Full Text of HR0504 098th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to congratulate the Illinois | 4 | | School for the Deaf boys track team on being named team of the | 5 | | year by USA Deaf Track & Field; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, The Illinois School for the Deaf track team has | 7 | | been named national champion 7 times in the past 12 years; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Nine of the Illinois School for the Deaf athletes | 9 | | finished in the top 8 in 13 of the 16 individual track events | 10 | | among schools nationwide; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, The Illinois School for the Deaf relay teams | 12 | | finished in the top 8 in all 4 events; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Head coach Joe Lee was named coach of the year and | 14 | | Dwayne Esper was named Track Athlete of the Year; Dwayne | 15 | | finished the year as the top 200-meter runner in the nation, | 16 | | the top high jumper in the nation, 2nd in the 100 meter dash, | 17 | | and 2nd at the IHSA Class 1A track meet in the 200 meters; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, The team accomplishments this year include a | 19 | | regular season record of 15-0, a Tiger Invitational 1st place | 20 | | finish, a WIVC Conference 1st place finish, a Carrollton |
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| 1 | | Invitational 1st place finish, a IHSA Sectional 1st place | 2 | | finish, and a NDIAA National Championship; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, Winning a national championship takes dedication | 4 | | from all members of the team; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois School for the Deaf | 6 | | track team are: Austin Bernal, Xavier Coleman, Dwayne Esper, | 7 | | DeAndre Harris, Patrick Johnson, Adam Lyke, DaJaughn Matthews, | 8 | | Andrew Nienhouse, John Potter, Shannone Turner, Dennis | 9 | | Williams, Joshua Byther, Kawane Fleming, Jose Flores, Nathan | 10 | | Michard, DeAndre Robinson, Casto Sanchez, Yahshua Caldwell, | 11 | | Jamal Garner, Daniel Guzman, Julbert Jaimes, Yolandi Johnson, | 12 | | Jordan Manges, Eric Moore, Marshaun Murphy, Chase O'Dell, Kaleb | 13 | | Sleeth, Emmanuel Vasquez, L.J. Watts, Gabe Deluna, Daniel | 14 | | Harper, Edwin Lazaro, and Sherron White; the team manager is | 15 | | Giovanni Espejel; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, The team is coached by Joe Lee, who is assisted by | 17 | | Nancy Miller; therefore, be it
| 18 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 19 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 20 | | we congratulate the Illinois School for the Deaf track team on | 21 | | their great accomplishment and wish them continued success in | 22 | | all their future endeavors; and be it further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 | | presented to the Illinois School for the Deaf track team as a | 3 | | symbol of our respect and esteem.
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