Full Text of HR0885 95th General Assembly
HR0885 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives wish to congratulate the Sycamore Boys Cross | 4 |
| Country Team on the occasion of becoming the 2007 Illinois High | 5 |
| School Association Division 2A State Team Champions; and
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| WHEREAS, In 2005, the team missed qualification for the | 7 |
| state meet by only 6 points, a mere three seconds, motivating | 8 |
| the team for another state attempt in 2006; and
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| WHEREAS, In 2006, the team won the first Boys Cross Country | 10 |
| Sectional title in Sycamore High School history; the first SHS | 11 |
| boys team to reach the State meet, they achieved their goal | 12 |
| despite being the second smallest school in the competition and | 13 |
| placed 19th out of 30 schools in Division 2A; and
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| WHEREAS, During the summer, the varsity team ran 10,000 | 15 |
| miles in preparation for the 2007 season, demonstrating the | 16 |
| collective focus, hard work, and determination to achieve even | 17 |
| greater success; and
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| WHEREAS, In 2007, the Sycamore Boys Cross Country Team | 19 |
| became the Rock Falls Regional Champions and Belvidere | 20 |
| Sectional Champions, qualifying for the state meet; and
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| WHEREAS, On November 3, 2007 in the City of Peoria, the | 2 |
| Sycamore High School Boys Cross Country Team placed 1st in the | 3 |
| state meet, becoming the Illinois High School Association | 4 |
| Division 2A State Team Champions and winning with a 116 point | 5 |
| margin of victory against the best 2A Division teams in the | 6 |
| State of Illinois; and | 7 |
| WHEREAS, The members of the varsity Sycamore Boys Cross | 8 |
| Country Team are Derek Campbell, Alex Courtney, Nick Fagan, | 9 |
| Peter Grimson, Stefan Hueber, Tim Roloff, John Windelborn, Ryan | 10 |
| Wolf, Hans Anderson, Aaron Eischeid, Matthew Gilmer, Keaton | 11 |
| Leach, David Martin, Lucas Ruff, Anthony Salis, Chris Hammes, | 12 |
| and Steven Konwinski; and
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| WHEREAS, The Sycamore Boys Cross Country Team coaches are | 14 |
| Michael Lambdin and David Liszka; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 16 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 17 |
| congratulate the Sycamore High School Boys Cross Country team | 18 |
| on their victory and pursuit of excellence and wish them | 19 |
| continued success in the future; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 21 |
| presented to the members and coaches of the Sycamore High | 22 |
| School Boys Cross Country team as a token of our esteem and |
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