LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION congratulating the Achilles Edge Open Juvenile
Synchronized Skating Team upon the occasion of capturing First Place in
the 31st Annual Empire State Winter Games

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, This Legislative Body is justly proud to congratulate the
Achilles Edge Open Juvenile Synchronized Skating Team upon the occasion
of capturing First Place in the 31st Annual Empire State Winter Games on
Saturday, February 26, 2011 in Lake Placid, New York; and
WHEREAS, Achilles Edge Open Juvenile Synchronized Skating Team was one
of nine teams competing at the Open Juvenile level; their winning
performance, choreographed to music from The Lion King, received first
place marks from five of the seven judges; and
WHEREAS, This win caps off a successful season for the Team which also
received Gold medals at the Boston Synchronized Skating Classic, the
Connecticut Synchronized Skating Classic and the United States Figure
Skating Eastern Synchronized Skating Sectional Championships; and
WHEREAS, The athletic talent displayed by this Team is due in great
part to the efforts of Coaches Wayne Hussey and Stephanie Hunter, both
skilled and inspirational tutors, respected for their ability to develop
potential into excellence; and
WHEREAS, The team's recent achievement is outstanding, and its members
were loyally and enthusiastically supported by family, fans, friends and
the community at large; and
WHEREAS, The hallmarks of the Achilles Edge Open Juvenile Synchronized
Skating Team, from the opening performance to their participation in the
Empire State Winter Games, were a sisterhood of athletic ability, good
sportsmanship, and honor, demonstrating that these skaters are second to
none; and
WHEREAS, Athletically, the team members have proven themselves to be
an unbeatable combination of talents, reflecting favorably on their
community; and
WHEREAS, Coaches Wayne Hussey and Stephanie Hunter have done a superb
job in guiding, molding and inspiring the team members toward their
goals; and
WHEREAS, Sports competition instills the values of teamwork, pride and
accomplishment, and Coaches Wayne Hussey and Stephanie Hunter and all of
the outstanding athletes have clearly made a contribution to the spirit
of excellence which is a tradition of skating; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
congratulate the Achilles Edge Open Juvenile Synchronized Skating Team;
its members: Catherine Amodeo, Emma Briceland, Rachael Gray, Katie
Howard, Taylor Kennedy, Christina Lombardi, Isabelle Lombardi, Stephanie
Lombardi, Danielle Sgroi, Amie Skoda, Lukas Sotola, and Jordaan Van
Oort; and Coaches Wayne Hussey and Stephanie Hunter upon the occasion of
capturing First Place in the 31st Annual Empire State Winter Games; and
be it further
RESOLVED, That copies of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be tran-
smitted to the Achilles Edge Open Juvenile Synchronized Skating Team,
and to Coaches Wayne Hussey and Stephanie Hunter.