--- title: HR 212. Juniors Running Club; commend collection: bills id: 2025-2026/hr212 cite_as: HR 212, 2025-2026 Regular Session (Ga.) canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr212 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr212.md text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr212/text source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/70145 date: 2025-02-10 status: passed corpus_version: bills-2026-09-13 license: Public record of the Georgia General Assembly, via LegiScan; see about.md publisher: Georgia Commons, an independent project of Georgia Civic Data. Not the State of Georgia. 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Juniors Running Club; commend ## Text House Resolution 212 By: Representatives Beckles of the 96th, Romman of the 97th, Park of the 107th, Clark of the 108th, Adeyina of the 110th, and others A RESOLUTION Recognizing and commending the Juniors Running Club; and for other purposes. WHEREAS, the Juniors Running Club was established in 2013 with just 40 students from grades third through fifth; and WHEREAS, the club currently operates out of Baldwin Elementary School in Norcross, Georgia, and has grown to include approximately 100 elementary school runners, 30 middle school runners, and 15 high school runners; and WHEREAS, the club's teams have achieved significant competitive success, with its elementary school runners winning multiple cluster races against six elementary schools in the Norcross cluster and its middle school team earning numerous podium finishes since it began competing in cross country in 2014; and WHEREAS, the middle school runners finished the 2016 and 2019 seasons with remarkable perfect season records, ranking seventh in the State of Georgia; and WHEREAS, in 2017, the Juniors Running Club was awarded the Arthur Blank Scholarship, providing over 100 pairs of new Mizuno running shoes to its elementary and middle school athletes; and WHEREAS, the club has competed several times at the Junior Olympics Nationals and Regionals, including in Birmingham, Alabama, in 2016; Tallahassee, Florida, in 2017 and 2019; Charleston, South Carolina, in 2018; Madison, Wisconsin, in 2019; Lexington, Kentucky, in 2020 and 2021; and Louisville, Kentucky, in 2024 at the Middle School Nationals; and WHEREAS, the mission of the Juniors Running Club is to promote movement and fitness through the sport of running, prepare runners for high school cross country and track competition, and serve as ambassadors for the sport and their schools; and WHEREAS, these magnificent teams have earned their well-deserved reputation for excellence, and it is abundantly fitting and proper that their extraordinary accomplishments be appropriately honored. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that the members of this body recognize and commend the Juniors Running Club for its many exemplary victories as well as extend best wishes for continued success. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of Representatives is authorized and directed to make an appropriate copy of this resolution available for distribution to the Juniors Running Club. ## Summaries written by Georgia Commons The following was written by claude-sonnet-5 from the text above and is not part of the resolution. Quote the text, not the summary. A Georgia House resolution formally commends the Juniors Running Club, a Norcross youth running program, for its competitive achievements since 2013. ### Plain-language summary This is a ceremonial resolution from the Georgia House of Representatives, not a change to state law. It recognizes the Juniors Running Club, a youth running program based at Baldwin Elementary School in Norcross, for its growth from 40 students in 2013 to about 145 elementary, middle, and high school runners today. The resolution recounts the club's history, including cluster race wins, perfect middle school seasons in 2016 and 2019, a 2017 Arthur Blank Scholarship that provided running shoes to athletes, and appearances at Junior Olympics events across several states through 2024. It directs the Clerk of the House to prepare a copy of the resolution for distribution to the club as a keepsake honoring its accomplishments. ### What it does - Formally recognizes and commends the Juniors Running Club for its athletic accomplishments since 2013. - Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to prepare a copy of the resolution for distribution to the club. - Creates no new law, funding, or regulatory requirement; it is a symbolic honor only. ### Who it affects The Juniors Running Club, its coaches and roughly 145 elementary, middle, and high school runners in Norcross, Georgia, and the Clerk of the House of Representatives, who must prepare a copy for the club. ### Why it matters The resolution has no legal or financial effect on Georgians; its significance is symbolic, giving the club and its young athletes formal public recognition from the state legislature for their competitive success over more than a decade. ### Key provisions - The whereas clauses recount the club's founding in 2013, its growth to about 145 runners, and its competitive record including a 2017 Arthur Blank Scholarship. - The resolving clause formally commends the club and wishes it continued success. - The final clause directs the Clerk of the House to make a copy available for distribution to the club. ## Status - Status: Passed (2025-02-10) - Last action: House Read and Adopted (2025-02-10) - Sponsors: Arlene Beckles, Ruwa Romman, Samuel Park, Jasmine Clark, Segun Adeyina, Dewey McClain - Official page: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/70145 > The history, votes, and amendments (131 characters) are at https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr212.md?full=1