College track star dies by suicide, family launches foundation in her name

UW Athletics

(MADISON, Wisc.) — A family and college community are mourning the loss of a 21-year-old track star at University of Wisconsin-Madison who died by suicide.

Sarah Shulze, a cross-country athlete, died on April 13, according to a statement from her parents and two sisters.

“Sarah took her own life. Balancing athletics, academics and the demands of every day life overwhelmed her in a single, desperate moment,” the family wrote on Shulze’s website. “Like you, we are shocked and grief stricken while holding on tightly to all that Sarah was.”

The family described Shulze as a “power for good in the world”