Utah’s Simone Plourde Finishes Sixth In Women’s 1500m Repechage Round

PARIS, France – University of Utah track and field ace Simone Plourde’s 2024 Paris Olympics experience ended in disappointment after she failed to advance to the 1500m semifinals.

The repechage round of the women’s 1500m race was held on Wednesday, August 7.

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Plourde opened the race in the middle of the pack as Great Britain’s Revee Walcott-Nolan set the pace. The Canadian spent much of the first third of the race in the eighth position, looking for an opening.

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Walcott-Nolan began to fall back in the third minute as Australia’s Linden Hall took the lead. Plourde entered the final lap in sixth.

Despite a final push, Plourde couldn’t catch the leaders. The Montreal native finished sixth at 4:08:49.

About Simone Plourde

Growing up in Montreal, Canada, Simone Plourde is no stranger to competition. While developing into one of the best distance runners in the country, Plourde also participated in alpine skiing and soccer during her prep career at Pensionnat Saint-Nom-de-Marie.

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.@SimonePlourde (🇨🇦) records a time of 4️⃣:0⃣6⃣.5⃣9⃣ heat 2 of the women's 1500m race in her #Olympics  debut. She'll race in the repechage round on Wednesday, Aug. 7 at 4:45am (MDT).

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— Utah T&F/XC (@UtahTrackXC) August 6, 2024

Plourde began her college career at BYU in 2020, taking 16th place in her only cross country race that season. She went on to set multiple personal records. Plourde ran the 1500m in 4:16.06,  the 800m (2:07.61), and mile (4:37.24

Plourde transferred to the University of Utah following her freshman season at BYU.

In two seasons at Utah, Plourde owns five school records. She is the program’s all-time leader in 1500m outdoors (4:08.70) and in the 5000m outdoors (15:21.19)

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