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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives wish to congratulate the Sycamore Boys Cross
4 Country Team on the occasion of becoming the 2007 Illinois High
5 School Association Division 2A State Team Champions; and
 
6     WHEREAS, In 2005, the team missed qualification for the
7 state meet by only 6 points, a mere three seconds, motivating
8 the team for another state attempt in 2006; and
 
9     WHEREAS, In 2006, the team won the first Boys Cross Country
10 Sectional title in Sycamore High School history; the first SHS
11 boys team to reach the State meet, they achieved their goal
12 despite being the second smallest school in the competition and
13 placed 19th out of 30 schools in Division 2A; and
 
14     WHEREAS, During the summer, the varsity team ran 10,000
15 miles in preparation for the 2007 season, demonstrating the
16 collective focus, hard work, and determination to achieve even
17 greater success; and
 
18     WHEREAS, In 2007, the Sycamore Boys Cross Country Team
19 became the Rock Falls Regional Champions and Belvidere
20 Sectional Champions, qualifying for the state meet; and
 

 

 

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1     WHEREAS, On November 3, 2007 in the City of Peoria, the
2 Sycamore High School Boys Cross Country Team placed 1st in the
3 state meet, becoming the Illinois High School Association
4 Division 2A State Team Champions and winning with a 116 point
5 margin of victory against the best 2A Division teams in the
6 State of Illinois; and
 
7     WHEREAS, The members of the varsity Sycamore Boys Cross
8 Country Team are Derek Campbell, Alex Courtney, Nick Fagan,
9 Peter Grimson, Stefan Hueber, Tim Roloff, John Windelborn, Ryan
10 Wolf, Hans Anderson, Aaron Eischeid, Matthew Gilmer, Keaton
11 Leach, David Martin, Lucas Ruff, Anthony Salis, Chris Hammes,
12 and Steven Konwinski; and
 
13     WHEREAS, The Sycamore Boys Cross Country Team coaches are
14 Michael Lambdin and David Liszka; therefore, be it
 
15     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
16 NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
17 congratulate the Sycamore High School Boys Cross Country team
18 on their victory and pursuit of excellence and wish them
19 continued success in the future; and be it further
 
20     RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be
21 presented to the members and coaches of the Sycamore High
22 School Boys Cross Country team as a token of our esteem and

 

 

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1 admiration.