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. …