{"id":266509,"date":"2026-04-26T01:43:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T01:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/266509\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T01:43:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T01:43:10","slug":"texas-am-texarkana-graycen-vargo-track-athlete-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/266509\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas A&#038;M-Texarkana Graycen Vargo track athlete dead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Graycen Vargo, a long-distance runner for Texas A&amp;M-Texarkana, died after a medical emergency during a track and field championship in New Orleans on Friday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tamut.edu\/news\/2026\/4\/notification.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">the school announced<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Texas A&amp;M-Texarkana shared Saturday that Vargo, a Dallas native, collapsed during the Red River Athletic Conference Track and Field Championships, hosted by Xavier University in Louisiana. Vargo was rushed to a nearby hospital after being given immediate medical attention at the site, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/texas\/news\/am-texarkana-dallas-texas-student-death-track-field-sports-4-25-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CBS News reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>An exact cause of death was not provided by the school.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:0.8;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39198610\" width=\"472\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/texas-m-texarkana-runner-dies-126399836.jpg\" alt=\"Graycen Vargo in a dark blue TAMUT tank top.\" class=\"wp-image-39198610\"  \/>Graycen Vargo was rushed to a nearby hospital after being given immediate <br \/>medical attention. Texas A&amp;M-Texarkana Eagles<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur thoughts are with Graycen\u2019s family, teammates, and friends as they deal with this unimaginable loss,\u201d A&amp;M-Texarkana President Dr. Ross Alexander said in a statement. \u201cGraycen was a respected member of the student body and a beloved member of the Cross Country and Track and Field Teams. His presence will be greatly missed by the entire university community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:0.6640625;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39198612\" width=\"392\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/pictured-graycen-vargo-https-athletics-126400013.jpg\" alt=\"Graycen Vargo, a young man with long brown hair, wearing a light-colored Adidas tank top with a blue and yellow emblem.\" class=\"wp-image-39198612\"  \/>Graycen Vargo\u2019s exact cause of death has yet to be revealed. Jacksonville College<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn behalf of the Eagle athletic department, I want to convey our heartfelt sorrow at the loss of Graycen Vargo,\u201d director of athletics Ryan Wall added. \u201cOur prayers are with the Vargo family and everyone who knew Graycen as they go through this difficult time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vargo was a junior at Texas A&amp;M-Texarkana studying computer science. He was in his first season with the program after transferring from Jacksonville College, the school said.<\/p>\n<p>He also recently received the Eagle Excellence Award in cross country at the school\u2019s annual athletics ceremony, a recognition given to standout student-athletes who have \u201cmade a positive impact on campus, within their teams, and in the community while exemplifying strong character and academic excellence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Texas A&amp;M-Texarkana said that its student counseling services staff will be available to help students in need.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Graycen Vargo, a long-distance runner for Texas A&amp;M-Texarkana, died after a medical emergency during a track and field&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":266510,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[863,10912,154,27,29,28,60193],"class_list":["post-266509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-colleges-and-universities","tag-deaths","tag-sports","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news","tag-track-field"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=266509"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266509\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/266510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=266509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=266509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=266509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}