[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 37 (Wednesday, March 29, 2000)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E443]
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    RECOGNIZING THE NCAA DIVISION II NATIONAL CHAMPION METRO STATE 
                              ROADRUNNERS

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                           HON. DIANA DeGETTE

                              of colorado

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, March 29, 2000

  Ms. DeGETTE. Mr. Speaker, today I honor the NCAA Division II National 
Basketball Champion Metro State Roadrunners from Denver, Colorado. The 
Roadrunners capped off a remarkable season with a stunning victory over 
Kentucky Wesleyan, last year's NCAA Division II champions, by a score 
of 97-79 on March 25, 2000. Metro State finished the season with a 33-4 
record and bring home to Denver the State of Colorado's first NCAA 
national basketball championship trophy ever.
  Metro State placed four players on the NCAA Elite Eight All-
Tournament Team, including Most Valuable Player DeMarcos Anzures, John 
Bynum, Lee Barlow and Kane Oakley. It marked the first time four 
players from one team made the all-tournament team. In addition, 
Anzures, a senior who previously played for Denver's Skyview High 
School, was named a first team All-American and Coach Mike Dunlap was 
named National Coach-of-the-Year by the National Association of 
Basketball Coaches.
  The Roadrunners finished a tremendous three-year run that includes a 
86-15 record, three Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference championships 
and two North Central Regional titles. Although Metro State began this 
year with two straight losses, the Roadrunners rebounded by winning 33 
of their next 35 games and doing so in a rather dominating fashion. In 
fact, Metro State led the nation in scoring margin by outscoring 
opponents by an average of 19.1 points a game, including their 18-point 
victory in the NCAA title game.
  Members of the 1999-2000 Metro State Roadrunners include: Anzures, 
Bynum, Barlow, Dunlap, Michael Alcock, Rashawn Fulcher, Shane Ah Matt, 
Todd Gower, Jason Johnson, Patrick Mutombo, Clayton Smith, Chris Ford 
and Jody Hollins.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in saluting these fine 
young men and Coach Dunlap for their outstanding achievement and 
steller performance throughout this entire season. Congratulations to 
everybody associated with Metro State for bringing home this impressive 
championship--a victory of which all of the people of Denver and the 
State of Colorado can be very proud.

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