LITTLE ROCK, Ara. — Officials said that there is no word yet on what caused the death of a Little Rock Marathon runner. The 27-year-old Wisconsin man died after completing the 26.2 mile race.
Adam Nickel, 27, was attending graduate school, studying pharmacy, at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He collapsed shortly after he crossed the finish line in Little Rock and died later at University Hospital.
Nickel was running his sixth marathon; his official Little Rock time of 3:02:26 is considered an elite time. He was preparing for a spring event in San Diego as part of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Team In Training, as a tribute to his grandmother.