- In her second season as an assistant coach at UIS in 2020-21
- Helped train the first three national qualifiers in program history in 2019-20
- Member of the 2019 Nebraska coaching staff that won the Big Ten Men’s Indoor Track and Field Championship
Sarah Fowler is in her second season as the UIS cross country and track and field assistant coach in 2020-21. She joined the Prairie Stars after coaching at the University of Nebraska for two years.
In her first year at UIS, Fowler coached six all-GLVC all-conference cross country runners, three all-region cross country runners, one cross country All-American, one indoor track all-GLC performer, and one track All-American.
In cross country, Fowler helped the men’s team finish second at the conference meet, and the women’s team come in sixth, both new program-bests. She coached the first two NCAA cross country qualifiers in program history, including Taryn Christy who earned All-American honors.
In the indoor season, Fowler assisted Christy as she earned earned all-GLVC accolades with a runner-up GLVC finish in the 3,000m. Christy also became the first UIS track national qualifier in program history, and she earned All-American honors in the 5,000m.
Fowler was a volunteer coach in the Big Ten at Nebraska from 2017-19. She helped train the middle distance and distance runners, and also assisted with recruiting. She was a part of the coaching staff that helped the Huskers win the 2019 Big Ten Men’s Indoor Track and Field Championship. In cross country, Fowler helped coached two men’s national qualifiers. Both the Nebraska men’s and women’s cross country teams improved their finishes at the Big Ten meets in her two seasons in Lincoln.
Fowler was a star collegiate distance runner at Ohio Wesleyan University. She was a nine-time national qualifier, and a six-time All-American. Fowler won eight individual conference championships, was a two-time NCAC Cross Country Runner of the Year, and the conference’s 2017 Outdoor Distance Runner of the Year. Ohio Wesleyan won six team conference titles while Fowler was competing for the school.
Fowler graduated from Ohio Wesleyan in 2017 with a degree in Exercise Science and Psychology. She was named an Academic All-American while at Ohio Wesleyan. She earned her Master’s in 2019 in Psychology from Capella University.
