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Featured Athlete of the Week – Fatima DeFreitas – Nora Frances Henderson

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Featured Athlete of the Week – Fatima DeFreitas – Nora Frances Henderson

It is very likely that you will hear Grade 12 student, Fatima DeFreitas, before you see her.
Gregarious and driven, she is a leader both on and off the court. During her 4 years at
Barton/Henderson, Fatima has played every sport from volleyball and basketball, to soccerIMG_0090
and touch football, but it is track and field which has her heart. Although she achieved a personal best
in every race she ran last year, it will be that elusive OFSAA medal that she will be training for
this spring.
Ask coaches A. Cambridge and J. Kraemer to describe her, and words like “committed,” and
“intense” are the common theme, but perhaps, S. Holmes – Fatima’s Track coach and personal
role model, says it best: “Fatima has an outstanding work ethic. She has an exceptional level
of fitness, and no one can outdo her commitment to working hard and pushing her limits” If
life is like sport, we know that Fatima will carry these winning traits with her into the wider
world when she graduates in June.

Updated on Tuesday, December 20, 2016.
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