[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 9]
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[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     IN RECOGNITION OF CYRUS JONES

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                          HON. PATRICK MEEHAN

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, September 7, 2016

  Mr. MEEHAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor Cyrus Jones, head 
coach of Lincoln University's men's and women's track and field from 
1974 to 2010, on his retirement.
  Coach Jones led the track and field team at Lincoln to 15 NCAA 
Division III championships. The men's team won 11 national titles 
during his tenure, and the women's team won 4 NCAA championships. He 
also coached more than 300 All American athletes. Coach Jones has been 
honored as a six-time recipient of the Division III National Coach of 
the Year Award, the Mid East Region Track Coach of the Year, the 
Linback Teaching Award, the Outstanding Men of America Award, the 
Lifetime Achievement Award, one of the top 100 sports figures in the 
Philadelphia region in the last 100 years by the Philadelphia Tribune 
and an honorary official during the Penn Relays in 2002. In 2007 Coach 
Jones was inducted into the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country 
Coaches Association's Hall of Fame.
  Mr. Speaker, I congratulate Coach Jones on an illustrious career at 
Lincoln University and wish him the best in his retirement.

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