Derrick Simmons

Class:
Fifth Year
Hometown:
Queens, N.Y.
High School:
Poly Prep Country Day
Position:
Distance
Major:
Psychology / Sociology

Last Modified: July 26, 2022

TFRRS Profile (for PRs and full results)

Fifth-Year (2022-23)

Outdoor Track & Field
• Ran 1:50.58 in the 800 meter run for 22nd at the Florida Relays (March 30- April 1)

Indoor Track & Field
• Ran 1:53.26 in the 800 meter run for 17th in the prelims at the Big Ten Indoor Championships (Feb. 24-25)
• Ran 1:51.27 in the 800 meter run for 12th at the Tiger Paw Invitational (Feb. 10-11)
• Ran 1:53.87 in the 800 meter run for 6th at the Simmons-Harvey Invitational (Jan. 21)
• Ran 1:21.59 in the 600 meter run for 5th at the Michigan Invitational (Jan. 14)

Cross Country
• Ran 15:53.6 over five kilometers (3.11 miles) to finish 18th at the EMU Fall Classic (Oct. 21)

Senior (2021-22)

Outdoor Track & Field
• Did not compete

Indoor Track & Field
• Ran 1:52.59 for 11th in the 800 meter run final at the Windy City Invitational (Feb. 11-12).
• Ran 1:52.82 in the 800 meter run for 14th at the Indiana Relays (Jan. 28-29)
• Ran 1:52.02 in the 800 meter run for the win at the Michigan Invitational (Jan. 22)
• Ran 1:55.78 in the 800 meter run for 11th at the Simmons-Harvey Invitational (Jan. 15)

Cross Country
• Ran 15:59.8 over five kilometers (3.11 miles) to finish 15th at the Michigan Open (Sept. 3)

Junior (2020-21)

Outdoor Track & Field
• Ran 1:50.06 in the 800 meter run for 18th at the NCAA East Preliminaries (May 26 & 28) after running 1:49.74 in the first round.
• Ran 1:50.37 in the 800 meter run for 14th at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships (May 14-16)
• Ran a career-best 1:49.50 in the 800 meter run for 6th at the B1G Billy Hayes Invitational (April 30-May 1)
• Ran 1:52.56 in the 800 meter run for 12th at the B1G Fighting Illini Relays (April 23-24)
• Ran a career-best 1:50.03 in the 800 meter run for 3rd at the B1G Indiana Invitational #2 (April 9)
• Ran 1:53.95 in the 800 meter run for 21st at the B1G North Florida Invitational (April 2-3), and ran a leg of the third-place 4x800 relay in 7:42.26.

Indoor Track & Field
• Ran 1:52.34 in the 800 meter run for 14th at the Big Ten Indoor Championships (Feb. 25-27), and ran a leg of the fourth-place distance medley relay in 9:38.16.
• Ran a career-best 1:50.68 in the 800 meter run for 4th at the Silverston Invitational (Feb. 19)
• Ran a career-best 1:52.09 in the 800 meter run for 12th at the SPIRE B1G Invitational (Feb. 12-13)
• Ran 4:17.26 in the mile for 10th at the Gladstein Invitational (Jan. 23)
• Ran 1:52.52 in the 800 meter run for 3rd at the Simmons-Harvey Invitational (Jan. 16)

Cross Country
• Did not compete

Sophomore (2019-20)

Outdoor Track & Field
• Due to the global coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the 2020 outdoor season was not contested. To help prevent the spread of the virus, the University of Michigan suspended all athletic activities, including practices, effective March 12.

Indoor Track & Field
• Ran a career-best 1:52.13 in the 800 meter run for 19th at the Iowa State Classic (Feb. 14-15)
• Ran a career-best 4:09.76 in the mile for 18th at the Notre Dame Meyo Invitational (Feb. 7-8)
• Ran 4:10.65 in the mile for 32nd at the Boston U. John Thomas Terrier Classic (Jan. 25)
• Ran 1:52.41 in the 800 meter run for 3rd at the Simmons-Harvey Invitational (Jan. 18)
• Ran 1:22.46 in the 600 meter run for 7th at the Wolverine Invitational (Jan. 11)

Freshman (2018-19)

Outdoor Track & Field
• Ran 1:52.18 in the 800 meter run for 11th at the Big Ten Championships (May 10-12)
• Ran a career-best 3:55.40 in the 1500 meter run for 9th at the Len Paddock Open (May 3)
• Ran 1:52.56 in the 800 meter run for 4th at the Cardinal Classic (April 19-20) in section 2.
• Ran 1:52.80 in the 800 meter run for 4th at the Louisville Invitational (April 12-13)
• Ran a career-best 1:51.84 in the 800 meter run for 19th at the Stanford Invitational (March 29-30)
• Ran a career-best 1:54.58 in the 800 meter run for 12th at the Black and Gold Invitational (March 22-23)and ran a career-best 3:58.21 in the 1500 meter dash to finish 19th.

Indoor Track & Field
• Ran 1:52.42 in the 800 meter run for 30th at the Iowa State Classic (Feb. 8-9)
• Ran a career-best 1:52.39 in the 800 meter run for 8th at the Power Five Invitational (Feb. 1-2)
• Ran 1:52.66 in the 800 meter run for 4th at the Simmons-Harvey Big Ten Invitational (Jan. 19)
• Ran a career-best 1:21.17 in the 600 meter run for 3rd at the Wolverine Invitational (Jan. 12)

HIGH SCHOOL

Track & Field: 13-time NYSPHSAA State Championships qualifier in three different individual event and two relays … 2017 AAU National Junior Olympic Games runner-up at 1,500 meters and fourth-place finisher at 800 meters … Finished ninth in the state at 800 meters and 11th at 1,600 meters outdoors in 2018 … Among New York high schoolers, is ranked No. 6 at 600 meters indoors, No. 8 indoors at 800 meters, No. 10 at 800 meters outdoors and No. 31 outdoors at 1,600 meters.

High School Career Bests
400m -- 50.94
600m -- 1:21.37i
800m -- 1:53.86
1000m -- 2:34.13i
1600m -- 4:21.24