RIP Wisconsin student-athlete Sarah Shulze, 21

[TN1965]

A very troubling story behind Katie Meyer's suicide.

Parents of former Stanford goalie Katie Meyer file wrongful death lawsuit against university (yahoo.com)

The parents of Katie Meyer, who died earlier this year at Stanford, filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the university on Wednesday, according to USA Today’s Josh Peter.

[TN1965]

How JMU catcher Lauren Bernett's death rocked college softball and pushed it to action on mental health

https://sports.yahoo.com/jmu-catcher-lauren-bernetts-death-151631792.html

[bambam1729]

The Frank Murphy book "The Silence of Great Distance" (published 2000) is all about the sagas of both Ormsby and Herbst!
It covers the entire year of Ormsby & Herbst, from XC to the NCAA race where Ormsby left from!
It's also a great compact history of post-Title IX women's running, from Doris Heritage and Mary Slaney to 1986 and beyond, including Suzy Favor, who was a frosh when Herbst was a senior!
But the book is mostly about the psychology and emotions of running, and how Ormsby came to attempt suicide, and how it greatly affected Herbst!
It's much respected and praised!

Ormsby was treated at Duke Hospital while I was a first-year resident in orthopaedics and was on the spine service. Rounded on her daily for about 10 days. Was tough to see that.

[aaronk]

I'm sure most will remember this:

https://vault.si.com/vault/1986/06/1...st-disappeared

The Frank Murphy book "The Silence of Great Distance" (published 2000) is all about the sagas of both Ormsby and Herbst!
It covers the entire year of Ormsby & Herbst, from XC to the NCAA race where Ormsby left from!
It's also a great compact history of post-Title IX women's running, from Doris Heritage and Mary Slaney to 1986 and beyond, including Suzy Favor, who was a frosh when Herbst was a senior!
But the book is mostly about the psychology and emotions of running, and how Ormsby came to attempt suicide, and how it greatly affected Herbst!
It's much respected and praised!

[JMysterio]

I'm sure most will remember this:

https://vault.si.com/vault/1986/06/16/and-then-she-just-disappeared

[bambam1729]

Announcement from Elise Cranny:

"Five NCAA student-athletes have died by suicide in the last two months alone. Five lives lost too soon.
•
Between now and the USA Track and Field 10k Championships on May 27th, I will be working to raise $10k for @thehiddenopponent in the fight for mental health and suicide prevention among student-athletes."

The GoFundMe has raised over $3,000 so far.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/fundraiser-by-elise-cranny-the-hidden-opponent

Good for her

[RunningInCircles]

Announcement from Elise Cranny:

"Five NCAA student-athletes have died by suicide in the last two months alone. Five lives lost too soon.
•
Between now and the USA Track and Field 10k Championships on May 27th, I will be working to raise $10k for @thehiddenopponent in the fight for mental health and suicide prevention among student-athletes."

The GoFundMe has raised over $3,000 so far.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/fundraiser-by-elise-cranny-the-hidden-opponent

[SoCal45]

Sadly, another chapter in this story... https://www.espn.com/college-sports/...lauren-bernett

[aaronk]

Don't know if Sarah Schulze's story will be covered here, but later today (4 p.m. Pacific time), NBC has a documentary called "I'm Fine, Not Really", about the pressures and expectations put on student athletes leading to mental health issues!
Sounds very interesting, and certainly very topical!!

[TN1965]

Student-athletes' deaths show NCAA must address mental health (yahoo.com)

Five NCAA student-athletes in less than two months have died by suicide.

Five young people who couldn't hold on one more day.

Five families grieving.

Five teams coping.

We have to talk about it.

[aaronk]

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cc6Gt_BJCql/

Her message, and the beautiful replies she received, made me cry!!
I wish her well, and everyone else who feels the same, and does the same!

[gm]

Curious where you found the Aleeya Hutchins announcement.

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cc6Gt_BJCql/

[moreover]

Wake Forest 800 runner, Aleeya Hutchins, who ran indoor nationals in 2021, just announced today that due to too many student athletes recently committing suicide that she was quitting college track before her own mental health struggles got any worse.

I don't think she will be the last one to quit this year for that reason.

Pushing yourself beyond your mental health limits just to try to get 1 or 2 points for your team at the conference meet isn't worth losing your mind over.

Curious where you found the Aleeya Hutchins announcement.

[Davidokun]

‘It’s Life or Death’: The Mental Health Crisis Among U.S. Teens
Depression, self-harm and suicide are rising among American adolescents. For one 13-year-old, the despair was almost too much to take.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/23/health/mental-health-crisis-teens.html

[bambam1729]

Lauren Bernett, not T&F, but a James Madison University softball player, died a few days ago and the death was also just ruled a suicide. Don't remember ever hearing so much about this in young athletes.