Senate Bill sb2974

    Florida Senate - 2007        (NP)                      SR 2974

    By Senator Pruitt





    28-2105-07

  1                        Senate Resolution

  2         A resolution commending the Indian River

  3         Community College Pioneers Men's and Women's

  4         Swimming Teams on winning NJCAA Swimming

  5         National Championships.

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  7         WHEREAS, Indian River Community College has long been

  8  recognized for its winning tradition in all sports, and

  9         WHEREAS, the Pioneer Men's & Women's Swimming and

10  Diving Teams have continued this tradition of athletic

11  excellence, achieved and maintained through their hard work,

12  determination, perseverance, and a team-first attitude, and

13         WHEREAS, first-year head swimming coach Frank Bradley

14  and head diving coach Dave Suba guided the Pioneers to the

15  National Junior College Athletic Association National

16  Championship and were each named 2007 NJCAA Coach of the Year

17  in their respective competitions along with the help of

18  first-year assistant coach Duncan Sherrard, and

19         WHEREAS, the women's team, including Shanda Casella,

20  Vanessa Cox, Stacey Crawley, Wendy Garza, Stephania Kalentzis,

21  Erin Linley, Kalia Martin, Danielle Mauser, Alexis Omans,

22  Whitney Peck, Amber Pheil, Cortney Place, Kayla Purkiser and

23  Ana Maritza Rubin, and led by individual swimming champions

24  and 2007 NJCAA women swimmers of the year Natalia Buso, Amanda

25  Neubig, and Kim Martella, defeated Monroe Community College of

26  New York to win the team women's competition by 475 points,

27  and

28         WHEREAS, the men's team, including Javier Ahumada,

29  Scott Baker, Billy Beauregard, Patrick Blom, Seth Clayton,

30  Jeff Gaik, Roberto Gomez, Michael Guerra, Raul Martinez,

31  Ricardo Munoz, Le Roux Pelser, Jason Shoemaker, Kevin Shofe,

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    Florida Senate - 2007        (NP)                      SR 2974
    28-2105-07




 1  Richard Sunday, Blake Wright, and Michael Wright, and led by

 2  individual swimming champions Fernando Costa, Nick Schwartz,

 3  and Gordon Touw Ngie Tjouw, and 2007 NJCAA male swimmer of the

 4  year Gideon Louw, defeated Lincoln College of Illinois to win

 5  the team men's competition by 603 points, and

 6         WHEREAS, Michael Wright and Kayla Purkiser also took

 7  home individual national titles in diving and Wright received

 8  the 2007 NJCAA diver of the year honors, and

 9         WHEREAS, the Pioneers dominated the competition,

10  winning 39 of 40 NJCAA events over the four-day meet held in

11  Buffalo, New York, from March 7-10, 2007, and

12         WHEREAS, with their latest victories, the Indian River

13  Community College Pioneers have now captured 33 consecutive

14  NJCAA national championships for the men and 25 consecutive

15  and 29 overall NJCAA national championships for the women,

16  preserving Indian River Community College's place as the

17  nation's premiere swimming and diving program among the junior

18  college ranks, NOW, THEREFORE,

19  

20  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:

21  

22         That the Florida Senate does hereby congratulate and

23  commend the Indian River Community College Pioneers for

24  winning the 2007 National Junior College Athletic Association

25  Men's & Women's Swimming Championship and continuing their

26  unprecedented succession of victories.

27         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution,

28  with the Seal of the Senate affixed, be presented to President

29  Edwin R. Massey on behalf of Indian River Community College as

30  a token of the sentiments of the Florida Senate.

31  

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