[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 7]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 9527]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  HONORING PAUL VI CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL'S GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY TEAM'S 
                           STATE CHAMPIONSHIP

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                             HON. TOM DAVIS

                              of virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, May 24, 2006

  Mr. TOM DAVIS of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, I would like to honor the 
Paul VI Catholic High School's Girls Cross Country Team, who won the 
2005 Washington Catholic Athletic Conference (WCAC) Championship, the 
Virginia State Catholic Championship, and the Virginia Independent 
Schools (VIS) Cross Country Championship by defeating 40 other schools 
and their 230 long distance athletes.
  The Paul VI Panthers, from Fairfax County, completed the 2005 season 
with the first triple crown championship win in 11 years for the 
school. The Panthers won the WCAC with six of their seven allowed 
athletes in the top 20, won the Virginia State Catholic Championship 
with seven athletes in the top 12, and won the VIS with five of 10 
allowed runners in the top 22.
  Virginia Indepenent Schools Cross Country Association sponsors the 
highest level championship among all private schools in the 
Commonwealth. In the VIS Championship, the Panthers' top five runners 
completed the 3.2-mile course before 218 of the State's best female 
long distance runners.
  Led by Head Coach Melanie Kiernan and assistants Keith Mitchell, Joe 
Gesker, and Mike Kiernan, the Panthers trained intensively throughout a 
dramatic and triumphant season.
  I congratulate all the talented members of the Paul VI Girl Cross 
Country Team: senior Jen Scolese; juniors Kelsey Budd, Nichole 
Kauffmann, Michelle Kew, Caroline Manning, Rosie Loftus, Tessa Reed, 
and Lee Shine; sophomores Meg Clark, Mackenzie Singh, and Kate Still; 
and freshman Natalie Cowden.
  Mr. Speaker, it is my pleasure to honor their championship, and to 
wish them all the best in their future endeavors.

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