[2] Pagano competed for Team USA at IAAF World Cross Country Championships in Kampala, Uganda.

[3] Sarah Pagano represented Team USA for the 7th time at 2019 Pan American Games.

[4] [18][19][20][21][22] [23][24][25] A resident of Ringwood, New Jersey who attended Immaculate Heart Academy,[26] Sarah Pagano earned all-county honors in 2009.

[27] Pagano won the NJSIAA State Girls Cross Country Championships Non Public A Group in 2007 in 19:20 and 2008 in 19:11, respectively.

[28][29][30] Pagano won 2008 New Jersey Non Public A 1600 and 3200 meters races.