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Teen sentenced in fatal track meet stabbing appeals murder conviction

• Karmelo Anthony, 19, has appealed his murder conviction after being sentenced to 35 years for stabbing fellow high schooler Austin Metcalf, 17.
• The incident occurred during a track meet in Frisco, Texas, in April 2025, when Anthony refused to leave a rival school’s tent.
• Anthony’s legal team argued self-defense, but a Collin County jury found him guilty of murder after a nearly week-long trial.
• Jurors deliberated for under three hours before delivering a unanimous guilty verdict and imposing the 35-year prison sentence.
• Despite initial social media speculation, both legal teams and Metcalf’s family stated that race was not a factor in the murder.