[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 12173]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




        CONGRATULATING THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS LADY EAGLES

  (Mr. BURGESS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the University of 
North Texas Lady Eagles for setting school history by winning the 2003 
Sun Belt Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships. This win is 
especially sweet for these hard-working ladies. They won their first-
ever women's outdoor conference track championship with 179.66 on their 
home turf, Fouts Field, in Denton, Texas.
  Rick Watkins, the University's director of track, was also named the 
league's women's coach of the year for the third time in the last 4 
years. The University of North Texas women won gold medals in three 
field events on the final day, with a total of five first-place 
finishes. A 1-2 finish in the women's shotput by Latrecia Taylor and 
Ciji Brooks provided the biggest boost for the Lady Eagles, with Taylor 
winning the event with a school-record effort, and Brooks took second.
  Lakisha Gentry recorded the second-longest javelin throw in the 
school. Ananka Clark raced to the second place in the 100- and finished 
third in the 200-meters. Tiffanie Jordan won the women's triple jump by 
more than a foot. Rhonda Williams won the long jump.
  I hope my colleagues will join me in honoring these young ladies and 
congratulating them on a season of hard work and commitment.

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