2024-25 Women's Track & Field Roster
Sam Poglitsch
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Wheaton, Ill.
- High School:
- Wheaton Warrenville South
- Major:
- Advertising
2025
Indoor
- Part of the relay that holds second on the program DMR leaderboard (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 Invitational
- 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) 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 fourth 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 second in the distance medley relay at the Big Ten Indoor Track and Field Championships
Outdoor
- Program's 10th fastest time in the 3000m steeplechase (10:32.57) at the 62nd Annual Mt. SAC Relays
- Finished second in the 800m at the Ole Miss Classic
- Personal-best and finished third in the 2000m steeplechase (6:48.59) at the Ole Miss Classic
- Finished fourth in the 1500m at the Illini Invite
- Finished fourth 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 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
