SWimmer Dies in Pool. WFU Freshman pv STEPHEN SHULTS. By Mary Garber Slaff R-.,orttr

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WFU Freshman pv SWimmer Dies in Pool By Mary Garber Slaff R-.,orttr Stephen Shults, an 18-year-old freshman from Wethersfield, Conn.

The cause of death was not known last night, and an autopsy will be performed. Shults was pulled from the water by a teammate, Allen Lydick.

Howard Jemison, director of Health Services at Wake Forest. was summoned and gave treatment. The rescue squad was called and Rescue Medical Team I, with Dr.

1 WFU Freshman pv SWimmer Dies in Pool By Mary Garber Slaff R-.,orttr Stephen Shults, an 18-year-old freshman from Wethersfield, Conn., and a member of the Wake Forest University swimming team. died suddenly yesterday while swimming in the campus pool during a team practice. The cause of death was not known last night, and an autopsy will be performed. Shults was pulled from the water by a teammate, Allen Lydick. Witnesses said he could not have been under the water more than six seconds. Coach Leo Ellison began mouth-to-mouth resuscitation and cardiac massage immediately on the pool deck. Dr. Howard Jemison, director of Health Services at Wake Forest. was summoned and gave treatment. The rescue squad was called and Rescue Medical Team I, with Dr. Lew Stringer in charge, came and worked for more than an hour with mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, oxygen. cardiac massage and other treatment. But there was no response. Shults, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Shults, had visited Wake Forest with his father, who is a baseball coach at Trinity College and was on campus for a game. STEPHEN SHULTS

WF Freshman Dies in Pool n Continued From Page 1 time,. but th!s i~, the first time I have ~ad to pull anyone out.

when he stopped movmg and_ started to Though Shults had not had his swimming team physical exam, sink. Another swimmer Jerked. hu~ up and we ~ll got him out.

le had trained people there and we did everything we medical ~ecords at th~ Wake Forest i~firmary.

2 WF Freshman Dies in Pool n Continued From Page 1 time,. but th!s i~, the first time I have ~ad to pull anyone out. " Young Schults was a sprinter as well as a swimmer, but was Ellison said, We had started our first s~1m. He had gone not attending Wake Forest on an athletic scholarship. n:iaybe 100 or 20? yards.when he stopped movmg and_ started to Though Shults had not had his swimming team physical exam, sink. Another swimmer Jerked. hu~ up and we ~ll got him out.. We he did have an examination at home before coming to Wake began mouth to m?uth resuscitation and card1~c massag~ right Forest and had been cleared for physical activity, according to away. _'!le had trained people there and we did everything we medical ~ecords at th~ Wake Forest i~firmary. co~~mbers of the swimming team sat in the stands and watched The swimmers h~d Just begun pra~bce about 4:30 P '!l been the resuscitation attempts and sped on errands whenever needed. through warm-up drills and we~e s~rtj~g a l,()()()..ya~d swim wh_en Ellis called the young man's parents and Stringer also talked Shu~ts ~ollapsed. He was sw.1mmmg m the outside lane with with Shults' mother. L~?1ck m lane ~~o, next ~. hi":1.... Stringer said that he could not immediate determine the cause I saw him sliding down, said Lydick, and I thought he was of death but witnesses said that Shults could not have drowned ~ucking to avoid a lap. B~t when I made by turn, I realized he was because 'he was pulled from the water so quickly. m trouble and I pulled him out. He couldn't have been under the There will be a memorial service for Shults at noon today at water more than six seconds. I've been a life-guard for a long Davis Chapel on the Wake Forest campus.

Blood Vessel Defect /(illed Swimmer ' An auto;,sy has determined that a blood vessel defect in the heart was the cause of the death yesterday of Stephen Shults, an 18-year-old freshman at Wake Forest

Lew Stringer, adviser to the Forsyth County Emergency Medical Service, said Shults had had the heart defect since birth. He died about 4:45 p.m., shortly after practice had begun.

Allen Lydick, a teammate swimming in lane two, said he saw Shults sliding down into the water and thought he was ducking to avoid a lap.

3 Blood Vessel Defect /(illed Swimmer ' An auto;,sy has determined that a blood vessel defect in the heart was the cause of the death yesterday of Stephen Shults, an 18-year-old freshman at Wake Forest University. Shults died in the university swirnrnlng pool during a swimming team practice session. Dr. Lew Stringer, adviser to the Forsyth County Emergency Medical Service, said Shults had had the heart defect since birth. He died about 4:45 p.m., shortly after practice had begun. The swimmers did warm-up drills and were starting a 1,000-yard swim when Shults, in the first lane of the pool, collapsed. Allen Lydick, a teammate swimming in lane two, said he saw Shults sliding down into the water and thought he was ducking to avoid a lap. "But when I made my turn, I realized he was in trouble and I pulled him out. He couldn't have been in the water for more than six seconds," Lydick said. Coach Leo Ellison began mouth-to-mouth resuscitation and cardiac massage on the pool deck, and Dr. Howard Jemison, director of Health Services at the university, was summoned and began treatment. Stringer and the county rescue team administered oxygen, cardiac massage, mouth-tomouth resuscitation and other treatment for more than an hour, to no avail. Shults is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Shults of Wethersfield, Conn. He applied to attend Wake Forest after a visit to the campus last year with his father, who is a baseball coach at Trinity College in Hartford, Conn. Shults was not at Wake Forest on an athletic scholarship. He had not had his swimming team physical examination, but he had had a physical exam at home before coming to Wake Forest and had been cleared for physical activity, university medical records said. Funeral arrangements are incomplete. A memorial service was held at noon today in Davis Chapel on the Wake Forest campus.

$R.upturect Aorta Led To Death The death of an 18-year-old Wake Forest University freshlf\an ursday during practice with the swimming team has been attributed to$ The disease, which Podgorny said is not hereditary but most common in people who are tall and thin and who have poor vision and very long arms, affects the

The disease, which Podgorny said is not hereditary but most common in people who are tall and thin and who have poor vision and very long arms, affects the

Podgorny said that the aorta is very weak in structure and thinner in those suffering Marfan's Syndrome than in most people.

4 R.upturect Aorta Led To Death The death of an 18-year-old Wake Forest University freshlf\an ursday during practice with the swimming team has been attributed to a burst aorta. Dr. George Podgorny, a For syth County medical examiner, said yesterday that Stephen Shults suffered from a disease known as Marfan's Syndrome. The disease, which Podgorny said is not hereditary but most common in people who are tall and thin and who have poor vision and very long arms, affects the aorta, the main blood vessel carrying blood from the heart. Podgorny said that the aorta is very weak in structure and thinner in those suffering Marfan's Syndrome than in most people. Over a long period, he said, the aorta begins "pouching out." Sooner or later, he said, the vessel will burst and the person bleeds to death. That Shults was stricken while swimming was coincidental, Podgorny said. He said that under certain stress, it could have happened anywhere. See Burst, Page Z

, Burst Aorta Caused Death Continued From Page 1 Poclgorny said that efforts :.

w~thersfield, Conn., died as he and other team members began swimming across the pool about 4:45 p.m. Thursday. J.llen Lydick, a teammate '!

5 , Burst Aorta Caused Death Continued From Page 1 Poclgorny said that efforts :.emergency crews made to :revive Shults were proper, but JlO amount of resuscitation Zcould have saved the youth. Shults, who was from.w~thersfield, Conn., died as he and other team members began swimming across the pool about 4:45 p.m. Thursday. J.llen Lydick, a teammate '!Wimming in the lane next to Shults and who helped pull him!rom the water, said Shults could not have been under the water longer than six seconds. Shults, the son of Mr. and ~rs. Robert Shults, applied to attend Wake Forest after a isit to the campus last year with his father, who is a hseball coach at Trinity College in Hartford, Conn. ~ He had not had his swimlning team physical examination but, according to medical tecords in the university's infirmary, had a physical exfmination before he left home and had been cleared for physical activity.... '

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