More than 50 student-athletes were honoured at the 40th annual Denton Hurdle Memorial Awards last night.

The awards recognise and celebrate the finest primary, middle, and senior school student-athlete and is held in memory of Hurdle, a dedicated sportsman who attended Warwick Academy, Bermuda College, and Dalhousie University.

After completing his degree in physical education, he returned to teach at Warwick Academy. He excelled in soccer, cricket, and volleyball but his greatest passion was rugby and he went on to captain the Teachers Club and was a regular member of the Bermuda national team.

Each school is invited to nominate one boy and one girl for the award. All nominees receive a certificate of recognition and are expected to attend the ceremony.

To be eligible, students must demonstrate active participation, leadership, sportsmanship, self-discipline, dedication, and co-operation. They must also exhibit positive attitudes within the school community. Nominees are expected to be strong scholar-athletes and serve as positive role models. Only students in the final year of primary, middle, or senior school are eligible for award.

This year, Warwick Academy and Saltus Grammar School won all six categories with Warwick sweeping the girls categories and Saltus claiming all three boys’ divisions.

Zachary McGuire took home the top prize in the senior schools boys category, with honourable mention going to The Berkeley Institute’s Jahir Smith Mora.

McGuire, an honour role student, was a member of Bermuda’s successful Davis Cup tennis squad and is ranked the island’s No 1 junior. 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-18 leagues at the BFA annual youth awards and was named MVP for Saltus after winning the over-16 boys knockout football cup. He has been recruited to play NCAA Division I tennis at Sacred Heart University in Connecticut.

Jorgia White won the senior schools girls category with Hailey Trott, from The Berkeley Institute, receiving honourable mention.

White is the current national record holder in the girls 15-16 long course 1,500 metres freestyle and the girls 17-18 short course equivalent. She was also a finalist over that distance at the 2026 Carifta Games.

A member of Warwick Academy’s Senior Girls Basketball championship team, she was also their over-16 track and field champion and won the 2025 Open Water Bermuda National 5K Championships. The Principal’s Academic honours student also has an impressive 43 predicted IB points out of 45, which has led to numerous university offers.

Spencer Haldeman won the middle school boys category, with Jaylon Glasford of Somersfield Academy and Warwick Academy’s Caleb Mello achieving honourable mentions.

Earlier this year, Haldeman broke the Front Street Mile record with a time of 5min 1.2sec and he also broke the Magic Mile record in 5:15. He was the 2026 middle school 1,500 metres champion and won various races throughout 2026. He was a member of Bermuda’s 2025 Carifta triathlon team and the Longtails baseball team.

The Middle School Girls winner was Devi Samuels. Zara Bule, from Saltus and Kse Jennings from Dellwood received honourable mentions

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 which she was MVP and top scorer for the Warwick Football Academy girls’ team. She is a house captain and honour roll student.

Declan O’Sullivan came out on top in the primary school boys category with honourable mentions to Trevor Mills, from Somerfield Academy and Shamaah Darko of Warwick Academy.

O’Sullivan led Saltus to victory in the knockout cup final and earned MVP honours after scoring a hat-trick in his teams 3-1 win. 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 a part of Saltus’s cross-country winning team.

Freya Dunkle was the primary school girls champion, with Celestine Fampulme of Purvis Primary and Naomi Nusum of Saltus earning honourable mentions.

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.