A Georgia faculty neighborhood is in mourning following the dying of a 23-year-old cross-country runner who suffered cardiac arrest at a school meet over the weekend.
On Saturday, Sept. 21, Nefertari Holston, of Dothan, Alabama, collapsed whereas competing on the MGA/Julius Johnson Invitational at Center Georgia State College in Macon, NBC affiliate WMGT-TV reported.
Macon-Bibb County coroner Leon Jones instructed the information station that Holston was rushed to Atrium Well being Navicent in Macon the place she was pronounced lifeless at 10 a.m.
A consultant with the coroner’s workplace didn’t instantly return PEOPLE’s request for extra info.
A spokesperson for the non-public girls’s faculty mentioned the varsity is “deeply saddened” by Holston’s dying.
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“Our ideas and prayers are along with her household and buddies throughout this tough time,” Drew Davidson tells PEOPLE. “This pupil has been a vibrant a part of our campus, and this loss will little question affect us all. We’re offering counseling providers to our college students, and we encourage anybody to succeed in out. We ask you to respect our college students and our neighborhood’s privateness as we grieve and are available to phrases with this loss.”
Jones told CBS affiliate WMAZ-TV that an post-mortem could be carried out on the Georgia Bureau of Investigation Crime Lab on Monday.
Hours after Holston’s dying, one other faculty athlete in Macon — the place temperatures soared to 93 degrees on Saturday — suffered a well being emergency.
Khalil Moody, a freshman cornerback for Mercer College, collapsed on the sector in the course of the third quarter of the sport towards The Citadel.
By Sunday, Moody’s situation had improved, the college said in a statement on X.
“Khalil Moody is in steady situation and in good spirits alongside his household as he stays beneath remark of the healthcare group at Atrium Well being Navicent Medical Heart in downtown Macon,” the varsity mentioned. “He has expressed his appreciation for the assist of not solely his teammates, coaches and sports activities drugs employees, but additionally for the ideas and prayers from Mercer followers world wide.”