2012 Outdoor: Was named NSIC Field Women's Athlete of the Year and was NSIC Women's Field Athlete of the Week two times...participated in six events for the Wildcats and was a national qualifier in the 400 meter hurdles and the heptathlon...began competition at the NCAA Division II Outdoor National Track and Field Championships before withdrawing from competition due to injury forcing her to also withdraw from the 400 meter hurdles prelims later tha tday...entered nationals ranked seventh in NCAA Division II in the 400 meter hurdles at 59.39 seconds and was 11th nationally in the heptathlon with a school record performance of 4,923 points...had a first place finish, new school record and a NCAA provisional mark at the NSIC Championships in the heptathlon with 4,923 points...placed second in the 400 meter hurdles at the Nebraska Invite setting a new school record and NCAA automatic mark with a time of 59.39 seconds...finished third in the long jump at the NSIC Championships with a jump of 18'7"...was a member of the 4 x 200 meter relay team that set a new school record at the Sioux City Relays with a time of 1:44.76...placed fifth at the Nebraska Invite in the 100 meter hurdles with a time of 14.55 seconds...was ninth at the Prairie Wolf Invite in the javelin with a toss of 96'7".
2012 Indoor: Competed in eight events for the Wildcats during the season...finished first in the pentathlon at the NSIC Championships with 3,506 points, was fifth in the 800 meter run (2:17.28), sixth in the 400 meter run (58.36), 17th in the long jump (16' 9 1/4") and ran a leg of the 10th place 4 X 400 meter relay...was a national qualifier in the 800 meter run and was named the 2012 NSIC Indoor Women's Field Athlete of the Year...ran a season-best 9.17 in the 60 meter hurdles at the Wildcat Indoor meet and had a season high mark of 5' 1/2" in the high jump at the Concordia Polar Dog Invite...named to the 2012 NSIC Winter All-Academic Team.
2011 Outdoor: Redshirted
2011 Indoor: Earned All-American honors in two events at NCAA Indoor National Championships in Albuquerque, New Mexico March 11-12...placed sixth in the 800 meter run in time of 2:12.60 after setting new school record of 2:12.42 in prelims...also ran anchor leg on the 4 x 400 meter relay team that placed eighth at nationals with time of 3:51.31...won the NSIC indoor pentathlon with 3,277 points and also placed fourth in the 800 meter run at the NSIC Championships in 2:17.15...named NSIC Women's Field Athlete of the Week on 2-15-11 after winning NSIC indoor pentathlon...ran leg on new school record setting 4 x 400 meter relay team with time of 3:48.43 at UNL Tuneup Open on 2-18-11...was a repeat selection to the NSIC Winter All-Academic Team.
2010 Outdoor: Was a national qualifier in two events (400 hurdles and 800 meter run) at NCAA Division II Championships in Charlotte, North Carolina May 27-29...set new school record in 800 meter run with time of 2:11.70 at NCAA DII Championships on 5-29-10 to finish 14th overall...also competed in 400 hurdles at national meet and was 12th overall at 1:01.12...was lone conference champion for WSC at NSIC Championships, winning the 400 hurdles on 5-8-10 with time of 1:02.18...also placed second in NSIC Heptathlon with new school record 4,558 points and was eighth in the 100 hurdles at 19.25...also ran leg on new school record distance medley relay team (12:31.80) at the Drake Relays on 4-23-10...also set new school record in 400 hurdles (1:00.45) at the Wisc.-LaCrosse Last Chance Open on 5-14-10...named to NSIC Spring All-Academic Team.
2010 Indoor: Scored points in three events at NSIC Championships in Mankato...finished second in 800 meter run (2:17.03), was third in the pentathlon with a season high 3,320 points and ran leg on second place distance medley relay team that set a new school record with a time of 12:21.99...also ran leg on 4 x 400 meter relay team that finished 10th in 4:14.59...set new school record in 800 meter run at 2:15.07 to finish fourth at the Husker Invite on 2/6/10...won the 60 meter hurdles (9.38) and 800 meter run (2:20.81) at USD Graphic Edge Invite on 1/23/10...selected to NSIC Winter All Academic Team.
2009 Outdoor: Finished 13th in the 400 meter hurdles with a time of 1:01.99 at the NCAA Division II National Track & Field Championships...placed in three events at the NSIC Outdoor Championships...won the 400 meter hurdles (1:01.80), ran leg of fourth place 4 x 400 relay team (3:58.87) and placed seventh in the 100 meter hurdles (15.40)...opened the season with a third place finish in the 400 hurdles (1:09.08) and ran leg of second place 4 x 400 relay team (4:10.23) at the Mount Marty Invite on 3-29-09...placed in four events at the Wildcat Open on 4-3-09...ran legs of first place 4 x 100 (50.24) and 4 x 400 (4:02.89) relay teams, placed third in the 400 hurdles (1:09.08) and tied for sixth in the high jump (4' 10 1/4")...earned a second place finish in the 400 meter hurdles (1:02.26) at the Nebraska Invite on 4-11-09...won the 400 hurdles (1:02.37) and ran legs of first place 4 x 400 relay (4:01.22) and fourth place 4 x 100 relay teams (50.55) at the Sioux City Relays on 4-18-09...also placed fourth in the 400 hurdles (1:02.30) and fifth in the 100 hurdles (15.61) at the Howard Wood Relays on 5-2-09.
2009 Indoor: Set two new school records and scored points in three events at NSIC Indoor Championships in Bemidji...placed third in the 800 meter run (2:16.63) and set new school record with 3,329 points and placed sixth in the indoor pentathlon...also ran leg on seventh place 4 x 400 meter relay team (4:05.93) at the NSIC Indoor Championships...set new school record in the 800 meter run with time of 2:16.51 at the Nebraska Tuneup Open in Lincoln on 2-20-09...finished second in the 800 meter run (2:19.63) at the Iowa State Open on 1-24-09.
2008 Outdoor: Set new school record in the 400 meter hurdles with a time of 1:01.95, good for second place, at the NSIC Outdoor Championships in Wayne on 5-10-08...also ran legs on two relay teams at NSIC Championships, the third place 4 x 800 meter relay team and fourth place 4 x 400 meter relay team...had five first-place finishes in the 400 meter hurdles, including the Sioux City Relays (1:03.31) and the UNK Twilight Meet (1:03.18)...took second at the University of Nebraska Open in 400 hurdles with time of 1:03.22.
High School: Graduate of Newcastle High School...Pollard helped Red Raiders win Class D State Track and Field title as a senior, scoring 31 of her team's 43 points...won the 300 meter hurdles (45.45), 400 meter dash (59.41) and 800 meter run (2:20.25)...also placed in four events at 2006 Class D State Track Meet as a junior, taking second in the 800 (2:21.25), third in the 300 meter hurdles (46.89) and fifth in the 100 meter hurdles (16.29) along with running leg on fourth place 4 x 400 meter relay team...Pollard earned Class D-2 All-State First Team honors in basketball as a senior, averaging 16.0 points and 9.4 rebounds per game for the Raiders, helping Newcastle reach the Class D-2 semi-finals...also helped Newcastle win the Class D-2 State Championship in volleyball as a junior.
Personal: Daughter of Gregg and Donna Pollard...born on August 14, 1989...majoring in exercise science.
