[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 179 (Thursday, December 10, 2015)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1771]
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                         TRIBUTE TO MARK LARSEN

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                            HON. DAVID YOUNG

                                of iowa

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, December 10, 2015

  Mr. YOUNG of Iowa. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize and 
congratulate Mark Larsen, of Mount Ayr, Iowa for being selected as a 
member of the Mount Ayr Community Hall of Fame.
  Mark was hired as a math teacher and girls' basketball and track 
coach at Mount Ayr Schools in 1970. He coached six-on-six, and later 
five-on-five basketball, winning 286 games in total. His girls 
basketball teams won six conference titles and qualified for the state 
tournament in 1998. His girls track teams claimed 15 conference titles 
and four district championships. He also started the girls softball 
program in 1972, and on the softball diamond his teams amassed over 700 
wins. Mark was inducted in to the Iowa Coaches Hall of Fame in 1998 and 
was elected to the Iowa High School Athletic Directors Association Hall 
of Fame in 2002.
  Mr. Speaker, Mark's efforts embody the Iowa spirit and I am honored 
to represent him and Iowans like him in the United States Congress. As 
a coach, teacher, and athletic director, he has had a profound impact 
on the lives of thousands of Iowa's young people. I ask that all of my 
colleagues in the United States House of Representatives join me in 
congratulating Mark for his achievements and wish him nothing but 
continued success.