[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 107 (Friday, September 10, 2004)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1586-E1587]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             HONORING THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF GAYLE RUDOFSKY

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                           HON. STEVE ISRAEL

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, September 9, 2004

  Mr. ISRAEL. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Gayle Rudofsky, a Half 
Hollow Hills High School East student who has been named a 2003-04 High 
School All American in Diving.
  Ms. Rudofsky has a long history of diving accolades, including being 
named one of the Top 40 High School Divers in the United States, 
winning the 2003 New York State Public High School Women's Diving 
Championship and winning the Lester J. Schloen Jr. Memorial Award for 
Most Promising First Year Diver. She recently broke her own Suffolk 
County 11-dive meet record and also set a new Suffolk County 6-dive 
meet scoring record. In addition to these record-breaking performances, 
the National Interscholastic Swim Coaches Association ranked Ms. 
Rudofsky the third best high school diver in 11-dive competitions and 
the fourth best diver in 6-dive meets. She is also a member of Long 
Island Divers, a U.S. Diving Team, and is qualified to represent the 
Long Island region in the 2004 Empire State Games.
  Not only has Ms. Rudofsky accomplished much on the diving board, she 
is also gifted in the classroom. She has managed to balance an 
outstanding athletic career with equally impressive academics. Ms. 
Rudofsky has been

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named an Academic All American, New York State Public High School 
Athletic Association Women's Swim-Dive Scholar-Athlete of the Year and 
Half Hollow Hills High School East Female Scholar-Athlete of the Class 
of 2004. She has also received the Citibank/News 12 Scholar-Athlete 
Award and the 2004 Scholar-Athlete Milk Moustache of the Year Award.
  This fall, Ms. Rudofsky will attend Princeton University, where she 
will be a member of the diving team. I congratulate her on her many 
achievements and am confident that she will have continued success in 
the future.

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