| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's Athletics | ||
| Competitor for the Puerto Rico | ||
| NACAC Championships | ||
| Silver | 2007 San Salvador | triple jump |
| CAC Championships | ||
| Silver | 2005 Nassau | triple jump |
Allen Simms (born 26 July 1982) is an American triple jumper.
At the 2008 Olympic Trials in Eugene, Oregon, Simms finished in sixth place overall, just four inches short of making the USA Olympic team. He finished the season ranked fifth nationally. In 2010 he finished 3rd at the USA Indoor Championships in the triple jump.
He competed for Puerto Rico in 2007 after changing allegiance from the United States in May 2005,[1] but changed back in 2008.[2] In 2007, he was national champion in the triple jump and ranked 15th in the world. That year, with a best jump of 56 ft. 2 inches, he qualified for the World Championships and the Olympics with an "A" standard. Simms met the “A” standard in 2004 also, and he participated in the 2003 and 2005 World Outdoor Championships and the 2004 and 2006 World Indoor Championships. In 2004, he was the USA Indoor Champion in the triple jump. He finished fourth at the 2003 Pan American Games and eighth in long jump at the 2007 Pan American Games.[3]
As a collegian, he was the NCAA runner-up at the Outdoor championships in 2005 in the triple jump and the individual champion at the NCAA Indoor Championships in 2003. Over the course of his collegiate career, he was a seven-time All-American in the long and triple jumps, and in 2003 he was the PAC-10 record holder in the triple jump, PAC-10 Newcomer of the Year, the NCAA West Region Field Event Athlete of the Year and set the University of Southern California's school record in the triple jump.[4]
His personal best jump is 17.17 metres, achieved in April 2003 in Los Angeles. He has 17.26 metres on the indoor track, achieved in March 2003 in Fayetteville. In the long jump he has 8.02 metres.
Simms currently resides in charlotte, NC where he trains at UNCC under the guidance of Cuban coach Ricardo Ponce and UNCC head coach Robert Olesen, where he is preparing for the 2012 Olympic trials.