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Local track and field club starts training for 2025 season

April 10, 2025   ·   0 Comments

By Brian Lockhart

With the warmer weather, the South Simcoe Dufferin Track & Field Club will be getting outdoors and training for the 2025 season.

The Club strives to develop young athletes in various disciplines from elementary school ages right up to high school and into the senior and master levels.

The Club has been around since 1970 and is a member of Athletics Ontario and the Minor Track Association of Ontario. Through those associations, they are a member of Athletics Canada.

Over the years, the Club has maintained a steady membership of around 65, however recently there has been an increase in younger members of elementary school age.

The Club has seven full-time volunteer coaches and an additional three part-time volunteer coaches that specialize in various events.

They train year-round and compete in an indoor season from January to March.

In the spring they move outdoors from April to August, and participate in a cross-country season from September to November.

Several of the Club’s athletes have achieved National Team status and represented Canada at the highest level of international competition, including the World Championships, Pan American Games, and NACAC.

Over 90 South Simcoe Dufferin athletes have attended colleges and universities on full athletic scholarships in the United States and over 200 have gone on to compete at universities and colleges in Canada.

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