[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 73 (Friday, May 21, 2004)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E962]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




      CONGRATULATIONS TO BRYAN SCOTLAND, RECORD-BREAKING CHAMPION

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                          HON. DONALD M. PAYNE

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                         Thursday, May 20, 2004

  Mr. PAYNE. Mr. Speaker, it is with great pride that I rise to ask my 
colleagues here in the U.S. House of Representatives to join me in 
offering congratulations to an outstanding young man from St. 
Benedict's Preparatory School in Newark, New Jersey, Bryan Scotland, 
who set a track meet record in the 1600 meter run on May 14th. During 
the first day of the Essex County Track and Field Championships at 
Woodman Field in Montclair, New Jersey, Bryan made a spectacular finish 
in 4:17:88. On the following day, he also won the 800 meter run.
  Not only is Bryan an accomplished athlete, he is an excellent student 
and a young man of the highest character. He is a credit to his school, 
St. Benedict's Prep, which has an outstanding academic reputation under 
the leadership of the Headmaster, Edwin Leahy, fondly known by all as 
``Father Ed.'' Opened by Benedictine monks in 1857, the school closed 
for a period of time in 1972 after demographic shifts in Newark, but 
thankfully reopened its doors a year later and remains strongly 
committed to the education of our local youth.
  I am proud that I chose Bryan to come to the U.S. House of 
Representatives to serve as a page during the summer of 2003. He 
distinguished himself in that position through his diligence and his 
dedicated service to this institution.
  Mr. Speaker, I know my colleagues join me in honoring this talented 
and hardworking young man with such a bright future ahead of him. Let 
us offer our congratulations and best wishes to Bryan and his proud 
parents, Diane and Glen Scotland of Glen Ridge, New Jersey.

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