Galesburg runner dies on race course

Times Staff

A 41-year-old wrestling coach from Galesburg, Ill., died of an apparent heart attack while participating in the Quad-City Times Bix 7, officials confirmed.

John Chapman was taken from the course by Medic EMS, said Craig Cooper, spokesman for Genesis Medical Center. He was unresponsive at the time.

He collapsed at 15th and Brady streets on the downhill of the Bix course, at about the sixth mile of the race. Medic officials said he went into cardiac arrest.

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