House
Resolution
27
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Introduced
HOUSE
RESOLUTION
NO.
27
BY
WESSEL-KROESCHELL
A
Resolution
honoring
the
women
of
the
2012
Iowa
State
1
University
Cross
Country
Team.
2
WHEREAS,
the
2012
Iowa
State
University
Women’s
3
Cross
Country
Team
placed
11th
at
the
NCAA
Championship
4
meet,
led
by
individual
champion
Betsy
Saina
and
5
All-American
Meaghan
Nelson;
and
6
WHEREAS,
led
by
first-place
finisher
Betsy
Saina,
7
with
Meaghan
Nelson
coming
in
second,
the
team
won
a
8
second
straight
Big
12
Conference
Women’s
Cross
Country
9
Championship
team
title;
and
10
WHEREAS,
Iowa
State’s
top
five
finishers
at
the
Big
11
12
championship
placed
among
the
top
15
athletes
in
a
12
field
of
87
runners,
and
also
included
freshman
Crystal
13
Nelson
coming
in
eighth,
junior
Samantha
Bluske
coming
14
in
ninth,
and
sophomore
Katy
Moen
finishing
14th;
and
15
WHEREAS,
the
Cyclones
also
won
a
second
straight
16
NCAA
Midwest
Regional
title,
where
in
a
field
of
211
17
runners
Betsy
Saina
was
the
individual
champion
and
one
18
of
six
Cyclones
to
earn
All-Region
honors
with
a
top
30
19
finish;
and
20
WHEREAS,
other
Cyclones
who
earned
All-Region
honors
21
include
Meaghan
Nelson
(fifth),
Crystal
Nelson
(17th),
22
and
Samantha
Bluske
(18th);
and
23
WHEREAS,
Betsy
Saina
earned
the
Honda
Award
as
the
24
nation’s
top
collegiate
cross
country
student-athlete
25
and
Meaghan
Nelson
was
named
the
Big
12
Conference’s
26
top
cross
country
scholar-athlete;
and
27
WHEREAS,
eleven
Iowa
State
team
members
were
named
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to
the
first
team
of
the
Big
12
All-Academic
squad
1
including
Meaghan
Nelson,
who
made
the
squad
for
2
the
third
straight
year,
while
six
Cyclones
made
the
3
premier
team
for
the
second
season
——
Maddy
Becker,
4
Morgan
Casey,
Maggie
Gannon,
Katy
Moen,
Bethany
5
Olson,
and
Taylor
Petersen,
and
making
their
initial
6
appearance
on
the
women’s
first
team
were
Emily
Meese,
7
Colleen
Riley,
Andrea
Toppin,
and
Erin
Valenti,
with
8
Samantha
Bluske
making
the
second
team;
and
9
WHEREAS,
Iowa
State
head
coach
Corey
Ihmels
was
10
named
the
Big
12
Coach
of
the
Year
for
the
second
11
straight
season
with
the
aid
of
associate
head
coach
12
Travis
Hartke
and
assistant
coach
Sara
Vergote;
NOW
13
THEREFORE,
14
BE
IT
RESOLVED
BY
THE
HOUSE
OF
REPRESENTATIVES,
That
15
on
behalf
of
all
Iowans
the
House
of
Representatives
16
congratulates
the
women
of
the
2012
Iowa
State
17
University
Cross
Country
Team
for
an
outstanding
2012
18
season,
with
undoubtedly
many
more
to
come.
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