Fifty-one student-athletes were honored tonight at the 40th annual Denton Hurdle Memorial Awards, held at the Phoebe Purvis Memorial Hall at Warwick Academy. These awards, honoring the late Denton Hurdle, recognize and celebrate the finest primary, middle, and senior school student-athletes.
Warwick Academy and Saltus Grammar School won all six categories with Warwick sweeping the girls categories and Saltus claiming all three boys’ divisions
PRIMARY SCHOOL GIRLS WINNER – FREYA DUNKLE – WARWICK ACADEMY
Honorable Mention – Celestine Fampulme – Purvis Parish School
Naomi Nusum – Saltus Grammar School
Freya Dunkle serves as captain, prefect and mentor at Warwick Academy. She was a football all star and excelled in running in 2026. She won the Front Street Mile, interschool cross country, Randy Benjamin Mile and multiple other road and track races. She earned grade 3 in piano and won the Warwick Academy Easter poster competition.
PRIMARY SCHOOL BOYS WINNER – DECLAN O’SULLIVAN – Saltus Grammar School
Honorable Mention – Trevor Mills – Somerfield Academy
Shamaah Darko – Warwick Academy
O’Sullivan led Saltus to victory in the knockout cup final earning MVP honors after scoring a hattrick in his teams 3-1 winner. He also led Saltus to the six a side tournament scoring six goals in the semi final alone. He was a football all star and was a part of Saltus’ cross country winning team.
MIDDLE SCHOOL GIRLS WINNER – DEVI SAMUELS – WARWICK ACADEMY
Honorable Mention – Zara Bule – Saltus Grammar School
Kse Jennings – Dellwood Middle School
Samuels is a member of the under 15 National football academy and could be seen playing in both the under 13 girls and boys leagues in the BFA leagues where she was MVP and Top Scorer for the Warwick Football Academy girls’ team. Devi is a house captain and honor roll student.
MIDDLE SCHOOL BOYS WINNER – SPENCER HALDERMAN – Saltus Grammar School
Honorable Mention – Jaylon Glasford – Somersfield Academy
Caleb Mello – Warwick Academy
Earlier this year Halderman broke the Front Street mile record with a time of 5 minutes and 1.2 seconds. He also broke the Magic Mile record in 5 minutes and 15 seconds. He was the 2026 middle school 1500-meter champion and won various races throughout 2026. He was a member of Bermuda’s 2025 CARIFTA triathlon team and Bermuda long tails baseball team.
SENIOR SCHOOL GIRLS WINNER – JORGIA WHITE – Warwick Academy
Honorable Mention – Hailey Trott – The Berkeley Institute
White is the current National Record holder in the girls 15-16 long course 1500 meters and the girls 17-18 short course 1500 meters. She was a finalist at the 2026 CARIFTA games in the 1500 meters. She was a member of Warwick Academy’s Senior Girls Basketball championship team and was Warwick Academy’s over 16 track and field champion. She won the 2025 open water Bermuda National 5k Championships. The Principals Academic honors student also has an impressive 43 predicted IB points out of 45 which has led to numerous universites offers.
SENIOR BOYS WINNER – Zachary McGuire – Saltus Grammar School
Honorable Mention –Jahir Smith Mora – The Berkeley Institute
McGuire, an honor roll student, was a member of Bermuda’s successful Davis Cup tennis team and is ranked number 1 in Bermuda’s junior tennis rankings. He is also a regular for St. George’s senior men’s football team as well as FC Bascome’s under 18 team. He was named defender of the year in the under 128 leagues at the BFA annual youth awards and was named MVP for Saltus after winning the over 16 boys knockout football cup. Zachary has also been recruited to play division 1 tennis at Sacred Heart University in Connecticut.
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