[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 118 (Friday, August 3, 2012)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1422]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             HONORING NATALIE DELL OF THE USA OLYMPIC TEAM

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                           HON. BILL SHUSTER

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, August 2, 2012

  Mr. SHUSTER. Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in honoring 
Ms. Natalie Dell, an outstanding athlete selected to the United States 
Olympic Team from the 9th Congressional District of Pennsylvania. I am 
very proud to announce that Natalie and her Olympic team earned the 
bronze medal in yesterday's Women's quadruple sculls boat event.
  Natalie Dell, raised in Clearville, PA was a standout track star 
throughout her high school career. Upon attending Penn State 
University, Dell decided that she had reached her full potential in 
track and field and wanted to pursue another competitive sport. She 
chose to begin rowing where she quickly fell in love with the sport. 
After graduation, she continued to hone her strength and technique and 
joined the Riverside Boating Club in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Although 
Natalie was less experienced than the rest of her peers, her talent and 
status advanced rapidly as she soon became a member of the U.S. 
National Rowing Team. Her rigorous training and the perfection of her 
skill proved to be well worth the effort. Dell achieved a position on 
the 2012 Olympic Women's quadruple sculls boat and is the first alumnus 
from Penn State to row for the USA National Rowing Team. Her six day 
per week, two-a-day training has aptly prepared this courageous woman 
to represent the United States and the 9th district of Pennsylvania.
  Mr. Speaker, I congratulate this Olympic hero of Pennsylvania's 9th 
district. With her effort and determination, this young lady is 
destined to do great things for our country and the 9th district of 
Pennsylvania. I am very proud of her hard work and determination to 
help secure a win for the United States Olympic Team, and am very happy 
to see that all of her work has paid off with such an enormous honor. I 
hope you join me in congratulating Natalie Dell and her teammates and 
wishing the rest of our Olympic athletes well in their respective 
competitions at this year's Games.

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