[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Page 6935]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                 IDAHO'S 2010 WINTER OLYMPICS ATHLETES

  Mr. CRAPO. Mr. President, today I wish to honor Idaho's Winter 
Olympics athletes. Just a few days ago, our country's Olympic champions 
were at the White House to meet with President Obama, who marked the 
great success of the American 2010 Winter Olympic team. The American 
team made an outstanding showing by winning a record 37 medals, more 
than any single country ever in the Winter Olympics. With six athletes, 
Idaho's team made an impressive contribution to this performance, even 
adding to the medal count. The Idaho team includes freestyle/aerial 
skier Jeret Peterson, of Boise; Alpine skier Hailey Duke, of Boise; 
Biathlon skier Sara Studebaker, of Boise; cross country skier Morgan 
Arritola, of Ketchum; Alpine skier Eric Fisher, of Middleton; and 
snowboarder Graham Watanabe, of Sun Valley. Jeret Peterson won the 
silver medal for freestyle skiing/aerials with the successful 
completion of his signature move, the ``Hurricane,'' which includes an 
amazing three flips and five twists all in a single jump.
  The U.S. Olympic team also includes several other athletes with ties 
to Idaho: freestyle skier Emily Cook, from Massachusetts, who trained 
at Bogus Basin in her youth and is friends with Jeret Peterson; 
Freestyle skier Patrick Deneen, from Washington, who skied at Silver 
Mountain near Kellogg in his youth; snowboarder Elena Hight, from 
California, who lived in Boise when young and learned to snowboard at 
Bogus Basin; bobsledder Nick Cunningham, from California, who was a 
track star at Boise State University; and snowboarder Nate Holland, 
from California, who grew up in Sandpoint, Idaho, where he learned to 
ski at Schweitzer Mountain.
  I offer my sincere and well-deserved congratulations to Idaho's 2010 
Winter Olympics athletes. Simply making the U.S. Olympic team is an 
amazing achievement in itself. It takes a lifetime of hard work, 
dedication and practice. It is truly a great accomplishment and they 
have made Idaho proud. I look forward to seeing each of them again at 
the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, and hope to see even more 
Idahoans join them to represent our great State.

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