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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 338
Offered January 26, 1998
Commending Rachelle Boone.
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Patrons-- Jones, J.C.; Senator: Miller, Y.B.
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WHEREAS, just two years after beginning to run competitively, Rachelle Boone of Norfolk has established herself as a national-class high school sprinter; and

WHEREAS, running for the Atlantic Coast Track Club, Rachelle Boone garnered gold medals in both the 100-meter and 200-meter dashes at the 1997 AAU Junior Olympics by posting times that were both personal bests and broke club records; and

WHEREAS, Rachelle Boone also helped pace the 4 x 100 relay team to a silver medal at the same event, held in Charlotte, North Carolina, during August 1997; and

WHEREAS, earlier, in June 1997, Rachelle Boone finished eighth at the U.S. Junior National Championships, a significant accomplishment itself but also a marker for her remarkable improvement over the summer; and

WHEREAS, Rachelle Boone attributes her rapid advancement to recognizing that her own potential paralleled that of the country's top sprinters she competed against at national track camps to which her Junior National performance qualified her; and

WHEREAS, buoyed by her 1997 successes, Rachelle Boone, a rising junior at Booker T. Washington High School in Norfolk, has set a goal of making the U.S. Junior National team in 1998; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, That the General Assembly congratulate Rachelle Boone on her outstanding performance and extend best wishes and support in her quest for the Junior National team; and, be it

RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to Rachelle Boone as an expression of the General Assembly's highest admiration for her accomplishments.