2015-2016 Bill 3293: Riverside High School Girls' Varsity Cross-Country Team - South Carolina

1 South Carolina General Assembly 2 121st Session, 2015-2016 3 4 H. 3293 5 6 STATUS INFORMATION 7 8 House Resolution 9 Sponsors: Reps. Henderson and Ballentine 10 Document Path: l:\council\bills\rm\1028ahb15.docx 11 12 Introduced in the House on January 13, 2015 13 Adopted by the House on January 13, 2015 14 15 Summary: Riverside High School Girls' Varsity Cross-Country Team 16 17 18 HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 19 20 Date Body Action Description with journal page number 21 1/13/2015 House Introduced and adopted ( House Journalpage 49) 22 23 View the latest legislative information at the website 24 25 26 VERSIONS OF THIS BILL 27 28 1/13/2015 29 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A HOUSE RESOLUTION 10 11 TO SALUTE THE RIVERSIDE HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS 12 VARSITY CROSSCOUNTRY TEAM, COACHES, AND 13 SCHOOL OFFICIALS FOR AN EXEMPLARY SEASON AND 14 TO CONGRATULATE THEM ON TAKING HOME THE 15 STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE. 16 17 Whereas, poised and ready for the starting signal, the Riverside 18 High School girls varsity crosscountry team earned the crown at 19 the Class AAAA State Championship; and 20 21 Whereas, on Saturday, November 8, 2014, at Sandhills Research 22 Center in Columbia, the Lady Warriors jubilantly claimed their 23 newly won title, and they did it carrying an impressive undefeated 24 season record in South Carolina for the second straight year; and 25 26 Whereas, the Riverside team members had been pouring it on all 27 season, as may be seen from their long list of wins. They came out 28 on top at the 15 Mile Relay, Coaches Classic, Lake Murray 29 Invitational, Canned Food Drive 5K charity meet, Wendy’s 30 Invitational, and Golden Strip Invitational; and 31 32 Whereas, the Lady Warriors also were named Mile Split National 33 Team of the Week for Sept 20, 2014, and their Mile Split Final 34 National Ranking was number 18. In addition, Riverside’s Cate 35 Ambrose was the Class AAAA Individual Girls Champion and 36 Fastest Time at State winner. As a result of the team’s disciplined 37 excellence in performance, seven National Elite runners and five 38 AllState runners wear Riverside’s royal blue and red; and 39 40 Whereas, Head Coach Eric Cummings was named Class AAAA 41 Girls Coach of the Year, an award well deserved as proven by the 42 fine seasons he harvests from instilling the value of hard work and

[3293] 2 1 determination into his team every year, ably assisted by Coach 2 Heather Green; and 3 4 Whereas, grateful for the enhanced good reputation the Riverside 5 High School girls crosscountry team members have brought to 6 their school and community, the House looks with interest and 7 expectation toward these athletes’ future achievements. Now, 8 therefore, 9 10 Be it resolved by the House of Representatives: 11 12 That the members of the South Carolina House of Representatives, 13 by this resolution, salute the Riverside High School girls varsity 14 crosscountry team, coaches, and school officials for an exemplary 15 season and congratulate them on taking home the state 16 championship title. 17 18 Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be presented to 19 Principal Andy Crowley and Head Coach Eric Cummings. 20 XX 21

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