Brittany Simpson
5-4, Junior, Distance
Kennebunk, ME
Kennebunk High School
- NCCAA Outdoor All-American (5,000) - 2006
Brittany Simpson is a third-year member of the Lady Jacket track team.....competed in all eight cross country meets this past fall for the nationally-ranked CU women's team.....produced a career-best 18:12 at the AMC/NAIA Region IX meet to place fourth and earn All-AMC First Team honors.....ran to a 32nd-place spot at the NAIA Nationals with an 18:27 effort as the Lady Jackets finished runner-up for the second consecutive year.....one of six Cedarville NCCAA All-Americans with a sixth-place finish in 18:31 as the Lady Jackets won their second-straight banner.
2006-07 - Best effort of the season was a second-place finish in the 1,500 meters (5:04) at the Wittenberg Invitational.....placed third in the mile run at the Findlay Indoor Open with a 5:33.92 performance.....earned a sixth-place finish in the 10K at the AMC Championship with a time of 39:08.28.....part of the NAIA national runner-up cross country team..... participated in all eight meets.....produced a season-best 19:03 effort to finish 12th of 131 runners at the NAIA Region IX meet.....placed 15th of 141 runners at the Cedarville Invitational with a 19:53 outing.
2005-06 - Totaled 10 indoor individual points and 27 outdoor points during the 2006 campaign.....registered a season-best 10:52.11 performance in the 3,000 meters to place eighth at the NCCAA Indoor Championships.....a 5:26.88 outing in the mile run at the Cedarville Indoor Invitational produced an eigth-place position.....a season-best effort of 18:13.38 at the NCCAA Outdoor Championship earned a third-place finish in the 5,000 meters..... earned NCCAA Outdoor All-America honors.....ran in all eight meets with the CU women's cross country squad.....posted a season-best 19:00 effort at the NCCAA Championship which placed 18th of 142 runners.....registered a 19:11 performance at the NAIA National Championship for a 79th place finish of 259 runners.....part of a squad that finished fourth at the NAIA Nationals and second at the NCCAA Championship.
High School - Three-year letter winner in cross country at Kennebunk High School.....placed 4th in the Class A state meet as a senior.....runner-up in the Western Maine Class A meet and achieved the SMAA Academic Excellence Award.....named team's Most Valuable Runner and was an SMAA All-Star.....recognized as school's 2004-05 Female Athlete of the Year.....SMAA 1,600 meter champion as a junior.....also participated in basketball and softball.....National Honor Society student.
Personal - Dean's List student as an early childhood education major at Cedarville University.....born 7/9/86 in Portland, ME.....daughter of Bill and Bev Simpson.....has one older sister and a younger brother.
