Date: 3/25/00

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:
David Zarifis, associate director, UNI Public Safety, (319) 273-2712
Renee Romano, vice president, Student Services, (319) 273-2331
James OíConnor, Office of Public Relations, (319) 273-2761

Note to editors/news directors: This is a follow up to the media advisory faxed at 8 p.m., 3/24/00.

UNI student dies following rescue from pool; name released

Cedar Falls, Iowa ­ At approximately 6 p.m., Friday, March 24, pool attendants retrieved a male UNI student from the lap pool in the universityís Wellness/Recreation Center. The student, 20-year-old Michael Ross Shelton, of Blue Grass, Iowa, had been swimming laps under the supervision of pool staff.
Upon observing Shelton was no longer moving, attendants pulled him from the pool and administered CPR until relieved by EMS personnel from Sartori Memorial Hospital, Cedar Falls.

Shelton was transported to Sartori where he was pronounced dead at approximately 7 p.m.

A junior, Shelton was a natural sciences major. The incident is under investigation.

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