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2025-26 Men's Track and Field Roster

Yariv Simhony

  • Position Mid-Distance
  • Height 5-9
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Rockville, Md.
  • Highschool Walter Johnson

Biography

SimhonyVertical252024-25: Cross Country: Did not compete... Indoor: Was 16th in the 800 meters at the Atlantic 10 Championship (2/28-3/1)... Scored eighth in the 500 meters (1:06.56) at the Metropolitan Championship (1/31)... Scored eighth in the 500 meters (1:05.32) at the IC4A Championship (3/7-9)... Was 41st in the 800-meter invitational (2:00.49) at the Sander Scorcher (1/24-25)... Was 149th overall in the 800 meter (1:56.10) at the BU Valentine Invitational (2/14)... Was ninth in the 500 meters (1:07.70) at the Spartan Invite (1/10)... Ended up fifth in the 1,000 meters (2:36.24) at the Spence Garcia Invitational (12/7)... Outdoor: Finished 16th in the 800 meters (2:01.76) at the Metropolitan Championship (4/4)... Placed 14th in the 800 meters (2:03.22) at the Rutgers Relays (4/19)... Ended up 20th overall in the 1,500 meters (4:21.25) at the Rider 5-Way Invitational (3/29)... Named to the Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll.

2023-24: Indoor: Was 22nd in the 800 meters (2:01.36) at the Atlantic 10 Championship (2/26)... Metropolitan champion in the 4x800 relay (7:51.98), while scoring fifth in the 500 meters in 1:05.92 (2/2)... Placed 107th overall in the 800 meters (1:54.21) at the Valentine Invitational (2/10)... Ended up 57th in the 800 meters (1:55.29) at the Terrier Classic (1/26)... Placed eighth in the 800 meters (1:58.82) at the Ramapo Season Opener (1/19)... Grabbed fourth in the 800 meters (2:02.35) at the Lions Indoor Invitational (1/12)... Outdoor: Was 39th in the 800 meters (2:00.24) at the Atlantic 10 Championship (5/5)... Bronze medalist in the 4x800 relay (7:31.20) at the IC4A Championship (5/12)... Metropolitan champion in the 800 meters (1:55.90), while taking second in the 4x800 relay in 8:12.98 (4/6)... Ended up 34th in the elite 800 meters (1:54.16) at the Larry Ellis Invitational (4/13)... Was tenth in the 800 meters (1:58.04) at the Sam Howell Invitational (3/30)... Took 13th in the 1,500 meters at the Rider 5-Way Invitational in 4:09.32 (3/22)... Named to the Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll.

2022-23: Indoor: Scored fifth at the Atlantic 10 Championship in the 4x400 relay (3:23.21), while being 15th in the 800 meters in 2:01.81 (2/26)... Finished seventh in the 4x400 relay (3:17.01) at the IC4A Championship (3/5)... Metropolitan Champion in the 4x800 relay (7:49.98), while scoring fifth in the 800 meters (1:58.02) (2/3)... Was 42nd in the 1,000 meters (2:32.04) in the BU Valentine Invitational (2/11)... Placed 18th in the 1,000 meters at the River Hawk Invitational in 2:35.15 (1/28)... Finished 24th in the 800 meters (2:05.43) at the Lions Indoor Invitational (1/14)... Won the 4x800 relay at the Spence Garcia Invitational, while being third in the 1,000 meters (2:35.97) (12/3). Outdoor: Scored fifth in the 4x400 relay (3:16.37) at the Atlantic 10 Championship, while being 13th in the 800 meters (1:53.62) (5/7)... Placed 32nd in the 800 meters (1:56.01) at the IC4A Championship, while being ninth in the 4x400 relay (5/14)... Metropolitan Championship runner-up in the 4x400 relay, while being seventh in the 1,500 meters in 4:04.68 (4/8)... Ran 4:01.23 in the second division of the 1,500 meters at the Larry Ellis Invitational, good for 20th (4/15)... Was tenth in the 1,500 meters at the Rider 5-Way Invitational in 4:07.06 (3/26)... Took ninth in the 3,000 meters (9:41.25) at the Stony Brook Opener (3/18)... Named to the Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll.

Before Fordham: Four-year member of the cross country and track & field team at Walter Johnson High School in Bethesda, Maryland... Team captain as a senior... Set school record in the indoor 800 meters and distance medley relay... 2022 Indoor Nike Emerging Elite National Champion in the 800 meters... Won the 800 meters at the 2022 MPSSA 4A West Region Championship, while taking the top spot in the 4x800 relay in 2021... Had three top-three finishes at the 2022 MPSSA 4A State meet, finishing second in the 4x800 relay and third in the 800 meters and 4x400 relay... Helped Walter Johnson win the MPSSA 4A West Region Championship as a sophomore... Four-year member of the honor roll... Three-time recipient of the Walter Johnson "Straight A Student" Award.

Major: Applied Accounting & Finance.
 
CAREER BEST TIMES
Indoor 500m: 1:05.32 (2025)
Indoor 800m: 1:54.21 (2024)
Indoor 1,000m: 2:32.04 (2023)
Outdoor 800m: 1:53.62 (2023)
Outdoor 1,500m: 4:01.23 (2023)
Outdoor 3,000m: 9:41.25 (2023)

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23Freshman

    Mid-Distance
    5'9"
  • 2023-24Sophomore

    Mid-Distance
    5'9"
  • 2024-25Junior

    Mid-Distance
    5'9"
  • 2025-26Senior

    Mid-Distance
    5'9"