December 10, 2001 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—SENATE 24593 lost James Cloeren and Jerry Norton in though the championship would slip No. 11, Cameron Peterka. a tragic accident. They died while fly- from our grasp. No. 11, Jamaal Franklin. ing their experimental aircraft near Moving the ball out to their 41-yard No. 12, John Bowenkamp. line, UND faced a crucial fourth-down No. 13, Joe Wilson. Westminster, MD. No. 14, Evan Nelson. James Cloeren and Jerry Norton play, needing four yards to keep the No. 15, Brian Loe. were engineers and world renowned ex- drive alive. Quarterback Kelby No. 16, Josh Ranson. perts on ultra-stable oscillators used in Klosterman linked up with wide re- No. 17, Bret Bentow. satellites for navigation. They spent ceiver Luke Schleusner on an incred- No. 18, Jim Miller. their careers advancing the technical ible 58-yard pass play, landing us on No. 19, Tom Maus. development of our national space pro- the one-yard line. Running back Jed No. 20, Ryan Manke. gram, both defense and civilian. They Perkerewicz took the ball the final No. 21, Peyton Ross. No. 22, Cory Urban. built custom oscillators for the Na- yard in the last 29 seconds to win the No. 23, Tony Hermes. tional Aeronautics and Space Adminis- game and the championship for Grand No. 24, Willis Stattelman. tration, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory Forks and North Dakota. It was the No. 25, Craig Riendeau. and the European Space Agency. Oscil- first national football title in the No. 25, Demetrius Charles. lators are precision instruments, simi- school’s 105-year history. No. 26, Adam Stratton. lar to a clock that would lose no more These were well-matched teams and No. 27, Josh Copple. than a second in a million years. worthy opponents. Yardage and time of No. 29, Tom Miller. No. 30, Gregg Olson. Clocks on data-collecting satellites possession were very close, almost No. 32, Jamaal Griffin. must be precise and endure radical identical. UND’s 80-yard final drive No. 33, Adam Dehnicke. changes in temperatures and shifts in made the difference. Imagine the pres- No. 33, Danny Gagner. magnetic pull. The Jet Propulsion Lab sure. No. 34, Riza Mahmoud. described their instruments as ‘‘the Only minutes left on the clock, a na- No. 35, Matt Nelson. finest in the solar system in terms of tional championship at stake, and No. 36, Chris Beatty. the cleanliness and stability of their nearly the whole field left to drive. It’s No. 36, Travis O’Neel. a measure of this team’s grit and deter- No. 37, Jed Perkerewicz. output’’. At the time of their deaths No. 37, Matt Hillbrand. they were working to complete four os- mination that the final drive was No. 38, Josh Brandsted. cillators that are the heart and soul of marked by two fourth-down conver- No. 38, Mike O’Neil. a pair of NASA satellites. Using ultra sions. Converting on a fourth down is No. 39, Brian Wilhelmi. stable oscillators, the satellite will do or die, fail, and it’s all over. UND No. 40, Digger Anderson. measure small gravitational perturba- did it not once, but twice. That’s a No. 40, Eric Schmidt. tions that reflect climate changes. The demonstration of real character. No. 42, Ross Brennan. All of North Dakota is celebrating No. 43, Matt Vanderpan. satellite program is called GRACE. No. 44, Tyler Dahlen. Their colleagues at APL are working this tremendous win, but this is an es- No. 45, Chad Mustard. hard to finish Mr. Cloeren’s and Mr. pecially sweet victory for the people of No. 46, Jason Gravos. Norton’s work. NASA has directed APL Grand Forks. They know about come- No. 47, David Wisthoff. to affix the names of Jim and Jerry backs against long odds. After the No. 48, Josh Kotelnicki. upon the oscillators in recognition of floods of 1997 all but destroyed the No. 49, Blaise Larson. their pioneering work in space. What a town, and badly damaged the univer- No. 50, Mac Schneider. fitting monument that these two sat- sity, they came back. And Grand Forks No. 52, Andy Hendrickson. is on its way to being bigger and better No. 53, Mike Mularoni. ellites will carry the names of these No. 54, Troy Newhouse. two colleagues who were united in than ever. No. 55, Tom Irvin. work, friendship and death. Grand Forks is a comeback town, and No. 56, Josh Christofferson. Mr. Cloeren had worked at APL for 20 North Dakota is a comeback team. I No. 57, Brook Maier. years and Mr. Norton for 40 years. could not be more proud of these fine No. 58, Eric Halstenson. Our thoughts and prayers go out to young athletes and their coaches. No. 59, Jake Nordick. Jim’s wife Sally of Westminster, MD And I look forward to the conclusion No. 60, Ross Walker. and daughter Cathy Racow of Boca of a little bet that Senator DORGAN and No. 61, Dan Schill. Raton, FL and Jerry’s wife Ann and I made last Friday with our dear col- No. 62, Josh Cranston. No. 63, Ryan Grant. leagues from Michigan, Senators LEVIN daughters Maria Lawall, Jane, Tina No. 64, Brennan Marsh. and 4 grandchildren of Marriottsville, and STABENOW. I look forward to hear- No. 65, Stephen Larsen. MD.∑ ing them recite the words of the UND No. 66, Mike Gruchalla. f fight song, loud and clear from the No. 67, Jason Peterson. steps of the United States Capitol this No. 68, Matt Knutson. TRIBUTE TO UND’S FIGHTING week. No. 70, Brian Osterday. SIOUX, NCAA DIVISION II FOOT- While the two final plays in the game No. 71, Dave Butler. BALL CHAMPIONS put us over the top, everyone knows No. 72, Ben Murphy. ∑ Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, I rise that at UND, it’s teamwork that mat- No. 73, Chris Kuper. No. 74, Mike Crouse. today to note the accomplishment of ters. Every member of this team con- No. 75, Brian Dokken. the University of North Dakota foot- tributed to the victory. I would ask to No. 76, Ben Olson. ball team, who on Saturday won the have printed in the RECORD the full No. 77, Barry Smith. NCAA Division II football champion- roster of this championship team, and No. 78, Matt Buisker. ship, defeating Grand Valley State Uni- their first-rate coaching staff. They No. 78, Mike Bryant. versity of Michigan. have made us very proud. No. 79, Mike Wacek. It was a nail-biter, and one of the The roster follows: No. 80, John Kyvig. No. 81, Dan Graf. most remarkable, last-minute come- UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA FIGHTING No. 82, Justin Klabo. backs in the history of championship SIOUX TEAM ROSTER No. 84, Jesse Ahlers. football. No. 1, Thayne Bosh. No. 85, Erik Ahlstrom. UND’s spectacular defense held the No. 2, Jesse Smith. UND FIGHTING SIOUX COACHES AND 2001 STAFF Grand Valley State team to 14 points, No. 3, Dustin Thornburg. but with less than three minutes to No. 4, Jamel Alkins. Dale Lennon, Head Coach. No. 5, Adam Roland. Kyle Schweigert, Assistant Head Coach/De- play, and 80 yards to go, we were trail- No. 6, Shad Carney. fensive Coordinator. ing 14–10. A field goal wouldn’t do it. No. 7, Jeff Glas. Chris Mussman, Offensive Coordinator. We had to drive the length of the field No. 8, Caleb Johnson. Tom Dosch, Defensive Line/OLB. and score a touchdown. It looked as No. 9, Kelby Klosterman. Tim Tibesar, Inside Linebackers. VerDate Aug 18 2005 15:15 Sep 01, 2005 Jkt 089102 PO 00000 Frm 00017 Fmt 0686 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR01\S10DE1.000 S10DE1.