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House
Resolution 895
By:
Representative Horne of the
71st
A
RESOLUTION
Congratulating
Hayden O'Kelley on winning the Grand National Cross Country National
Championship; and for other purposes.
WHEREAS,
15-year-old Hayden O'Kelley of Coweta, Georgia, became the highest nationally
ranked cross country dirtbike racer in his age group for the 2006 season,
achieving the title of Grand National Cross Country National Champion; and
WHEREAS,
as early as the age of three, Hayden was already entertaining dreams of
motorcycle racing, and he received his first bike, a PW80, for his seventh
birthday and was jumping distances of 100 feet at the age of ten;
and
WHEREAS,
after winning his first race, Hayden soared through competition after
competition, eventually earning an invitation to "Loretta Lynn's," his first
national caliber event, at the age of 12 before switching to off road racing;
and
WHEREAS,
Hayden won the first cross country race he entered, and in the 2006 season, he
raced an aggressive racing campaign in 13 different states and accumulated more
points than any other racer in his age group, earning the right to race in the
adult division in 2007; and
WHEREAS,
Hayden has endured a number of burdens in the pursuit of racing glory, including
several injuries such as a broken femur at age nine, broken wrists, and a broken
ankle, and spending a number of Sunday nights sleeping in the back seat of a
moving truck before rising for school on Monday; and
WHEREAS,
Hayden's parents, Rick and Teresa, have gone to great lengths to help Hayden
pursue his dream, traveling with equipment in tow across the country to races in
Florida, New York, and Missouri, among other places; and
WHEREAS,
despite fierce competition and personal injury, Hayden has strived to excel at
the sport he loves, and he has brought honor to his family, community, and the
State of Georgia.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that the members of
this body congratulate Hayden O'Kelley on winning the Grand National Cross
Country National Championship and extend to him and to his family their
sincerest best wishes for the future.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of Representatives is authorized
and directed to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to Hayden
O'Kelley and his family.