Assembly Resolution No. 726

BY: M. of A. Flood

CONGRATULATING Alexa Jacobs upon the occasion of
capturing the 2023 NYSPHSAA Division II Outdoor
Track Championship in the 100-meter dash

WHEREAS, Individual and team championships are highly favored in
high school sports; this Legislative Body commends rare athletic
achievements and pays special recognition to those who pursue such
excellence and become examples for the youth of this great Empire State;
and

WHEREAS, Athletic competition helps to enhance both the moral and
physical development of young athletes, preparing them for the future by
instilling in them the importance of teamwork, encouraging a standard of
healthy living, and developing a sense of fair play and competition; and

WHEREAS, This Legislative Body is justly proud to congratulate Alexa
Jacobs upon the occasion of capturing the 2023 NYSPHSAA Division II
Outdoor Track Championship in the 100-meter dash on Saturday, June 10,
2023, at Middletown High School in Middletown, New York; and

WHEREAS, To the praise and applause of her excited fans, Earl
Vandermeulen High School freshman, Alexa Jacobs, placed first for the
Division II Public School athletes in the 100-meter dash; her time of
12.36 was also the school's record; she set additional school records as
a participant of the 4X200 and 4X400 relay teams this year; and

WHEREAS, Alexa Jacobs has proven her athletic prowess in previous
years; in 2022, while in eighth grade, she set the school record as part
of the 4X100 relay team; in addition to winter and spring track, she has
been a valuable player on the varsity girls' soccer team for 2022 and
2023; and

WHEREAS, Not only an outstanding athlete, Alexa Jacobs is an
exceptional academic, maintaining a 98.48 GPA; as an active student, she
is a member of the varsity club; she resides in Port Jefferson, New
York, with her mother, Beth, and older sister, Jenna; and

WHEREAS, Sports competition instills the values of teamwork, pride,
and accomplishment, and Alexa Jacobs has clearly made a contribution to
the spirit of excellence which is a tradition of her school; now,
therefore, be it

RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
congratulate Alexa Jacobs upon the occasion of capturing the 2023
NYSPHSAA Division II Outdoor Track Championship in the 100-meter dash;
and be it further

RESOLVED, That copies of this Resolution, suitably engrossed, be
transmitted to Alexa Jacobs and Athletic Director Adam Sherrard.