Hale Ross, a junior on the Yale cross country and track teams, died on Sunday evening. He was 20. The ​Yale Daily News ​reported that Yale dean Jonathan Holloway emailed the student body news of Ross's death this morning. Yale head track and cross country coach David Shoehalter told the ​Daily News ​that "It is very difficult to make an impact on an NCAA Division I Cross Country Team as a walk-on athlete. Through pure effort and determination, Hale worked his way onto our varsity roster as a freshman and into our scoring team this year. But his athletic accomplishments only tell part of the story. He was above all a teammate and friend: eager to contribute to our success in any way possible. We are all privileged to have called him one of our own."​
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Ross had placed 55th in the Ivy League Cross Country Championship. He was Yale's No. 7 man. Holloway's email said that "there is no indication of an accident or foul play in relation to Ross' death."​​

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