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Support Pours In For Family Of College Gymnast Who Died In Practice Support Pours In For Family Of College Gymnast Who Died In Practice
Support Pours In For Family Of College Gymnast Who Died In Practice Hundreds are rallying around the family of a 20-year-old college gymnast who died after suffering a spinal cord injury in practice. Melanie Coleman, who attended Southern Connecticut State in New Haven, suffered the injury on Friday, Nov. 8 and died two days later. She was reportedly practicing on the bars at the time she sustained the spinal cord injury. Following her injury, friends and family members set up a GoFundMe campaign that saw an overwhelming response from the community. In less than three days, the fundraiser had more than $65,500 in donations - more than six times greater than…

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by Zak Failla
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College Gymnast Dies After Suffering Spinal Cord Injury In Practice College Gymnast Dies After Suffering Spinal Cord Injury In Practice
College Gymnast Dies After Suffering Spinal Cord Injury In Practice A member of the Southern Connecticut State University women's gymnastics team died after suffering a spinal cord injury in practice. Melanie Coleman, 20, died on Sunday, Nov. 10 after the incident while she was practicing on the bars at the university's campus in New Haven on Friday, Nov. 8. Coleman, a junior, came to Southern Connecticut State from Jonathan Law High School in Milford, Connecticut, where, as a team captain, she was the program's most valuable player and all-state selection.  As a freshman at SCSU for the 2017-18 season she joined her sister, Tiffany, who was a so…

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by Joe Lombardi