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College basketball team postpones 2 games after 5 players sent to hospital after workout
By Keith Farner
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A college basketball team has had its season interrupted following a rigorous workout that sent 5 players to the hospital.
Concordia University Chicago in River Forest, a Division 3 team, also has temporarily removed coach Steve Kollar, school spokesman Eric Matanyi said, as the last player was released from a hospital Saturday, the Associated Press reported. Kollar is the reigning Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference Coach of the Year.
“The length of the stays varied from several hours to several days,” Matanyi told The AP.
At issue is a late December trip when the team played 2 games, and Kollar put the players through a “particularly high-intensity, collegiate-level circuit training” on Dec. 31.
Athletics director Pete Gnan sent a letter to parents Thursday, and explained what happened.
Five players were admitted to a hospital between Monday and Wednesday, Gnan said, and the team had 2 games postponed amid the hospitalizations.
A former newspaper veteran, Keith Farner is a news manager for Saturday Down South.
