2023 Track & Field Roster
Rojas, Simone
Simone Rojas
- Height:
- 5-4
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Evans
- Hometown:
- Augusta, Ga.
Bio
2024: Outdoor – Opened her season with a 14th-place finish in the 800-meters the Yellow Jacket Invitational with a time of 2:21.06…Also ran the 1500m in Atlanta, posting a time of 4:47.47 to finish 33rd…Ran the anchor leg on the runner-up 4x400-meter relay team at the Yellow Jacket Invitational (3:51.30)…Clocked a 2:14.84 in the 800m to place 23rd at the Georgia Tech Invite…Ran a season-best 800m time of 2:14.63 to take 15th at the Music City Challenge.
Indoor – Placed fourth in the 800-meter run at the Clemson Invite with a personal-best time of 2:14.62…Clocked a 2:16.55 time in the 800m at the Music City Challenge…Posted a time of 5:00.45 in the mile at the Vanderbilt Invitational to finish 27th.
2023: Cross Country – Was the fourth Georgia runner across the line at the 5k Stan Sims Cross Country Opener, clocking a time of 18:03.10 to finish 17th…Posted a time of 17:39.8 at the 5k Gamecock Challenge to place 17th…Clocked a time of 22:56.30 at the 6k Paul Short Run…Placed 90th at the 6k Crimson Classic, crossing the finish line in 21:50.6…Ran a 22:45.2 at the 6k SEC Championships to finish 117th.
Outdoor – Finished fourth in the 800 meters at the Spec Towns and Torrin Lawrence Invitational with a time of 2:13.27, also placing fourth at the Yellow Jacket Invitational while posting a time of 2:13.62…Recorded a season-best time of 4:29.92 in the 1500m at the Raleigh Relays.
Indoor – Ran a season-best mile of 4:51.97 at the Music City Challenge to take 36th…Placed 14th in the mile prelims at the SEC Championships with a 4:53.58…Finished 27th in the 3,000-meter run at the SEC Championships with a time of 9:54.84…Ran a season-best 2:14.69 in the 800m at the Music City Challenge…Placed fifth in the 800m (2:15.50) and sixth in the 1000m (2:56.05) at the Clemson Invite…Added a top-10 finish in the 600m at the MLK Invite (9th – 1:35.87).
2022: Cross Country - Was second for Georgia in her collegiate debut after running an 18:45.7 for 15th at the 5k Charlotte Opener…Scored for the Lady Bulldogs at the 5k North Alabama Invitational after taking 106th(18:30.69)…Was the team’s top finisher at the 5k Live In Lou Classic thanks to an 18:05.6 for 103rd place…Finished second on UGA and 45th overall (21:39.1) at the 6k Crimson Classic…Finished 65th at her first 6k SEC Championships and was the second Lady Bulldog finisher with a 21:51.74…Completed her season by scoring at the 6k NCAA South Regional with a 22:41.10 for 147th.
High School: Won the GHSA 6A state cross country title as a senior while also grabbing top honors in the 1600 meters in the spring…Was second in the 3200m at the state meet in her final season…Earned runner-up honors at the state cross meet as a junior and was named Augusta Area High School Sports Awards Runner of the Year each of her last two years…Also finished sixth in the 1600m and was third in the 3200m at the state meet in her third year...Managed a ninth-place finish at the state cross meet in her second season…Pandemic canceled her sophomore track season…Finished fourth in the 3200m and sixth in the 1600m at the state meet as a freshman…Took 10th at the state cross meet in her first year…Named Columbia County Runner of the Year as a freshman…Personal bests of 4:55 (1600m), 11:08 (3200m) and 18:17 (5k)…Also played soccer at Evans…High Honor Roll, Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA), Beta Club, National Honor Society, Rho Kappa and National Math Honor Society member.
Personal: Born Jan. 1, 2004…Daughter of Carol and Matt Rojas…Intending to major in Civil Engineering.
Indoor – Placed fourth in the 800-meter run at the Clemson Invite with a personal-best time of 2:14.62…Clocked a 2:16.55 time in the 800m at the Music City Challenge…Posted a time of 5:00.45 in the mile at the Vanderbilt Invitational to finish 27th.
2023: Cross Country – Was the fourth Georgia runner across the line at the 5k Stan Sims Cross Country Opener, clocking a time of 18:03.10 to finish 17th…Posted a time of 17:39.8 at the 5k Gamecock Challenge to place 17th…Clocked a time of 22:56.30 at the 6k Paul Short Run…Placed 90th at the 6k Crimson Classic, crossing the finish line in 21:50.6…Ran a 22:45.2 at the 6k SEC Championships to finish 117th.
Outdoor – Finished fourth in the 800 meters at the Spec Towns and Torrin Lawrence Invitational with a time of 2:13.27, also placing fourth at the Yellow Jacket Invitational while posting a time of 2:13.62…Recorded a season-best time of 4:29.92 in the 1500m at the Raleigh Relays.
Indoor – Ran a season-best mile of 4:51.97 at the Music City Challenge to take 36th…Placed 14th in the mile prelims at the SEC Championships with a 4:53.58…Finished 27th in the 3,000-meter run at the SEC Championships with a time of 9:54.84…Ran a season-best 2:14.69 in the 800m at the Music City Challenge…Placed fifth in the 800m (2:15.50) and sixth in the 1000m (2:56.05) at the Clemson Invite…Added a top-10 finish in the 600m at the MLK Invite (9th – 1:35.87).
2022: Cross Country - Was second for Georgia in her collegiate debut after running an 18:45.7 for 15th at the 5k Charlotte Opener…Scored for the Lady Bulldogs at the 5k North Alabama Invitational after taking 106th(18:30.69)…Was the team’s top finisher at the 5k Live In Lou Classic thanks to an 18:05.6 for 103rd place…Finished second on UGA and 45th overall (21:39.1) at the 6k Crimson Classic…Finished 65th at her first 6k SEC Championships and was the second Lady Bulldog finisher with a 21:51.74…Completed her season by scoring at the 6k NCAA South Regional with a 22:41.10 for 147th.
High School: Won the GHSA 6A state cross country title as a senior while also grabbing top honors in the 1600 meters in the spring…Was second in the 3200m at the state meet in her final season…Earned runner-up honors at the state cross meet as a junior and was named Augusta Area High School Sports Awards Runner of the Year each of her last two years…Also finished sixth in the 1600m and was third in the 3200m at the state meet in her third year...Managed a ninth-place finish at the state cross meet in her second season…Pandemic canceled her sophomore track season…Finished fourth in the 3200m and sixth in the 1600m at the state meet as a freshman…Took 10th at the state cross meet in her first year…Named Columbia County Runner of the Year as a freshman…Personal bests of 4:55 (1600m), 11:08 (3200m) and 18:17 (5k)…Also played soccer at Evans…High Honor Roll, Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA), Beta Club, National Honor Society, Rho Kappa and National Math Honor Society member.
Personal: Born Jan. 1, 2004…Daughter of Carol and Matt Rojas…Intending to major in Civil Engineering.
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