Discus Accident Knocks High School Athlete Out of Meet

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The latest reminder of potential dangers inherent in the staging of track meets (and field events, in particular) comes to us from New Trier High School in Winnetka, Ill., where on Friday a 14-year-old student-athlete was struck in the face and rendered unconscious by an errant discus.

Having already competed in a relay during the Central Suburban League Invitational, Evanston Township High School's Linval Rose was warming up for his final race - the 400 meters. He was hit by the discus while talking to a teammate to the side of the throwing area. Reportedly in shock and bleeding from a cut near his nose, Rose slipped in and out of consciousness until paramedics arrived. Coaches at the scene determined that he knew his name and age, but not where he was or what day it was.

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