.Utah_trackfield's Simone Plourde, who transferred from BYU in 2021, is one of three Utes headed to the NCAA championships.
Simone Plourde runs a race at the University of Utah.She had just transferred out of BYU. COVID restrictions still were in effect, hampering her ability to explore other options. And internally, she had told herself that she wanted to stay in Utah. She enjoyed the mountains and liked the skiing.
“New Mexico [called]. It just came down to a question of like, I really didn’t want to live in Albuquerque,” Plourde said. “The University of Virginia [was also in the mix]. But that was more for the schooling side of things. So I feel like Utah was a good mix of good education and good team. I’ll do the training and it kind of had a little bit of everything I wanted.”
“Last year I think we actually had like seven transfers,” Plourde said. “It was nice to have everyone come from different backgrounds and have different perspectives on their programs and everything. It was nice to just be able to build something special here. In a place where we knew we’d be a lot happier.”
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