MADISON, Wis. - Sarah Shulze, a runner on the University of Wisconsin's track and cross country teams and former student-athlete in Ventura County, has died.
She was 21.Shulze's family announced on April 15 that she died by suicide two days earlier."Sarah took her own life," the family said. "Balancing athletics, academics and the demands of everyday life overwhelmed her in a single, desperate moment.
Like you, we are shocked and grief stricken while holding on tightly to all that Sarah was.""Above all other things, Sarah was a power for good in the world.
Her deep compassion was evident in her devotion to her sisters Abbey and Ella, the love her parents felt from her every single day, and the extra care she took in moments shared with her grandparents and cousins."Shulze was a junior from Ventura County, California who competed in cross country, indoor track and outdoor track.