College cross-country runner dies after collapsing during meet

MACON, Ga. (Gray News) – A college cross-country runner collapsed and died during a meet last weekend in Georgia.

According to local reports from WGXA and WMGT, 23-year-old Nefertari Holston of Dothan, Alabama died at the meet on Saturday.

Holston was a cross-country runner for Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia.

She was participating in the MGA/Julius Johnson Invitational at Middle Georgia State University in Macon.

Macon-Bibb County coroner Leon Jones told WGXA that Holston went into cardiac arrest and was rushed to the hospital where she was pronounced dead.

Temperatures in the area rose to the mid-90s on Saturday, but it’s unclear if heat was a contributing factor.

Officials said an autopsy would be performed.