Friday, March 7, 2014
Carleton College mourns 3 students
By: Heather L.
Three college students killed, and two seriously injured after a car crash on February 28th
Five members of the Carleton College ultimate frisbee team were on their way to California for a tournament. Just a mile from the school they hit an icy patch, lost control and and was hit broadside by a semitrailer truck Friday afternoon near the junction of Hwy. 3 and County Road 47.
James P. Adams, 20, of St. Paul; Paxton M. Harvieux, 21, of Stillwater, and Michael D. Goodgame, 20, of Westport, Conn were found dead at the scene. William Sparks, 20, of Evanston, Ill., who was driving the 1997 Toyota 4Runner, and Conor J. Eckert, 19, of Seattle, were seriously injured. The truck’s driver, Danny Terry, 56, of Pioneer, Tenn., was uninjured, said Lt. Eric Roeske of the State Patrol.
The five guys all were members of the Carleton Ultimate Team, which finished No. 3 in the nation last year and had been ranked No. 9 heading into the weekend’s Stanford Invite tournament at Stanford University. The women’s team also was going to the tournament but canceled those plans.
The small, close knit school of around 2,000 students were overcome by a wave of shock and grief. Three vibrant campus leaders were gone. Saturday morning hundreds of students and faculty packed into Skinner Memorial Chapel. Overflowing from the pews and many standing, they shared memories and anecdotes.
“You didn’t have to know them to be affected,” said Isabel Carter, a sophomore. “It’s a small school and a close community and I have a lot of friends who were friends with them. It’s definitely touched everyone.”
A downtown Northfield coffee shop, Goodbye Blue Monday, is popular among students and locals. A table of the guys’ Ultimate Frisbee teammates bought drinks for the house, a way of paying it forward in honor of their friends.
Adams, Harvieux and Goodgame were all involved in many school activities. They strived in classes and were loved very much.
“They were all very good friends. I can’t imagine what their families are going through,” said Andy Clark, the swim coach. “You just don’t expect to lose people at this age. It’s the worst kind of tragedy. It’s hard to comprehend.”
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