Bill Text: IL HR0504 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates the Illinois School for the Deaf boys track team on being named team of the year by USA Deaf Track & Field.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-10-22 - Resolution Adopted [HR0504 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HR0504-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 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
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| 6 | WHEREAS, The Illinois School for the Deaf track team has | ||||||
| 7 | been named national champion 7 times in the past 12 years; and
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| 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
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| 11 | WHEREAS, The Illinois School for the Deaf relay teams | ||||||
| 12 | finished in the top 8 in all 4 events; and
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| 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
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| 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
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| 3 | WHEREAS, Winning a national championship takes dedication | ||||||
| 4 | from all members of the team; and
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| 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
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| 16 | WHEREAS, The team is coached by Joe Lee, who is assisted by | ||||||
| 17 | Nancy Miller; therefore, be it
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| 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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