Former Vanderbilt track star Teegan Hill and sister drown in Texas

Former Vanderbilt track athlete Teegan Hill and her sister Troinee Broom drowned Sunday night in Texas during a birthday celebration.

After Texas Game Wardens in Denton County confirmed two drownings, the Lewisville Fire department's dive team recovered the bodies overnight, according to Fox 4 News in Dallas.

The investigation is still ongoing. 

According to the TV station, game wardens said the pontoon boat Hill and Broom were on started to take on water, began to tilt and they fell overboard. 

Hill was celebrating her 31st birthday with friends and family..

"Our heart and prayers go out to the family members that they lost those two people this weekend," Highland Village Fire Department Chief Michael Thompson said in a statement, according to Fox 4 News. "Unfortunately, Lake Lewisville is known for being a fairly dangerous lake."

A native of Lancaster, Texas, Hill spent three years (2009-12) at Vanderbilt where she specialized in both the 200-meter run and 400. 

Broom, a teacher working in Dallas, was 28.

During her time with the Commodores, Hill ran 24.48 seconds in the outdoor 200 at the Ole Miss Invitational in 2009, which is 10th fastest in school history. Hill also ran a 55.01 in the outdoor 400 in 2009 which is sixth all-time. In her freshman season she finished in the top 10 four out of five indoor meets and is ninth all-time in 400 in 55.73.

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"It's difficult for me to process the tragic news of the death of Teegan and her sister, Troinee," Vanderbilt athletics director Candice Storey Lee wrote on Twitter on Tuesday. "I remember Teegan's talent on the track, but even more so as a sweet and kind woman. Our hearts go out to her family, teammates and all who loved her. She's forever a Commodore."

Following her track career, Hill earned her law degree from the Thurgood Marshall School of Law at Texas Southern University.

Hill worked as an intern for the NAACP before becoming a trial attorney for Ben & Abbott Associates in Garland, Texas. She most recently worked as an associate attorney at The Bassett Firm in the Dallas area.