Failure to Test for Sickle Cell Trait Haunts School

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A third official within the North Carolina A&T athletic department has been fired in the wake of a track prospect's death last August.

An investigation revealed that associate athletic director Merlene Aitken, along with several coaches, received an e-mail last August from chief athletics trainer Roland Lovelace asking coaches to save money by not testing prospective athletes for sickle cell trait. The e-mail was sent two days before Jospin "Andre" Milandu died at a track and field tryout. Aitken was fired Tuesday.

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