Senate Resolution 126 - Introduced

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  1  1                SENATE RESOLUTION NO.    
  1  2                        BY  ZAUN
  1  3 A Resolution honoring the Dowling Catholic High
  1  4    School cross country team.
  1  5    WHEREAS, on October 27, 2007, the Dowling Catholic
  1  6 High School cross country team, the Maroons, won the
  1  7 class 4A Iowa High School State Cross Country
  1  8 Championship in Fort Dodge, Iowa; and
  1  9    WHEREAS, the Maroons, led by senior captains Betsy
  1 10 Flood and Mary Lacy, posted a score of 32 points, one
  1 11 of the best team scores ever recorded in Iowa; and
  1 12    WHEREAS, team members Katie Flood and Ashlie Decker
  1 13 finished first and second overall, both shattering the
  1 14 course record, and Tanelle Berard finished seventh
  1 15 overall; and
  1 16    WHEREAS, Katie Flood claimed her second straight
  1 17 individual state title and later finished eighth in
  1 18 the Footlocker National Cross Country Championship,
  1 19 earning All=American honors and being awarded the
  1 20 Gatorade Player of the Year Award in Cross Country in
  1 21 Iowa; and
  1 22    WHEREAS, playing as a club team the Maroons
  1 23 competed in post=season competition, winning the Nike
  1 24 Team Heartland Championship and finishing fourteenth
  1 25 in the country; NOW THEREFORE,
  1 26    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the Senate
  1 27 congratulates the Dowling Catholic High School cross
  1 28 country team and coach Father Jim Kirby on winning the
  1 29 class 4A Iowa High School State Cross Country
  1 30 Championship and for a remarkable season.
  2  1 LSB 6648SS 82
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