--- title: HR 828. Glover, Yoel; Vincent Nnanna, Luke Roner, and Joseph Williams; Alpharetta High School; winning the 2024 GHSA 6A Individual Track and Field State Championship in the 4X400-meter relay; commend collection: bills id: 2025-2026/hr828 cite_as: HR 828, 2025-2026 Regular Session (Ga.) canonical_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr828 md_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr828.md text_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr828/text source_url: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/71819 date: 2025-03-27 status: passed corpus_version: bills-2026-08-28 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. Not legal advice. up: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026.md previous: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr827.md next: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr829.md index: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/index.md omitted: votes and history omitted_chars: 131 omitted_url: https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr828.md?full=1 bill_number: HR 828 session: 2025-2026 Regular Session session_slug: 2025-2026 chamber: House bill_type: resolution status_date: 2025-03-27 last_action: House Read and Adopted sponsors: - Charles Martin - Jan Jones - Brent Cox - Scott Hilton - Matt Reeves text_version: Introduced has_text: true legiscan_url: https://legiscan.com/GA/bill/HR828/2025 upstream_id: 2016131 summaries_model: claude-sonnet-5 topic_tags: - high school sports - track and field - Alpharetta High School - legislative commendation --- # HR 828. Glover, Yoel; Vincent Nnanna, Luke Roner, and Joseph Williams; Alpharetta High School; winning the 2024 GHSA 6A Individual Track and Field State Championship in the 4X400-meter relay; commend ## Text 25 LC 112 3288 House Resolution 828 By: Representatives Martin of the 49th, Jones of the 47th, Cox of the 28th, Hilton of the 48th, and Reeves of the 99th A RESOLUTION Commending Yoel Glover, Vincent Nnanna, Luke Roner, and Joseph Williams of Alpharetta1 High School for winning the 2024 GHSA 6A Individual Track and Field State Championship2 in the 4x400-meter relay; and for other purposes.3 WHEREAS, Yoel Glover, a senior; Vincent Nnanna, a junior; Luke Roner, a sophomore; and4 Joseph Williams, a junior at Alpharetta High School, have estab lished and maintained a5 proud tradition of excellence with equal emphases on character and academics; and6 WHEREAS, these superlative athletes have completed a triumphant season of track7 competition that included several prestigious invitationals and meets; and8 WHEREAS, excellent skill, superior fitness, and extraordinary r esilience made Yoel,9 Vincent, Joseph, and Luke spectacular runners to observe throug hout the season, and as a10 fitting finale to their remarkable 2024 campaign, they captured the state championship in the11 4x400-meter relay with a time of 3:16.57, becoming the first state champions in the event at12 Alpharetta High School since 2021; and13 WHEREAS, the phenomenal performance of these four young runners is a clear indication14 of their outstanding athletic ability, dedication, and hard work, as well as their fighting spirit,15 H. R. 828 - 1 - 25 LC 112 3288 superb discipline, and commitment to track, guided by the astute direction of Head Coach16 AJ Merine; and17 WHEREAS, as these outstanding athletes earned their well-deserv ed reputation for18 excellence by performing with confidence, grit, and precision o ver months of training,19 conditioning, and competition, it is abundantly proper to call them champions.20 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that21 the members of this body commend Yoel Glover, Vincent Nnanna, Luke Roner, and Joseph22 Williams of Alpharetta High School for winning the 2024 GHSA 6A Individual Track and23 Field State Championship in the 4x400-meter relay and extend the most sincere best wishes24 for continued success.25 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of Representatives is authorized26 and directed to make appropriate copies of this resolution available for distribution to Yoel27 Glover, Vincent Nnanna, Luke Roner, and Joseph Williams.28 H. R. 828 - 2 - ## 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 commends four Alpharetta High School runners, Yoel Glover, Vincent Nnanna, Luke Roner, and Joseph Williams, for winning the 2024 GHSA 6A state title in the 4x400-meter relay. ### Plain-language summary This resolution from the Georgia House of Representatives honors four Alpharetta High School track athletes for their 2024 season achievements. Yoel Glover, Vincent Nnanna, Luke Roner, and Joseph Williams won the GHSA (Georgia High School Association) Class 6A state championship in the 4x400-meter relay with a time of 3:16.57, the school's first title in that event since 2021. The resolution does not change any Georgia law. It formally states the House's praise for the athletes' performance and directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to prepare copies of the resolution for distribution to each of the four students. ### What it does - Formally commends the four named Alpharetta High School athletes for winning the 2024 GHSA 6A state track and field championship in the 4x400-meter relay. - States the House's best wishes for the athletes' continued success, without creating any new law or funding. - Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to prepare and distribute copies of the resolution to the four honored students. ### Who it affects The resolution names and honors four Alpharetta High School students, Yoel Glover, Vincent Nnanna, Luke Roner, and Joseph Williams, along with their head coach AJ Merine and the school community. It has no legal effect on anyone else. ### Why it matters The resolution carries symbolic rather than legal weight. It gives the four student athletes and their school official recognition from the Georgia House of Representatives for their state championship performance, but it does not change any policy or provide funding. ### Key provisions - The preamble recounts the athletes' 2024 season, including their 3:16.57 state championship time in the 4x400-meter relay, the school's first title in the event since 2021. - The resolving clause formally commends the four named athletes for their championship and wishes them continued success. - A further resolution directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to distribute copies of the resolution to the four athletes. ## Status - Status: Passed (2025-03-27) - Last action: House Read and Adopted (2025-03-27) - Sponsors: Charles Martin, Jan Jones, Brent Cox, Scott Hilton, Matt Reeves - Official page: https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/71819 > The history, votes, and amendments (131 characters) are at https://georgiacommons.org/bills/2025-2026/hr828.md?full=1