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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives are pleased to congratulate the Illinois
4School for the Deaf boys track team on being named team of the
5year by USA Deaf Track & Field; and
 
6    WHEREAS, The Illinois School for the Deaf track team has
7been named national champion 7 times in the past 12 years; and
 
8    WHEREAS, Nine of the Illinois School for the Deaf athletes
9finished in the top 8 in 13 of the 16 individual track events
10among schools nationwide; and
 
11    WHEREAS, The Illinois School for the Deaf relay teams
12finished in the top 8 in all 4 events; and
 
13    WHEREAS, Head coach Joe Lee was named coach of the year and
14Dwayne Esper was named Track Athlete of the Year; Dwayne
15finished the year as the top 200-meter runner in the nation,
16the top high jumper in the nation, 2nd in the 100 meter dash,
17and 2nd at the IHSA Class 1A track meet in the 200 meters; and
 
18    WHEREAS, The team accomplishments this year include a
19regular season record of 15-0, a Tiger Invitational 1st place
20finish, a WIVC Conference 1st place finish, a Carrollton

 

 

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1Invitational 1st place finish, a IHSA Sectional 1st place
2finish, and a NDIAA National Championship; and
 
3    WHEREAS, Winning a national championship takes dedication
4from all members of the team; and
 
5    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois School for the Deaf
6track team are: Austin Bernal, Xavier Coleman, Dwayne Esper,
7DeAndre Harris, Patrick Johnson, Adam Lyke, DaJaughn Matthews,
8Andrew Nienhouse, John Potter, Shannone Turner, Dennis
9Williams, Joshua Byther, Kawane Fleming, Jose Flores, Nathan
10Michard, DeAndre Robinson, Casto Sanchez, Yahshua Caldwell,
11Jamal Garner, Daniel Guzman, Julbert Jaimes, Yolandi Johnson,
12Jordan Manges, Eric Moore, Marshaun Murphy, Chase O'Dell, Kaleb
13Sleeth, Emmanuel Vasquez, L.J. Watts, Gabe Deluna, Daniel
14Harper, Edwin Lazaro, and Sherron White; the team manager is
15Giovanni Espejel; and
 
16    WHEREAS, The team is coached by Joe Lee, who is assisted by
17Nancy Miller; therefore, be it
 
18    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
19NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
20we congratulate the Illinois School for the Deaf track team on
21their great accomplishment and wish them continued success in
22all their future endeavors; and be it further
 

 

 

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1    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
2presented to the Illinois School for the Deaf track team as a
3symbol of our respect and esteem.