A person is dead in Colorado after having been hit by an errant weight thrown by a competitor at a youth track and field competition.

The meet, part of a series of three for club sport students across Colorado, was canceled, KRDO reported. The Colorado United Track Club told the station the man was the father of

"During a club sports track and field meet for high school students from across Colorado, taking place at the Mountain Lion Fieldhouse on the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs campus, a member of the attending audience was killed when a hammer thrown by a participant cleared certified barriers and struck him," the university's statement said.