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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION

2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 3 Representatives are pleased to congratulate the Lake Park High 4 School Boys team on winning its 3rd straight 5 (and 4th overall) IHSA 3A State Championship on May 26, 2012; 6 and

7 WHEREAS, The All State athletes for the team are: Scott 8 Filip, who placed 7th in the , 5th in the long jump, 9 7th in the triple jump, and 6th in 4 x 100 relay; Kevin 10 Spejcher, who placed 4th in the High Jump; Shawn Koch, who 11 placed 2nd in the triple jump; Tim Ehrhardt, who placed 5th in 12 the ; Derrick Smith, who placed 7th in the pole 13 vault; Per Johnson, who placed 7th in the discus; and Marcus 14 Jegede, who placed 4th in the long jump and 6th in the 4 x 100 15 relay; and

16 WHEREAS, The team finished the 4 x 800 relay in 8th place, 17 with Jeremy Lozano, Eric Dade, Dakota Morales, and Kevin 18 Jorgensen running; the team finished the 4 x 100 relay in 6th 19 place, with Mike Amerlan, Demetri Alimissis, Scott Filip, and 20 Marcus Jegede running for the school; and

21 WHEREAS, Other State qualifiers included Scott Karlis in 22 the discus; 4 x 800 relay alternates were Andy Birkley, Lucas -2-HR1142LRB097 21817 KXB 70446 r

1 Bracher, Connor Peck, and Alex Kessler; and 4 x 100 relay 2 alternates were Vince Puzon, Joe Pierce, Shawn Koch, and Gio 3 Basso; and

4 WHEREAS, Tim Ehrhardt, Alex Kessler, Dakota Morales, Kevin 5 Jorgensen, Scott Filip, Andy Birkley, Lucas Bracher, and Per 6 Johnson were also named "Academic All Conference" for the 7 UpState 8 Conference; Tim Ehrhardt, Alex Kessler, Dakota 8 Morales, and Kevin Jorgensen are all National Honor Society 9 members; Alex Kessler was also named as a National Merit 10 Finalist; and

11 WHEREAS, Team Coaches are Head Coach Jay Ivory; and 12 Assistant Coaches Bob Nihells, Tom Kaberna, Doug Juraska, Lance 13 Murphy, and Eddie Eisman Jr.; therefore, be it

14 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 15 NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that 16 we congratulate the Lake Park High School Boys Track and Field 17 team and wish them all the best in their future endeavors; and 18 be it further

19 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 20 presented to the Lake Park High School Boys Track and Field 21 team as a symbol of our respect and esteem.