2020 Track & Field Roster
Roster
Simon Litzell
- Position:
- Throws
- Height:
- 6-3
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Östersund, Sweden
- High School:
- Wargentinskolan
2020
Did not compete in the javelin this season as the outdoor season was canceled.
2019
Competed in seven meets as UCLA’s top javelin thrower … Outdoor: Made his season debut in style, winning the javelin at the Willie Williams Classic with a heave of 71.24m (233-9) … Collected first-place finishes at the Jim Bush Legends Invitational (65.10m; 213-7) and at USC (67.76m; 222-4) … Won the Pac-12 individual title on his last throw of 74.23m (243-6), collecting 10 points for the Bruins … Back-to-back Pac-12 champion in the event … Finished seventh in at the NCAA West Regionals with an effort of 68.09 (223-5) … Took 22nd at the NCAA Championships in Austin, posting a mark of 63.41m (208-0) … UCLA Top-10 Record Books: Outdoor: 5th – New Javelin Throw (74.46m; 244-3; achieved in 2018) … Honors: Pac-12 Javelin Champion.
2018
Earned USFTCCCA Second-Team All-American honors in the javelin for the second straight season ... Qualified for the NCAA Championships in the javelin ... Finished 14th at NCAAs, with a top mark of 66.72m (218-11) ... Was the Pac-12 Champion in the javelin, as he threw a collegiate-best 74.46m (244-3) at the Pac-12 Championships to take first place ... That throw ranks fifth all-time in the UCLA outdoor top-10 as of summer 2018 ... Was the sixth-place finisher at the NCAA West Regionals, reaching a top mark of 69.60m (228-4) ... Won the javelin at the USC Dual Meet for the second straight season ... Competed in seven meets overall for the Bruins ... Made his season debut at the Pomona-Pitzer Invite, taking fourth with a 67.89m (222-9) launch.
2017
USFTCCCA Second-Team All-American in the javelin … Competed at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in the javelin, throwing 221-10 to finish in 16th place … Posted a lifetime-best throw of 226-10 at the NCAA West Regionals, good for seventh at the meet and eighth all-time in UCLA school history … Won the javelin competition at the USC Dual with a launch of 218-10 … Made his UCLA debut at the Johnson/JJK Invite, throwing 213-08 to finish second.
High School
Comes from Sweden as one of the top junior javelin throwers in the world … Prepped at Wargentinskolan … He has thrown the 800g javelin for a personal best of 258-3 (78.73m) that currently ranks No. 2 in the world for his age group …European Junior Championships Silver medalist 2015 … He deleted Patrik Bodén's Swedish junior record. Bodén was the former Javelin World Record holder and is the current NCAA Collegiate Record holder in the Javelin … Threw 233-1 (71.05m) at the IAAF U20 World Junior Championships.
Personal
Son of Christer and Mona Litzell … Has a sibling named Love.
