2020 Track & Field Roster
Roster
Simon Litzell
- Position:
- Throws
- Height:
- 6-3
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- รstersund, 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 UCLAโs top javelin thrower โฆ Outdoor: Made his season debut in style, winning the javelin at the Willie Williams Classic with a heave of 71.24m (233-9) โฆ Collected first-place finishes at the Jim Bush Legends Invitational (65.10m; 213-7) and at USC (67.76m; 222-4) โฆ Won the Pac-12 individual title on his last throw of 74.23m (243-6), collecting 10 points for the Bruins โฆ Back-to-back Pac-12 champion in the event โฆ Finished seventh in at the NCAA West Regionals with an effort of 68.09 (223-5) โฆ Took 22nd at the NCAA Championships in Austin, posting a mark of 63.41m (208-0) โฆ UCLA Top-10 Record Books: Outdoor: 5th โ New Javelin Throw (74.46m; 244-3; achieved in 2018) โฆ 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 14thย 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 ...ย 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 โฆ Competed at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in the javelin, throwing 221-10 to finish in 16th place โฆ 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 โฆ Won the javelin competition at the USC Dual with a launch of 218-10 โฆ 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 โฆ Prepped at Wargentinskolan โฆ 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 โฆEuropean Junior Championships Silver medalist 2015 โฆ 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 โฆ Threw 233-1 (71.05m) at the IAAF U20 World Junior Championships.
Personal
Son of Christer and Mona Litzell โฆ Has a sibling named Love.
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