Sarah (Pollmann) Sudholt

Women’s Cross Country/Track & Field, 2012-2016

Eutecctics Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 2020 (Induction Ceremony in 2022)

After earning All-Conference honors and qualifying for the NAIA women's cross country national championship as a freshman in 2012, Sarah Pollmann returned as a sophomore to become the Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (KIAC) champion, earning her second trip to the national championships and the title of KIAC Runner of the Year in 2013.

When University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy (then St. Louis College of Pharmacy) left the KIAC to join the more competitive American Midwest Conference (AMC) in 2014, Sarah stepped up to the challenge, earning All-Conference honors and two more trips to nationals her junior and senior years (2014, 2015). In doing so, she became the first and only Eutectic athlete in history to qualify for the national championships all four seasons of eligibility.

Sarah holds two Eutectic records for Women’s Cross Country: 4,000m (15:41) and 6,000m (24:28). She is the second-fastest runner at the 5,000m distance in Eutectic history at 18:59.

Sarah earned the “Runner of the Year” award for the Eutectic women’s cross country team and the “Distance Runner of the Year” for the women’s track and field team all four years. She also received the team’s “Blood, Sweat, & Tears” award in cross country in 2012 and 2015 and track & field in 2014. For her efforts on the cross country and track & field teams, she was named the 2015 STLCOP Athlete of the Year.

On the track, Sarah is a three-time All-Conference athlete, earning All-KIAC honors in the outdoor 800m and 1500m in 2014 and All-AMC recognition in the indoor 1000m in 2015. Later in 2015, her time at the half-marathon distance qualified her for the NAIA Outdoor National Championships for the marathon event. She is the second Eutectic athlete in history to qualify for the NAIA women's track and field national championships.

Sarah received the Heart of the Eutectic Award for both Cross Country and Track & Field, recognizing her four seasons of competition on each team.