The death of Sycamore cross-country runner Tristin Franklin on Aug. 27 was ruled accidental because his body temperature reached 105 degrees, Forensic Medical Management in Nashville reported.

sad was one of three cross country runners in the Nashville area to die since August.

Thompson Station Middle School Kate Rust13, died on September 18, while Janie Grace Moss of Goodpasture died on October 16. She was 18 years old.

Kate’s cause of death was abnormal aortic origin of a coronary artery and dilated heart. Her death was ruled natural.

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Tristin Franklin

Tristin was found lying in a resident’s front yard in his Pleasant View neighborhood in Cheatham County after he was seen running when the temperature outside was 97 degrees. His past medical history was significant for bradycardia, a condition in which the heart beats less than the normal 60 bps. If the heart rate becomes very slow and the heart rate cannot pump enough oxygen-rich blood to the heart. The autopsy report said medical staff evaluated and cleared Tristin for exercise.

An investigation by Cheatham County Schools determined that Sycamore followed all TSSAA heat protocols, according to Cheatham County Schools Communications Director Tim Adkins.

“There was a blanket request to the team to participate, but no time requirement to complete it,” Adkins wrote in an email to The Tennessean. “Today’s training was officially canceled due to the heat, so running was not mandatory.”

Adkins said Tennessean Sycamore’s cross country team has been briefed on TSSAA heat protocols. After Franklin’s death, team members were told to refer to a phone app that tracks the heat index during home workouts.

Kate Rust

The medical examiner’s office ruled Kate’s death a crash during a meeting about 20 miles south of Nashville. The medical examiner’s office ruled Rust’s death natural after she collapsed during a cross country meet about 20 miles south of Nashville.

The Tennessean has filed a request for an autopsy Janie Grace Moss18 years old, who died on October 16.

Muscle died three days after collapsing during a recreational run at Moss-Wright Park, about 10 miles north of Nashville. She had cerebral oedema, or swelling of the brain, after being hospitalized and was put on life support before she died, according to a fundraising page.

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Reporter Tyler Palmateer contributed to this report.

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This article originally appeared on the Nashville Tennessean: TSSAA cross country: Sycamore runner dies of hyperthermia