CAPE GIRARDEAU and ST. LOUIS, Mo. – Make it three-for-three for University of Memphis track and field freshman .
In the third collegiate meet of her career, Simpson reset her school record in the women's hammer with a throw of 200-3 (61.03m) to pace Friday's action for the Tigers at the 2019 Joey Haines Invitational. Simpson's mark Friday out-distanced her previous record by over two feet (197-11; 60.33m), which she threw at last week's Al Schmidt Bulldog Relays in Starkville, Miss.
In her collegiate debut at the Rhodes Invitational Mar. 15, Simpson set her first school record in the event with a mark of 196-1 (59.