Less than a week since a Louisville high school student died after collapsing at football practice, a school spokeswoman says a middle-schooler was hospitalized following a cross-country race.



Jefferson County Public Schools spokeswoman Lauren Roberts says the sixth grader at Newburg Middle School was taken Thursday to Kosair Children's Hospital, where she was conscious.

The Courier-Journal of Louisville reports on its Web site that Roberts says the girl had just crossed the finish line after a mile race when she collapsed and a police officer called for an ambulance. The girl's mother was present.

Louisville's school system is investigating the death Saturday of 15-year-old Max Gilpin, a Pleasure Ridge Park football player who collapsed at practice Aug. 20.

Neither Roberts nor Jerry Wyman, director of district athletics for Jefferson County Public Schools, immediately returned messages left by The Associated Press.

Information from: The Courier-Journal, http://www.courier-journal.com

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