A teenager has died after collapsing during rowing training at an upmarket school.
Ed Millear, a Year 12 student at Melbourne Grammar School, is understood to have just finished a session on a rowing machine before he collapsed on Tuesday.
The 17-year-old received CPR at the school’s boat shed on Boathouse Drive on the Yarra River before he was rushed to The Alfred hospital and placed on a ventilator.
He died peacefully surrounded by his family at 3am on Wednesday morning.
Melbourne Grammar headmaster Phillip Grutzner said students affected by the news would receive support from the school.
Ed is survived by his mother, Dimity, father Spencer and siblings Simon and Eleanor.
‘Ed was a loving boy, loved by his family and friends, adored school and loved rowing,’ the Millear family said in a statement to the Herald Sun.
The family also thanked the paramedics who tried to revive Ed at the boat shed.
Ed Millear, a Year 12 student at Melbourne Grammar School, died on Tuesday afternoon
It’s understood the 17-year-old (pictured) had just finished a training session on a rowing machine before he collapsed
Senior students were seen being consoled by adults at Melbourne Grammar School on Wednesday, which is known for its top-tier rowing program.
Ed recently competed at Nagambie in the state’s north as part of the school’s second eight and was due to take part in the Australian Henley Regatta this weekend.
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