Margaret Pollard Season 2021

TFRRS All-Time Performances

Honors
Big Ten Distinguished Scholar (2019-20, 2021-22)
Academic All-Big Ten (2019, 2020, 2021)
Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021; Spring 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022)
Sam Foltz 27 Hero Leadership Award (2021)
Tom Osborne Citizenship Team (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022)

2021 (Senior)
Competed in three meets... Earned a season-best finish of 71st with a time of 24:28.4 at the Bradley Pink Classic... Recorded a season-best 5K time of 20:04.4 at the Greeno Dirksen Invite while finishing 108th.

2020 (Junior)
Did not compete in the shortened season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

2019 (Sophomore)
Opened the season at the Augustana Twilight and was 61st in a 5K PR time of 19:21.1...finished 86th at the Greeno/Dirksen Invite with a time of 20:10.2...took 11th at the Small Town Showdown, clocking a time of 18:15.0...placed 74th in the 6K Open at the Under Armour Pre-Nationals with a personal-best time of 23:50.9...was 121st at the Big Ten Championships in a time of 24:15.4.

2018 (Freshman)
Began her collegiate career at the Augustana Twilight, placing 75th in a time of 19:54.0…finished 163rd at the Greeno/Dirksen Invite with a time of 26:48.3…placed 311th at Loyola Lakefront and clocked a time of 20:47.4…finished 77th at the Bradley Classic with a time of 24:17.2.

Before Nebraska 
Joined the Huskers from Gilbert High School in Ames, Iowa...set a prep-best time of 2:19.63 in the 800m at the 2018 Iowa State Championships, where she finished 10th...placed 11th at the 2018 IHSAA 3A State Championships in the 3,000m with a personal-best time of 10:55.78.

Personal
Born March 23, 2000...parents are Jamie, the Iowa State Director of Athletics, and Ellen...a mathematics major who earned her bachelor's degree from Nebraska in May of 2022.