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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
| 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Evan Jager, originally |
| 4 | | from Algonquin, on the occasion of winning a silver medal in |
| 5 | | the men's 3000-meter steeplechase in the XXXI Olympiad in Rio |
| 6 | | de Janeiro, Brazil on August 17, 2016; and
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| 7 | | WHEREAS, Evan Jager is a 2007 graduate of Harry D. Jacobs |
| 8 | | High School in Algonquin, where he won three individual State |
| 9 | | championship titles and one relay title for distance running; |
| 10 | | and
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| 11 | | WHEREAS, Evan Jager continued his track and field |
| 12 | | excellence as a distance runner at the University of Wisconsin |
| 13 | | at Madison, where he represented the United States in the 2008 |
| 14 | | IAAF World Junior Track and Field Championships and advanced to |
| 15 | | the finals of the 1500-meter event in the summer after his |
| 16 | | freshman year; and
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| 17 | | WHEREAS, In the fall of 2008, Evan Jager left the |
| 18 | | University of Wisconsin and moved to Portland, Oregon to train |
| 19 | | professionally with his former Wisconsin coach Jerry |
| 20 | | Schumacher; and
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| 21 | | WHEREAS, After returning to competition following a 2010 |
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| 1 | | foot injury, Evan Jager was introduced to the 3000-meter |
| 2 | | steeplechase in 2012, where he made his debut in April at the |
| 3 | | Mt. SAC Relays as a steeplechase runner and won first race with |
| 4 | | a time of 8:26.14, just three seconds off of the Olympic |
| 5 | | standard necessary to qualify for participation in the 2012 |
| 6 | | London Olympic Games; he followed that impressive first race |
| 7 | | with an easy win at the 2012 United States Olympic Team Trials |
| 8 | | for the 3000-meter steeplechase with a time of 8:17.40; in July |
| 9 | | of 2012, he broke the American record for the event with a time |
| 10 | | of 8:06.81; and
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| 11 | | WHEREAS, Evan Jager competed in the London Olympic Games on |
| 12 | | August 5, 2012 and finished sixth in the finals; and
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| 13 | | WHEREAS, Evan Jager is currently a five-time United States |
| 14 | | Champion in the 3000-meter steeplechase; and
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| 15 | | WHEREAS, Earlier this year, in the lead-up to the Rio de |
| 16 | | Janeiro Olympic Games, Evan Jager earned his spot on Team USA |
| 17 | | by winning the 3000-meter steeplechase with a time of 8:22.48 |
| 18 | | at the Olympic Team Trials; and
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| 19 | | WHEREAS, Upon arriving in Rio de Janeiro, Evan Jager won |
| 20 | | his preliminary heat of the steeplechase on August 15, |
| 21 | | automatically qualifying him for the event final; on August 17, |
| 22 | | he competed in the 3000-meter steeplechase final, where he took |
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| 1 | | second place and the silver medal with the second-fastest time |
| 2 | | in Olympic history for the event at 8:04.28; and
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| 3 | | WHEREAS, Evan Jager's silver medal performance marked the |
| 4 | | first American medal in the event since 1984 and the best |
| 5 | | American finish in the event since 1952; therefore, be it
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| 6 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
| 7 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we |
| 8 | | congratulate Evan Jager on his accomplishment of winning a |
| 9 | | silver medal at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and |
| 10 | | wish him continued success in the future; and be it further
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| 11 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
| 12 | | presented to Evan Jager as a symbol of our esteem, respect, and |
| 13 | | admiration.
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