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This just released.
By Bruce Pascoe
© 2004 Arizona Daily Star
Incoming UA freshman football player McCollins Umeh died as a result of an enlarged heart and not the high outside temperatures, according to an initial report from the Pima County Medical Examiner’s office.
The University of Arizona Police Department released the results of the medical examiner’s office, saying they are pending further examination of organ tissue and toxicology results.
Umeh, 18, collapsed 20 minutes into an involuntary workout at UA on Tuesday and died about an hour later.
UA police detectives relayed the initial findings to Umeh's family. The UAPD will await the results by the medical examiner’s office prior to proceeding further with this investigation.
Earlier Wednesday, before the medical release, Arizona officials said they were undergoing a full review of football workout procedures.
"We want to overturn every rock," said Kathleen "Rocky" LaRose, UA's senior associate athletic director.
Although no UA football coaches were allowed to supervise the workouts because of NCAA rule restrictions, LaRose and UA athletic director Jim Livengood said therewere two conditioning coaches and one trainer on hand. They said the trainer was a veteran of UA who was well-versed in dealing with the dry heat, which reached 96 degrees at the time of Umeh's collapse.
During a Wednesday afternoon news conference, before the initial autopsy report was released, Umeh's family turned to religion for answers.
"He's not gone - he's just somewhere else, looking down on us," said Darlene McClemmon, Umeh's aunt. "We will miss his earthly body but in spirit, he will alwaysbe here."
Umeh's father, Betrand, called his son's death the "will of God" but indicated that it was none theless difficult to take. He spoke softly into the microphones at a McKale Center news conference, flanked by other family members and UA officials.
"One of the greatest tragedies you can have in a family is the dad burying the son," he said. "It should be the other way around, but that's about what we're going to do."
"Umeh's family and UA football coach Mike Stoops did not take questions during the news conference, but Stoops spoke briefly of his high regard for Umeh.
"He was a great, great person who stood for all the right things," Stoops said.
Darrell Brooks, a junior defensive back, also offered condolences from the entire team. "He will be greatly missed by each and every one of us," Brooks said.
"I don't think words can express how we all feel."
By Bruce Pascoe
© 2004 Arizona Daily Star
Incoming UA freshman football player McCollins Umeh died as a result of an enlarged heart and not the high outside temperatures, according to an initial report from the Pima County Medical Examiner’s office.
The University of Arizona Police Department released the results of the medical examiner’s office, saying they are pending further examination of organ tissue and toxicology results.
Umeh, 18, collapsed 20 minutes into an involuntary workout at UA on Tuesday and died about an hour later.
UA police detectives relayed the initial findings to Umeh's family. The UAPD will await the results by the medical examiner’s office prior to proceeding further with this investigation.
Earlier Wednesday, before the medical release, Arizona officials said they were undergoing a full review of football workout procedures.
"We want to overturn every rock," said Kathleen "Rocky" LaRose, UA's senior associate athletic director.
Although no UA football coaches were allowed to supervise the workouts because of NCAA rule restrictions, LaRose and UA athletic director Jim Livengood said therewere two conditioning coaches and one trainer on hand. They said the trainer was a veteran of UA who was well-versed in dealing with the dry heat, which reached 96 degrees at the time of Umeh's collapse.
During a Wednesday afternoon news conference, before the initial autopsy report was released, Umeh's family turned to religion for answers.
"He's not gone - he's just somewhere else, looking down on us," said Darlene McClemmon, Umeh's aunt. "We will miss his earthly body but in spirit, he will alwaysbe here."
Umeh's father, Betrand, called his son's death the "will of God" but indicated that it was none theless difficult to take. He spoke softly into the microphones at a McKale Center news conference, flanked by other family members and UA officials.
"One of the greatest tragedies you can have in a family is the dad burying the son," he said. "It should be the other way around, but that's about what we're going to do."
"Umeh's family and UA football coach Mike Stoops did not take questions during the news conference, but Stoops spoke briefly of his high regard for Umeh.
"He was a great, great person who stood for all the right things," Stoops said.
Darrell Brooks, a junior defensive back, also offered condolences from the entire team. "He will be greatly missed by each and every one of us," Brooks said.
"I don't think words can express how we all feel."
