to open the year at the Yale Season Opener (12/6) with a time of 8.01 seocnds in the 60m dash
- Advanced to the finals of the 60m at the URI Coaches Invitational (2/7) and placed 7th overall with a time of 8.05 seconds
- Also took 10th place in the 200m at the URI Coaches Invitational with a time of 27.07 seconds
- Clocked in with a season-best time of 26.64 seconds in the 200m at the Valentine Invitational (2/13)
- Picked up a season-best time as well as the second-fastest 60m dash in program history with a time of 7.83 second to advace to the finals at the MAAC Championships (2/21)
- Placed 7th in the MAAC Championships with a time of 7.91 seconds in the 60m dash finals
- Crossed the line in 8.01 seconds of the 60m dash at the New England Championships (2/28) to take 22nd place
AS A SOPHOMORE IN 2013-14:
- Joined teammate Bonnie Pisciotta as the first two QU sprinters in program history to finish the 60m dash in less than eight seconds
- Started the year advancing to the finals of the 60m dash at the Yale Season Opener (12/7) with the first sub-eight second time of 7.97 seconds
- Finished the Yale Season Opener in 8th place in the 60m dash with a time of 8.08 seconds in the finals
- Advanced to the finals of the Great Dane Classic (1/17) where she took 15th place with a time of 8.10 seconds
- Qualified for the finals of the 60m dash at the Harvard Invitational (2/1) with a time of 7.98 seconds in the preliminaries
- Took 7th place in the 60m dash finals with a time of 8.10 seconds at the Harvard Invitational
- Posted a season-best time of 26.86 seconds in the 200m at the Terrier Invite (1/24)
- Posted a season-best time of 7.95 seconds in the 60m dash preliminaries to advance to the finals where she placed 7th at the MAAC Championships (2/21) with a time of 7.98 seconds
- Placed 22nd at the New England Championsips (2/28) with a time of 8.01 seconds in the 60m dash
AS A FRESHMAN IN 2012-13:
- Broke the school record in the 60m dash four times with the fastest time being 7.95 seconds at Dartmouth where she came in 3rd in the event
- Competed in the 200m event at BU and finished in 26.72 second
- Competed in the semifinals at the NEC Championships in the 60m dash and finished in 7.98 seconds
BEFORE QUINNIPIAC:
- Graduated from Piscataway High School in New Jersey
- Lettered in track for three seasons and also played varsity soccer for two years
- Played on the girl’s soccer team that finished 16-4-2 and won the Middlesex County Championship
- She placed fourth in the 55m dash at the Greater Middlesex Conference Championship
- Placed fourth in the 55m dash at the NJSIAA North 2, Group IV Sectional Championship
- Member of the Greater Middlesex Conference Girls Winter Track All-Star Team
- Placed fifth in the 100m dash at the NJSIAA North 2, Group IV Section Sectional Championship
- Placed eighth in the 100m dash at the NJSIAA Group IV Championship
- Also placed 21st in the 100m dash and seventh in the 4x100m relay at the NJSIAA Meet of Championships
PERSONAL:
- Born in New Brunswick, N.J. and raised in Piscataway, N.J.
- Daughter of Calvin and Ayesha Simmons
- Has one older sister Maya
- Plans to major in History with a minor in Accounting.
