LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION congratulating the Mount Vernon High School Girls
Track Team upon the occasion of capturing the New York State Indoor
Track and Field 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, During the 2011-2012 Indoor Season, the Mount Vernon High
School Girls Track Team captured the New York State Indoor Track and
Field Championship; and
WHEREAS, The athletic talent displayed by the 2011-2012 Mount Vernon
High School Girls Track Team is due in great part to the efforts of its
coaches, skilled and inspirational mentors, respected for their ability
to develop potential into excellence; and
WHEREAS, The 2011-2012 Mount Vernon High School Girls Track 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, Athletically and academically, the 2011-2012 Mount Vernon
High School Girls Track Team members have proven themselves to be an
unbeatable combination of talents, reflecting favorably on their school
and community; and
WHEREAS, Coach Walter Hall has 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; the coaches and the 2011-2012 Mount Vernon High School
Girls Track Team's outstanding athletes have clearly made a contribution
to the spirit of excellence which is a tradition of their school; now,
therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
congratulate the members, Lexus Harney, Robbi Rogers, Shanice Cameron
and Tanaya Yarde, and Coach Walter Hall on their outstanding season,
overall team record and winning the New York State Indoor Track and
Field Championship; and be it further
RESOLVED, That copies of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be tran-
smitted to the members and Coach Walter Hall of the 2011-2012 Mount
Vernon High School Girls Track Team.