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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives are pleased to congratulate Natalie Edwards of
4 O'Fallon on winning the 50 meter backstroke title in the
5 Missouri-Illinois area meet held in Dekalb on March 21, 2010;
6 and
 
7     WHEREAS, Natalie Edwards started with swimming lessons at
8 the O'Fallon YMCA when she was 3 years old; she joined the
9 year-round YMCA of Southwest Illinois (YOSI) a little over one
10 year ago; and
 
11     WHEREAS, YOSI is a Y/U.S.A. swimming team that swims in
12 both U.S.A. and YMCA sanctioned meets; in 2009, in her first
13 summer of long-course(50 meter pool) swimming, she placed in
14 the top five in the U.S.A. St. Louis Ozark Districts in the 50
15 Back and 50 Free, achieving a AAA national time in the 50 Back;
16 and
 
17     WHEREAS, March 6-7th, 2010, she was the St. Louis YMCA
18 District Champion in the 50 Back and finished second in the 100
19 Free; she also finished third in the 100 Individual Medley; and
 
20     WHEREAS, She then competed in the subsequent
21 Missouri-Illinois Area (bi-State) meet up in Dekalb on March

 

 

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1 21, 2010, capturing the 50 Backstroke title along with a fourth
2 in the 100 Free and the 100 IM; Natalie was one of just two
3 girls that qualified and made the finals (top eight) in all of
4 their individual events; she was one of two girls from YOSI to
5 win an individual championship; and
 
6     WHEREAS, Her proud parents are Rick Edwards and Mary
7 Edwards; therefore, be it
 
8     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
9 NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
10 congratulate Natalie Edwards on hard work in swimming and wish
11 her continued success in the future; and be it further
 
12     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
13 presented to Natalie Edwards as a symbol of our respect and
14 esteem.