The 16-year-old, named locally as Patrick Dinsmore, collapsed while taking part in a minor match at Greenpark Road in Rostrevor yesterday.

It is understood the St Colman’s College pupil, who was playing for St Peter’s GAA Club, Warrenpoint, had been on the field for just 15 minutes when tragedy struck.

On Friday evening, August 20, at approximately 10 p.m. the child suffered a sudden cardiac arrest at the Darke County Fair near the area of Gate 6. An EMS unit stationed on the grounds came to the aid of the child.

The child was rushed to Wayne Health Care across the street from the fairgrounds where he was later pronounced dead.

Darke County Coroner Dr. T. Kathman reports that preliminary findings suggest that the cause of death is natural. A final determination on cause and manner of death is pending further forensic testing which could take several weeks.

There is no evidence at this time to suggest that the child’s death is associated with his attendance at the Darke County Fair, according to Chief Dep. Mark Whittaker of the Darke County Sheriff’s Department.

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SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. – A Lake Superior State University student-athlete who was a Negaunee track and field standout as well as an exceptional high school football and basketball player, was found dead in his residence hall on Sunday, Aug. 22.

LSSU Public Safety reports that Dillon Menard, Negaunee, a member of the LSSU Track and Field team, appears to have died of natural causes. An autopsy is being conducted in Marquette. A sophomore, Menard would have been starting his second year in the engineering program.

“Our hearts go out to the members of Dillon’s family and his friends,” said LSSU President Tony McLain. “He was an exceptional student and athlete who was part of an LSSU track and field team that is very close-knit.”

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University officials said Milandu died of complications from an elevated heart rate.

Athletic Director Wheeler Brown said that Milandu was at a supervised open try-out. Brown said that Milandu was attended by emergency medical personnel and was transported to Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital.

Brown also acknowledged that no athletic trainer was present during the workout, a violation of university policy. He also said he did not know if Milandu had taken a required physical before the try-out and explained that university officials were looking to see if other policies were violated.

According to Bernard Flynt, another student-athlete trying out for the track team, Milandu pulled up a few feet short of the finish line on his fourth lap.

“He just said he was tired and he couldn’t go no more,” Flynt said. “We was trying to help him, but he wasn’t trying to stand up. He was just trying to just sit there.”

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ATTLEBORO, Mass.—A student-athlete at an Attleboro Catholic school who dreamed of attending a military academy has died while swimming on Cape Cod.

A coroner suspects the athlete who died Wednesday after working out on a treadmill at the YMCA most likely had an enlarged heart and went into sudden cardiac arrest.  Brant Goins, a student at Burke County High School, was 16.

Enlarged heart is a condition where the heart goes out of rhythm and unless CPR is done rapidly or a defribillator is used, chances of survival are slim.

Sixteen-year-old Brandon Holicky’s heart stopped while he was in his first period class last Monday. Holicky’s teacher, Brent Leong, said he knew immediately what he needed to do.

“I asked the students to move to the side and I go check on him, shake him and he’s gasping for air,” Leong said.

Campus security officer Bobby Bates also rushed to help and gave CPR to Holicky.

Because the automated external defibrillator was in the main office on the other side of the school’s campus, the AED was not used on Holicky until paramedics arrived.

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Jaquantus Pinder, a basketball standout, apparently had heart failure, mother says.

Standout Berry High basketball player Jaquantus Pinder died in his sleep Sunday of apparent heart failure after coming home from an AAU tournament the night before and going straight to bed, his mother said Monday.

Pinder, 16, a sophomore, played in a tournament Saturday in Columbia, Tafoya Pinder said. When he returned home he told her he was tired and went to sleep.

Sunday morning, she said, she went out to run a few errands, including a trip to Walmart to buy him a new cell phone.

“When I got back, I told my daughter to knock on (his bedroom) door and to have him let the garage up, but he wouldn’t get up,” she said.

She went to check on him, but he was dead.

]]> http://simonsfund.org/2010/04/student-basketball-player-dies/feed/ 0 http://simonsfund.org/2010/03/runner-collapses-dies/ http://simonsfund.org/2010/03/runner-collapses-dies/#comments Mon, 29 Mar 2010 00:34:07 +0000 darren http://simonsfund.org/?p=693 A Kenyan Armed Forces runner collapsed and died after competing in the 5,000m race in Nyeri, 154 kms from the capital Nairobi.

The incident happened on Friday evening during the second New KCC/Athletics Kenya (AK) Track and Field weekend meeting after the private attached to Laikipia Airbase fell ill running in the heats of the 5,000m race.

The deceased (name withheld until the next of kin are informed) had just completed his heat at Ruringu Stadium’s murram track when he suddenly fell ill after joining his teammates.

A doctor at the scene attending to the deceased asked for the runner to be rushed to Nyeri Provincial General Hospital with no vitals showing and upon arrival, he was pronounced dead.

AK Central branch chair, David Miano confirmed the incident saying, “We received reports at the end of our first day’s programme that a runner had been taken seriously ill after running the men’s 5,000m heats.

“He was then rushed to hospital where he passed on. Our thoughts are with the family of the deceased and Armed Forces have taken up the matter,” Miano said.

Further details on the incident were to be released after his family were briefed.

Following the tragedy, Miano called on athletes to ensure regular medical checkups before competitions.

“We lost a runner from this area at last year’s Sotokoto Safari Marathon and another during the Mombasa Marathon. These incidents are becoming too frequent and medical issues of athletes need to be addressed,” Miano said.

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 By SANDRA STOKLEY
The Press-Enterprise

 RIVERSIDE – A Rubidoux High School athlete who collapsed Jan. 6 after soccer practice died of sudden cardiac arrest, the Riverside County Coroner’s office said Wednesday.

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Rubidoux girls soccer player Lucero Garcia, #11, from a match against San Jacinto on Dec. 17, 2009. Garcia died Wednesday, Jan. 6, after collapsing on the field during practice. She was 16, and a sophomore starter on the Rubidoux varsity team.

Lucero Garcia, 16, was taken to Riverside Community Hospital after collapsing and was later pronounced dead.

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