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Simcoe Composite School student earns OFSAA gold

18 Mar, 08:41 AM

Originally published in The Simcoe Reformer on June 17, 2024 by Vincent Ball

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Photo credit: Vincent Ball, Simcoe Reformer

KJ Nembhard has plenty of speed but it was fortitude that earned him junior boys 400-metre dash gold medal at OFSAA recently.

Nembhard pushed through the pain in a big way to win the gold in a time of 48.67, a personal best and just shy of the OFSAA record of 48.46.

It’s the first provincial track and field gold medal won by a Simcoe Composite School athlete since the mid-1980s. Nembhard just started running the 400 metres this year and was competing against the best 400 runners in Ontario.

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