[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 12]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 16831-16832]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


                         ST. XAVIER WATER POLO

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                         HON. BRAD R. WENSTRUP

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                       Tuesday, December 20, 2016

  Mr. WENSTRUP. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate the 
Cincinnati St. Xavier High School water polo team on their state 
championship win this fall 2016 season.
  With hard work and dedication, the Bombers' water polo team won their 
second consecutive state championship, totaling three total state 
championship wins.
  But what makes this win truly meaningful is what the water polo team 
did with its win. This state championship was dedicated to a hero who 
cannot be with us here today.
  The St. X water polo team dedicated its hard earned win to Charles 
Keating IV, a Navy SEAL who died in May in Iraq while fighting ISIS and 
protecting all of us here at home. Mr. Keating's father and grandfather 
were both outstanding swimmers and graduates of St. Xavier High School.
  St. Xavier's dedication of its win in memory of Charles Keating 
exemplifies the spirit and strength of the St. X community and what it 
stands for.

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  On behalf of all St. X alumni and friends, I congratulate the St. 
Xavier Water Polo team on incredibly hard work and dedication. You have 
certainly embodied what it means to be a part of the Long Blue Line.
  Go Bombers.

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