[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 179 (Tuesday, November 13, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1513-E1514]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




  IN RECOGNITION OF ABIGAIL PECK ON HER INDUCTION TO THE PENNSYLVANIA 
                          SPORTS HALL OF FAME

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                          HON. MATT CARTWRIGHT

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, November 13, 2018

  Mr. CARTWRIGHT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor athlete Abigail 
Peck, who was inducted to the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame on 
November 3, 2018. Peck was among those honored during the annual 
meeting of the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame held in Plains, PA.

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  Peck is an accomplished athlete in rowing. She was a 5-time member of 
the U.S. National Team, competing in the World Championships. She 
represented the United States at the Olympic Games in 1984 in Los 
Angeles, California, and in 1988 in Seoul, South Korea, where she 
served as team captain. She is decorated with 12 U.S. National 
Championship gold medals, two silver medals from the 1986 Goodwill 
Games in Moscow, USSR, a silver medal at the 1987 World Championships, 
and six wins at the Head of the Charles Regatta in Boston, 
Massachusetts.
  Peck has been recognized for her athletic prowess by being inducted 
into the Northeastern Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame in 1993, and in 
2004, she was selected as No. 25 of NEPA Top 100 Athletes of All Time. 
Peck holds a bachelor's degree from Skidmore College and a master's 
degree from Smith College, and she created and runs free exercise 
programs for cancer patients.
  It is an honor to recognize Peck's athletic achievements and her 
impressive career representing the United States on the world stage in 
the sport of rowing. It is fitting that she should be inducted as a 
member of the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame. I join with the members 
of the Hall of Fame in recognizing Peck's career and celebrating her 
many athletic achievements and her current philanthropic endeavors.

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