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Iowa State to review sports club policy after crew drownings April 1, 2021 GMT AMES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa State University plans to review its policies and procedures for 55 school sports clubs following the drowning of two members of the student crew club at the weekend, the school said Thursday. Yaakov Ben-David, 20, a sophomore from Washington D.C., and Derek Nanni, 19, a freshman from Normal, Illinois, drowned when their boat capsized Sunday at Little Wall Lake in Hamilton County, north of the Iowa State campus in Ames, Iowa. Three other crew members were rescued. The school’s sports club...

Iowa State University plans to review its policies and procedures for 55 school sports clubs following the drowning of two members of the student crew club at the weekend, the

Ames Tribune described as "difficult teenage years. He moved around the country in pursuit of a high school diploma, eventually enrolling himself in Washington DC's Ballou STAY Opportunity Academy, a school for economically disadvantaged students who are at least two years behind, the outlet says. There, Ben-David received just the support he needed to thrive, according to school officials. Academics came naturally to Ben-David, who -- despite a lack of formal education -- scored impressively high on the SATs, the Ames Tribune says citing Ballou officials. Ben-David started at ISU in 2019 as ...

UHigh cross country coach mourns former student who died in boating accident Unmute NORMAL (HOI) --- A University High School cross country coach is remembering a former student who died in a boating incident Sunday. Investigators say 19-year old Derek Nanni was rowing in Iowa's Little Wall Lake with four other members of the Iowa State University Crew Club. Their boat capsized in what investigators say were "cold and blustery conditions" over the weekend. Nanni and another member of the team died. The other three were rescued and treated at a local hospital. Nanni...

"Over the past two days, student members of the Crew Club, brought forward concerns that were shared with Recreational Services in February 2020 about the safety of the Crew Club," ISU's release said.