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2024-25 Women's Track & Field Roster

Sam Poglitsch

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Wheaton, Ill.
  • High School Wheaton Warrenville South
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Biography

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2025

Indoor

  • Part of the relay that holds second on the program DMR leaderboardĀ (11:08.64)
  • Set a new personal best in the 3000m (9:40.49) at the Big Ten Indoor Championships
  • Ran the program's fourth-fastest 1500m (4:26.91) and new personal best in the mile (4:45.40) at the Bruce Lehane Scarlet and White InvitationalĀ 
  • Part of the DMR team that placed sixth at the Big Ten Indoor Championships (11:11.40)

Outdoor

  • Ran the program's third-fastest 3000m steeplechase (10:10.52) in her eighth-place finish at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships
  • Set a new personal best in her 1500m win at the Fighting Illini Twilight (4:23.98)
  • Academic All-Big Ten

2024

Indoor

  • Ran a personal-best 1000m (2:49.28) in her win at the Commodore Challenge
  • Clocked a personal-best mile (4:46.65) at the Meyo Invitational

Outdoor

  • Ran a personal-best 5000m (17:18.10) at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships
  • Placed seventh in the 3000mS (10:32.74)Ā at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships
  • Academic All-Big Ten

2023

Indoor

  • Part of the program's third fastest DMR team (11:13.87) that took third at the Big Ten Indoor Championships
  • Placed fifth in the mile (4:54.29) at the Illini Challenge

Outdoor

  • Placed fourth in both the 1500m (4:29.68) and 4x400m team at the Fighting Illini Challenge
  • Placed 12th in the 3000m steeplechase (10:57.38) at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships

2022

Indoor

  • Personal-best and finished fourthĀ in the mile (4:49.69) at the PNC Lenny Lyles Invite
  • Personal-best and finished second in the 800m (2:07.85) at the Music City Challenge
  • Finished secondĀ in the distance medley relay at the Big Ten Indoor Track and Field Championships

Outdoor

  • Program's 10th fastest time in the 3000m steeplechaseĀ (10:32.57) at the 62nd Annual Mt. SAC Relays
  • Finished secondĀ in the 800m at the Ole Miss Classic
  • Personal-best and finished thirdĀ in the 2000m steeplechase (6:48.59) at the Ole Miss Classic
  • Finished fourthĀ in the 1500m at the Illini Invite
  • Finished fourthĀ in the distance medley relay at the Drake Relays

High School

  • Earned All-State and All-Conference honors for cross country and track three times
  • 2019 conferenceĀ 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
  • DaughterĀ of Mike and Anne Poglitsch

TFRRS Profile

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22Freshman

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  • 2022-23Sophomore

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  • 2023-24Junior

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  • 2024-25Senior

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