A College junior collapsed Saturday afternoon in the Gimbel Gymnasium weightroom while he was exercising and was listed in satisfactory condition at HUP last night, University officials said this weekend. According to John Henrich, assistant director of recreation, the student completed some exercises, known as lat-pulldowns, took several steps and collapsed for reasons that are still unknown. Four men in the room ran to the gymnasium office and reported the incident to Henrich, who went to assist the student. Henrich said he reached the weightroom to find the student incoherent, but still breathing. Henrich said he ran back to his office to call University Police and rescue squads, and when he returned to the collapsed man, two other men, claiming to be University doctors, were performing CPR on the student. Henrich said the doctors, and another man from the swim team, performed the cardio-pulmonary recitation on the junior until emergency medical workers arrived. According to a HUP spokesperson, the student's condition has since been upgraded to satisfactory. University officials said doctors at HUP are performing tests on the student.
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