UW-Madison runner Sarah Shulze’s suicide shows pressure student athletes face
Sarah Shulze at the 2012 track and field championship in Baltimore.
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Sarah as a child at the Junior Olympic Track and Field Championship.
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Sarah Shulze holds up a medal she won her senior year of high school at the southern California track and field finals in April 2019.
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The Shulzes enjoy a gondola ride in Venice on a trip to Italy in May 2019, a few months before Sarah joined the UW-Madison team.
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Sarah Shulze smiles with her parents at her Oak Park High School graduation ceremony in May 2019. Oak Park isa 15 minute drive from Malibu beach, one of her favorite places to run.
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Sarah Shulze, middle, with her family at the National Charity League Ball in fall 2019. The ball honored Sarah and other girls for their community service.
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Sarah Shulze, middle, with her family at the National Charity League Ball in fall 2019. The ball honored Sarah and other girls for their community service.
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Sarah Shulze in Oak Canyon Park, a favorite running spot in November 2019.
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UW-Madison track/cross-country team members Victoria Heiligenthal, from left, Sarah Shulze and Lexi Westley in their uniforms. Sarah ran 60 to 75 miles per week.
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Sarah Shulze, from left, Maddie Mooney, Victoria Heiligenthal and Cailyn Biegalski enjoy a UW Badgers football game.
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Sarah Shulze, left, with teammate Victoria Heiligenthal at the 2019 Nuttycombe cross country invitational their freshmen year.
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COVID-19 sent Sarah home in spring 2020 to her family and dog, Maui.
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Sarah Shulze in Newport Beach in March 2022. It’s the last photo the Shulze family has of their oldest daughter.
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Cross country runners from schools across the country wear green ribbons at the 2022 Nuttycombe Invitational in honor of Sarah Shulze, a UW-Madison runner who died by suicide in 2022.
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A green ribbon, the symbol of mental health awareness, is spray-painted onto the course at the Nuttycombe Invitational, an annual gathering of the nation’s top collegiate cross country runners hosted by UW-Madison. A UW-Madison runner died by suicide in April 2022.
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Green ribbons are pinned to many runners’ jerseys at the 2022 Nuttycombe Invitational, an annual cross country meet hosted by UW-Madison. A UW-Madison runner died by suicide in April 2022. A green ribbon is the symbol of mental health awareness.
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UW-Madison runners at the 2023 Nuttycombe Invitational. The team pins green ribbons onto their uniforms.
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UW-Madison runners at the 2024 Nuttycombe Invitational. The team pins green ribbons onto their uniforms.
