LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION congratulating the Shaker High School Boys
3,200-meter Relay Team for placing first in the Nike Indoor Track and
Field Nationals Championship

WHEREAS, Excellence and success in competitive sports can be achieved
only through strenuous practice, team play and team spirit, nurtured by
dedicated coaching and strategic planning; and
WHEREAS, Athletic competition enhances the moral and physical develop-
ment of the young people of this State, preparing them for the future by
instilling in them the value of teamwork, encouraging a standard of
healthy living, imparting a desire for success and developing a sense of
fair play and competition; and
WHEREAS, The Shaker High School Boys 3,200-meter Relay Team are the
Nike Indoor Track and Field Nationals Champions; on Saturday, March 13,
2010, at the Reggie Lewis Center in Boston, Massachusetts, the Blue
Bison finished with a winning time of 7:48.45; and
WHEREAS, The team's overall record is outstanding, and the team
members were loyally and enthusiastically supported by family, fans,
friends and the community at large; and
WHEREAS, The hallmarks of the Shaker High School Boys 3,200-meter
Relay Team, from the opening meet of the season to participation in the
championship, were a brotherhood of athletic ability, of good sportsman-
ship, of honor and of scholarship, demonstrating that these team players
are second to none; and
WHEREAS, Athletically and academically, the team members have proven
themselves to be an unbeatable combination of talents, reflecting favor-
ably on their school; and
WHEREAS, Sports competition instills the values of teamwork, pride and
accomplishment, and these outstanding athletes on the Shaker High School
Boys 3,200-meter Relay Team have clearly made a contribution to the
spirit of excellence which is a tradition of their school; now, there-
fore, be it
RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
congratulate the Shaker High School Boys 3,200-meter Relay Team; its
members: Chris Herman, Ryan Egan, Dave Marthy, and Matt Conti on their
outstanding season and overall team record; and be it further
RESOLVED, That copies of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be tran-
smitted to the Shaker High School Boys 3,200-meter Relay Team.