Track & Field

DenzelSimusialela

  • position Sprints/Hurdles
  • class Junior
  • Hometown Zimbabwe

https://www.tfrrs.org/athletes/9257095/Kentucky/Denzel_Simusialela.html

Personal Bests:

Indoor:

60 – 6.63

200 – 20.67

Outdoor:

100 – 10.09

200 – 19.97

Career Accolades:

  • 2025 NJCAA Outdoor 100m National Champion
  • 2025 NJCAA Outdoor 200m National Champion
  • 2025 NJCAA Indoor 200m National Champion
  • 2024 NJCAA Outdoor 100m Bronze Medalist
  • African Championships Bronze Medalist – 2025
  • World Rankings: No. 68 Men’s 200m, No. 181 Men’s 100m

2024-25 (South Plains College)

Outdoor

  • Claimed his second and third career NJCAA Championships in 2025, winning the men’s 100m title (10.25) and the men’s 200m title (20.36)
  • Won the 200m event and placed second in the 4x100m relay at the Texas Tech Corky Shootout
  • Ran a personal time of 19.97 to win the 200m event at the SPC Texan Invite
  • Won the 4x100m relay and placed third in the 100m at the Jo Meaker Classic
  • Won the 4x100m relay with a 39.61 time at the Texas Tech Masked Raider
  •  Placed second in the 4x200m relay and seventh in the 100m in his outdoor season debut at the Texas Relays

Indoor

  • Won his first NJCAA Indoor National Championships by winning the men’s 200m final with a time of 20.67
  • Earned a silver medal in the men’s 60m final at the NJCAA Championships with a season best time of 6.63
  • Won the 60m (6.75) and finished second in the 200m (21.00) at the Arkansas Qualifier
  • Placed third in the 200m event at the Stan Scott Invite with a time of 20.91
  • Finished third in the 60m at the Corky Classic in his outdoor season debut

2023-24 (South Plains College)

Outdoor

  • Concluded his freshman outdoor season at the NJCAA Championships, earning a bronze medal in the men’s 100m final with a time of 10.18
  • Placed second in the 4x100m relay and ninth in the 100m at the Corky/Crofoot Shootout
  • Member of the men’s 4x400m relay team to win with a 3:12.55 time at the Buffalo Invitational
  • Made his career outdoor debut at the WT Spring Break Open, winning the 200m and placing second in the 4x100m relay

Indoor

  • Finished ninth in the 60m prelims and 17th in the 200m prelims in his first career NJCAA Championships appearance
  • Placed third in the 60m prelims with a time of 6.72 at the Arkansas Qualifier
  • Finished 11th in the 60m and 13th in the 200m at the Robert Platt Invitational
  • Made his collegiate debut at the Stan Scott Memorial, placing seventh in the 200m and 12th in the 60m
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