2016-17
2016 XC: Saw action at four meets, scoring three times … opened with a team-best performance at the Notre Dame Invitational, placing 72nd overall with a five-mile time of 24:41.7 … took third on the team in the open race at the Wisconsin Invitational, placing 15th overall in 25:26.3 … 40th-place finisher at the Mountain West Championships (25:22.0) … took second on the team at the NCAA Mountain Regional, finishing 42nd overall over the 10-kilometer course with a time of 31:59.50.
2017 Indoors: Competed at one meet, placing 1th in the 3000-meter run at the Don Kirby Invitational (8:32.72*)
HIGH SCHOOL
Competed at the 2011 IAAF World Youth Championships in Lille France … the same year, became the youngest Dane under 15 minutes in the 5000-meter run … competed at the 2013 and 2014 European XC championships … took bronze at the 2014 Nordic Junior Cross Country Championships … earned multiple national junior champion in the 3000-5000-10k and cross country.
PERSONAL
Full name is Jacob Sommer Simonsen … born in Aarhus, Denmark to Jørgen Simonsen and Helen Schwartz … has one sibling, Rasmus Sommer Simonsen … lists other sports and golf as hobbies … favorite food is grilled salmon with pesto … favorite move is Fast and Furious … favorite athlete is Haile Gebrselassie.
* indicates a performance that has been adjusted based on the NCAA altitude conversion protocol