Athlete Lauren McCluskey Murdered on Campus

This is not a story I ever thought I would have to write for Block U, that a University of Utah athlete was killed on campus, but that is exactly what happened last night to senior track and field athlete Lauren McCluskey, 21. She was killed in a senseless act of violence allegedly by 37-year-old sex offender Melvin Rowland, who ended his life with a self-inflicted gunshot wound in a church, according to University of Utah Police Services Lt. Brian Wahlin.

McCluskey was originally from Washington state. She would have graduated in May 2019 with a degree in communications. According to her mother, who provided a statement to KUTV 2News, McCluskey dated Rowland for a month, and he lied about…