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'{{Short description|Canadian middle-distance runner (born 2000)}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Simone Plourde | birth_name = | image = | caption = | sport = [[Track and Field|Athletics]] | event = [[Middle distance running]] | universityteam = [[Utah Utes]] (2021-23)<br>[[BYU Cougars]] (2020-21) | club = Nike Union Athletics Club | birth_date = {{birth date and age|2000|8|7|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Montreal, Quebec]], Canada | death_date = | death_place = | education = [[University of Utah]] | employer = [[Nike, Inc|Nike]] | height = | height_ft = 5 | height_in = 5 | weight = | coach = [[Pete Julian]] | pb = {{ubl |'''[[800 m]]''': 2:04.34 (Fayetteville 2024) |'''[[1500 m]]''': 4:05.92 (Langley 2023) |'''[[Mile run|Mile]]''': 4:24.67 (New York 2024) |'''[[3000 m]]''': 8:53.95 (Seattle 2023) |'''[[5000 m]]''': 15:13.57 (Azusa 2023) }} }} '''Simone Plourde''' (born 8 July 2000) is a Canadian [[middle distance running|middle distance runner]] who competes in the [[1500 metres|1500 m.]] From 2021 to 2023, she competed for the [[Utah Utes]], before signing professionally with [[Nike, Inc.|Nike]] and joining the Union Athletics Club in 2023. She also represented Canada at the [[2023 World Athletics Championships]] in [[Budapest|Budapest, Hungary.]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Simone Plourde|accessdate=21 February 2024|website=World Athletics|url= https://worldathletics.org/athletes/canada/simone-plourde-14782097}}</ref> ==Early life== Born and raised in [[Montreal, Quebec]], Plourde's initial main sporting interests were in [[skiing]] and [[association football|soccer]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Robinson |first=Doug |date=4 May 2023 |title=The circuitous route this track duo took to Utah — and to stardom |url=https://www.deseret.com/2023/5/3/23697765/utah-utes-track-duo-emily-venters-simone-plourde-breaking-records |accessdate=21 February 2024 |website=Deseret}}</ref> She started to train seriously in athletics in 2018.<ref name="fusf1234">{{cite web |last=Dickinson |first=Marley |date=19 July 2023 |title=Canada’s Simone Plourde on turning pro and joining Nike’s Union Athletics Club |url=https://runningmagazine.ca/the-scene/canadas-simone-plourde-on-turning-pro-and-joining-nikes-union-athletics-club/ |accessdate=21 February 2024 |website=Running Magazine}}</ref> Plourde attended secondary school at [[:fr:Pensionnat_du_Saint-Nom-de-Marie|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]],<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.sltrib.com/sports/utah-utes/2023/06/05/simone-plourde-qualifies-ncaa/|title=Simone Plourde is part of a group of transfers trying to rebuild Utah track|date=5 June 2023|accessdate=21 February 2024|website=Salt Lake Tribune}}</ref> Plourde won the [[1500m|1500 m]] at the [[PAC-12 Conference|PAC-12 Championships]] in May 2023, breaking [[Shelby Houlihan]]’s conference record by close to two seconds.<ref>{{cite web|date=15 May 2023|url= https://runningmagazine.ca/sections/runs-races/b-c-runner-wins-two-ncaa-conference-titles/ |website=Running Magazine|accessdate=21 February 2024|title= B.C. runner wins two NCAA conference titles}}</ref> In the 5000 m, she placed seventh at the [[2023 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships|2023 NCAA Championships]] in [[Austin, Texas]] in June.<ref name="fusf1234" /> === 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. She turned professional in July of 2023, joining the Nike Union Athletics Club based in [[Portland, Oregon]]. Making her Union Athletics Club debut at the Harry Jerome Classic, she set another personal best and Quebec record of 4:06.47 <ref>{{cite web|url=https://runningmagazine.ca/the-scene/montreals-simone-plourde-turns-pro-joining-nikes-union-athletics-club/ |website=Running Magazine|date=14 July 2023|accessdate=21 February 2024|title= Montreal’s Simone Plourde turns pro, joining Nike’s Union Athletics Club |first=Marley|last=Dickinson}}</ref> She finished second in the 1500 m at the [[Canadian Track and Field Championships]] in July 2023.<ref>{{cite web|website=utahutes|accessdate=21 February 2024|date=July 30, 2023|title=Plourde Takes Second at Canadian Championships|url=https://utahutes.com/news/2023/7/30/track-field-plourde-takes-second-at-canadian-championships.aspx}}</ref> She was selected for the [[2023 World Athletics Championships – Women's 1500 metres|2023 World Athletics Championships]] in [[Budapest]] in August 2023 where she finished tenth in her heat.<ref>{{cite web|website=Deseret.com|url=https://www.deseret.com/sports/2023/8/18/23817622/7-utah-ties-will-compete-in-the-world-track-and-field-championships-world-athletics-championships|first=Doug|last=Robinson|date=18 August 2023|accessdate=21 February 2024|title= These 7 Utah ties will be competing in the world track and field championships this week}}</ref><ref name="fu1234" /> In February 2024, she ran a huge personal best in the Wanamaker Mile at the [[Millrose Games]] in New York, recording 4:24.67, an improvement of more than 17 seconds. This placed her third all-time among Canadian women, behind only [[Gabriela DeBues-Stafford]] and her sister, [[Lucia Stafford]].<ref name="fu1234">{{cite web|first=Doug|last=Harrison|date=11 February 2024|accessdate=21 February 2024|title= Plourde, Lumb, Philibert-Thiboutot run personal bests for Canada at Millrose Games|website=cbc|url=https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7112155}}</ref> She was selected for the [[2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships]] in [[Glasgow]] as part of the Canadian team, to compete in the 1500 metres, where she was eliminated in the heats.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://runningmagazine.ca/the-scene/athletics-canada-names-nine-athletes-to-2024-world-indoor-championship-team/?utm_source=Instagram+&utm_medium=Stories&fbclid=PAAabSVj8uakWV3ZOUfZm-LDfBpL36d5pMX2xqtuO_KgghGSHaElFVCE5JdeQ |website=Running Magazine|date=15 February 2024|accessdate=21 February 2024|title=Athletics Canada names nine athletes to 2024 World Indoor Championship team|first=Marley|last=Dickinson}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Simone, Plourde}} [[Category:2000 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Canadian female middle-distance runners]] [[Category:Utah Utes women's track and field athletes]] [[Category:Track and field athletes from Montreal]] [[Category:21st-century Canadian women]] [[Category:21st-century Canadian people]] {{Canada-athletics-bio-stub}}'