2024 Women's Cross Country Roster
Sam Poglitsch
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Wheaton Warrenville South
- Hometown:
- Wheaton, Ill.
2024
- Placed 37th in the 6k at the NCAA Midwest Regionals (20:45.1)
- Ran a new personal-best 6k and placed 62nd at the Big Ten Championships (20:28.4)
- Academic All-Big Ten
2023
- Ran a season-best 6k at the Bradley Pink Classic (13th, 21:23.0)
- Placed 22nd at the Big Ten Championships (21:47.5)
- Placed 43rd at the NCAA Midwest Regionals (21:36.6)
- Academic All-Big Ten
2022
- Personal-best 5k (17:45.6) in her eighth place finish at the John McNichols XC Invite
- Personal-best 6k (20:53.2) in her 13th place finish at the Gans Creek Classic
- 51st at the NCAA Midwest Region Cross Country Championships (21:10.4)
2021
- Made her Illini debut in the Redbird Invite, running a 21:59.9 in the 6k.
- Ran a season-best time in the 6k at the NCAA Pre-Nationals, running a 21:20.9.
- Placed 66th in the Big Ten Championships (22:06.9)
High School
- Earned All-State and All-Conference honors for cross country and track three times
- 2019 conference champion, regional and sectional runner-up
- 2019 state runner-up in the 3 mile
- Attended the same high school as current Illini teammate Jack Roberts
- Coached by Rob Harvey
Personal
- Chose Illinois because she fell in love with the environment of the campus and the team atmosphere
- Ran on the same team as current Illini teammate Katie Hohe during elementary and middle school
- Daughter of Mike and Anne Poglitsch
TFRRS Profile
Illini Track I Melissa Wullschleger NCAA Outdoor All-American Heptathlon 6/14/25
Sunday, June 15
Illini Track I Rose Yeboah NCAA Outdoor All-American High Jump 6/14/25
Sunday, June 15
Illini Track I Kam Garrett NCAA Outdoor All-American High Jump 6/13/25
Saturday, June 14
Illini Track I Sophia Beckmon NCAA Outdoor All-American Long Jump 6/12/25
Friday, June 13
