TAMU Texarkana student dies after collapsing at track competition in New Orleans

The Brief

  • A Texas A&M-Texarkana track athlete died after collapsing at a meet.
  • Graycen Vargo received medical care but later died at a hospital.
  • The Dallas student was a junior and recently honored for excellence.

NEW ORLEANS, La. A Texas A&M University-Texarkana student from Dallas is dead after a medical emergency during a Friday track competition in New Orleans.

TAMU track athlete dies

What we know:

The incident happened at the Red River Athletic Conference Track and Field Championships hosted by Xavier University on Friday afternoon. During a competition, track and field team member Graycen Vargo collapsed.

Vargo was given immediate medical care and taken to a nearby hospital, where he was later pronounced dead, a release from the school says.

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