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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives wish to recognize Daniel Dennis of Lake County
4on qualifying for the 2016 United States Olympic Wrestling
5Team; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Daniel Dennis is a graduate of Grant Community
7High School in Fox Lake, where he was a two-time State finalist
8Illinois High School Association wrestler; he compiled a record
9of 153 wins and 28 losses and set numerous records; and
 
10    WHEREAS, Daniel Dennis attended the University of Iowa,
11where he was a two-time All-American wrestler and winner of the
12Midlands Championships in 2008; and
 
13    WHEREAS, Daniel Dennis left wrestling in 2012 after
14college; he coached at Windsor High School in California before
15being encouraged to return to competition by his fellow coaches
16and the students he mentored; and
 
17    WHEREAS, Daniel Dennis was the runner-up at the 2015 U.S.
18World Team Trials; and
 
19    WHEREAS, Being spurred on by the encouragement of friends,
20coaches, and family, Daniel Dennis won the 2016 U.S. Olympic

 

 

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1Team Trials in freestyle wrestling at 57 kg (125.5 lbs.) by a
210-0 technical fall; and
 
3    WHEREAS, Daniel Dennis will represent the United States of
4America at the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro,
5Brazil; therefore, be it
 
6    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
7NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
8recognize Daniel Dennis on being named to the 2016 U.S. Olympic
9Wrestling Team; and be it further
 
10    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
11presented to Daniel Dennis as a symbol of our esteem and
12respect.