Simone Harrison

Class:
Junior
High School:
Arlington
Hometown:
Arlington, Mass.

2025-26
Outdoor: Placed eighth in the 800-meter run with a time of 4:49.50 at the UMass Flagship Opener (3/28)... Secured 14th in the 800-meter run with a finish of 2:18.80 at the UConn Dog Fight (4/4)... Earned third in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:17.00 at the UMass Commonwealth Invite (4/11)... Finished second in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:15.51 at the UMass Ken O’Brien Pre-Championship Invite (4/25)... Placed eighth in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:15.16 at the Larry Ellis Invitational (5/1-2)... Finished 13th in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:16.67 at the NEICAAA Outdoor Championships (5/8-9).
Indoor: Placed 16th in the 600-meter run with a finish of 1:42.29 at the Beantown Challenge (1/17)... Finished 11th in the 4x400 meter relay (Harris, Harrison, Shaw, Williams) with a time of 4:07.46 and 23rd in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:20.38 at the Bruce Lehance Scarlet and White Meet (1/24)... Finished 37th in the 800-meter run with a finish of 2:21.19 at the IC4A/ECAC Indoor Championship (2/7-8)... Earned second in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:20.38 at the IC4A/ECAC Open Events (2/8)... Placed eighth in the 800-meter run with a finish of 2:25.96 at the URI Coaches Invitational (2/14).
Cross Country: Opened season with a 22nd place finish in the 4k with a time of 15:48.3 at the Ken O’Brien Invitational (8/30)... Finished 41st in the 3k at the CCSU Mini Meet (10/24) with a time of 11:43.0.

2024-25
Outdoor: Secured first in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:17.05 at the UMass Flagship Opener (4/5)... Earned first in the 800-meter run with a finish of 2:16.50 at the Friar Invitational (4/11)... Earned 11th in the 1500-meter run with a time of 4:46.07 at the UMass Commonwealth Invitational (4/12)... Finished sixth in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:16.78 at the Jim Kavanagh Legacy Invitational (4/19)... Ran a personal-best time of 2:14.88 at the UMass Ken O’Brien Pre-Conference Qualifier (4/25-27) for fourth place... Earned bronze in the 4x800 meter relay (Costantino, Mannes Diaz de Cerio, Harrison, Thundal) with a time of 8:53.38 and 18th in the 800-meter run with a finish of 2:16.83 at the A-10 Outdoor Championships (5/3-4)... Placed seventh in the 4x800 meter relay (Zatorska, Boukhtam, Henning, Harrison) with a time of 9:41.32 and 23rd in the 1500-meter run with a finish of 4:48.62 at the NEICAAA Outdoor Championships (5/10).
Indoor: Finished ninth in the mile run with a personal-best time of 5:14.35 and sixth in the 4x400 meter relay (Boukhtam, Shaw, Costantino, Harrison) with a finish of 4:08.46 at the UMass Flagship Invitational (1/12)... Placed third in the 800-meter run with a finish of 2:16.13 and ninth in the 4x400 meter relay (Harrison, Shaw, Boukhtam, Henning) with a time of 4:13.71 at the Battle in Beantown (1/18)... Placed 10th in the 1k with a time of 2:57.59 at the Riverhawk Invitational (1/24-25)... Placed 59th in the 800-meter run with a finish of 2:16.95 at the John Thomas Terrier Classic (1/31-2/1)... Finished 97th in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:15.26 at the David Hemery Valentine Invitational (2/14-15)... Earned bronze in the 4x800 meter relay (Shaw, Shunney, Harrison, Thundal) with a time of 9:07.19 and fifth in the DMR (Costantino, Scott, Harrison, Shunney) with a time of 11:49.13 at the A-10 Indoor Championships (2/28-3/1).
Cross Country: Competed in two meets, scoring in both … Claimed fourth for the Minutewomen and 42nd overall (10:38.97) at the CCSU Mini Meet (10/25) … Earned fifth for UMass and 37^th overall (24:44.9) at the Bruce Kirsh Cross Country Cup (10/12).

2023-24
Cross Country: Saw action in five of six meets … Posted best 6K time of the season at the Paul Short Run (9/30), 24:15.8.

Before UMass: Graduated from Arlington High School in 2023 … PRs entering UMass: 1 Mile (5:08), 5K (19:06) and 800m (2:18) … Helped Arlington to two Middlesex League titles (2021, 2022) and third place in the XC Eastern divisional meet … Four-time XC MVP: (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022) … Named to the Middlesex League All-Conference team three times in cross country (2019, 2021, 2022) and twice in track (2021, 2023) … Tabbed a Middlesex League All-Star all four years in cross country (2019,2020, 2021, 2022) and track (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023) … Set school records in the 5K, mile, 800m and 4x800m (9:49).