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California Institute of Technology

2015 Cross Country

Elliot Simon

  • Height 5-6
  • Weight 135
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Alexandria, VA
  • Highschool Thomas Jefferson HS

Biography

2014-15
Cross Country

  • 86th at SCIAC Championships (29:29.73), 6th on team
  • 114th at NCAA West Regional (29:15.2), 7th on team
  • 5th on team at UC Riverside Invitational (31:33.9)
  • 5th on team at Redlands Invitational-6k (24:00)
  • 7th on team at SCIAC Multi-Duals (29:29.91)
  • 7th on team at Pomona-Pitzer Invitational (30:14.9)

Track & Field
Placed 35th in the 1,500-meter run at SCIAC Championships (4:36.21) 

  SEASON BESTS

  • 1,500m: 4:36.21, SCIAC Championships
  • 800m: 2:24.08, SCIAC Multi-Dual #3

2013-14
Cross Country

  • 7th on team at Pomona-Pitzer Invitational (29:30.2)
  • 7th on team at UC Riverside Invitational (29:11.3)
  • 26th at Redlands Invitational-6k (21:32.0), 3rd on team

2012-13
Cross Country

  • 99th at SCIAC Championships (29:30.3), 5th on team
  • 5th on team at SCIAC Multi-Duals (29:07.9)
  • 68th at Pomona-Pitzer Invitational (29:03.2), 4th on team
  • 80th at UC Riverside Invitational (29:27.6), 6th on team

Track & Field 

  SEASON BESTS

  • 5000m: 17:53.90, SCIAC Multi-Dual #2

Research and STEM activities
Worked with data processing and automated visualization scripts during a software development internship at Mitro Corp....Did research sticking metallic beadds in caster oil with 25 KV and modeling the results.

Prior to Caltech
Member of the cross country and winter track teams for all four years while running spring track and playing soccer for two years each...His team finished in eighth place at the Virginia AAA state meet...Captain of the cross country team...Finished 27th in a half marathon with a time of 1:20:50...Played for the Lee Mount Vernon Soccer Club...An Eagle scout.

Personal
Son of Brenda and Jay...Has one older brother, Alex.

Historical Player Information

  • 2012First-Year

    5'6" 130 lbs
  • 2013Sophomore

    5'6" 130 lbs
  • 2014Junior

    5'6" 135 lbs
  • 2015Senior

    5'6" 135 lbs