Simone Plourde
Canadian middle- and long-distance runner
Simone Plourde (born 8 July 2000) is a Canadian middle distance runner who competes in the 1500 m. From 2021 to 2023, she competed for the Utah Utes, before signing professionally with Nike and joining the Union Athletics Club in 2023. She also represented Canada at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary.
Early life
Born and raised in Montreal, Quebec, Plourde's initial main sporting interests were in skiing and soccer. She started to train seriously in athletics in 2018.
Plourde attended secondary school at Pensionnat Saint-Nom-de-Marie and CEGEP at Collège André-Grasset, before enrolling at Brigham Young University in fall 2020. Citing difficulties with fitting into BYU's primarily Mormon population, she before transferred to the University of Utah in 2021.
Athletics career
Collegiate
Competing for the University of Utah, Plourde won the 1500 m at the Pac-12 Championships in May 2023, breaking Shelby Houlihan’s conference record by close to two seconds. In the 5000 m, she placed seventh at the 2023 NCAA Championships in Austin, Texas in June.
Professional
On June 29, 2023, She set a Quebec provincial record as she ran a personal best over 1500m at La Classique d’athlétisme de Montréal.
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