IN RECOGNITION OF
THE NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY TEAM
2024
BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA
A PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, the North Carolina State University Women’s Cross Country program has contributed greatly to our state’s reputation of excellence in collegiate sports; and
WHEREAS, NC State University is the first program to win three consecutive Division 1 women's cross country national titles in 2021-23 since Stanford University won three straight from 2005-07; and
WHEREAS, NC State University remains a leading institution of higher education dedicated to excellence in the classroom, community, and athletic competition; and
WHEREAS, the 2023 NC State Women's Cross Country Team was named the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association National Scholar Team of the Year in February 2024; and
WHEREAS, Head Women's Cross Country Coach Laurie Henes was named the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association National Women's Coach of the Year for the third consecutive season; and
WHEREAS, the State of North Carolina is proud to congratulate the North Carolina State University Women’s Cross Country Team on an extraordinary season, and wishes them continued success;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, ROY COOPER, Governor of the State of North Carolina, do hereby proclaim March 18, 2024, as a day “IN RECOGNITION OF THE NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY TEAM” in North Carolina, and commend its observance to all citizens.
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Roy Cooper
Governor
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Great Seal of the State of North Carolina at the Capitol in Raleigh this eighteenth day of March in the year of our Lord two thousand and twenty-four and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-eighth.
