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Regular Session, 2011
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON NO. 6
BY SENATOR CLAITOR
COMMENDATIONS. Congratulates the Episcopal High School cross country track team
and Coach Claney Duplechin for sustained and continuing athletic excellence.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTI ON1
To commend the Episcopal High School of Baton Rouge boys' cross country track team and2
Coach Claney Duplechin for sustained and continuing athletic excellence.3
WHEREAS, the 2009-2010 school year saw the Knights of Episcopal High School4
of Baton Rouge garner state championships in golf, swimming, indoor track, and outdoor5
track; and6
WHEREAS, among the continuing athletic excellence displayed by EHS athletes and7
their coaches, the 2010 boys cross country team achieved their fifteenth-in-a-row Class 2A8
State Championship; and9
WHEREAS, this achievement places the EHS Knights boys' cross country team10
among the top schools in the country, ranking third in the nation in most state championships11
at twenty-seven, and second in the nation with most consecutive wins at fifteen; and12
WHEREAS, the accomplishment is a testament to both the athletes who train and13
sweat and strive, and the coaches that inspire them to be their best, and nowhere is this more14
true than the leadership provided to the EHS Knights track and boy's cross country team by15
their coach, Claney Duplechin, who has steered the school's cross country program for16
twenty-eight years; and17
WHEREAS, Coach Duplechin has devoted his life to teaching young athletes the18 SCR NO. 6
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meaning of teamwork and discipline, initially as a student coach at University High School,1
then starting his coaching career as an assistant at Catholic High School in Baton Rouge,2
before taking the helm at Episcopal High School; and3
WHEREAS, just three years after taking the cross country coaching position at EHS,4
the Knights won their first state title and under his leadership have since won nine state titles5
in outdoor track and three in indoor track, including eleven runner-up finishes; and6
WHEREAS, during his successful career, Coach Duplechin has been awarded East7
Baton Rouge Parish Coach of the Year (all classifications) thirteen times, East Baton Rouge8
Parish Boys Track Coach of the Year (all classes) seven times, Louisiana State Coach of the9
Year (all classes) Boys Track in 1999, and was a nominee for National High School Track10
Coach of the Year in 1993.11
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby12
recognize and commend the Episcopal High School of Baton Rouge boys' cross country and13
track teams and its stellar coach, Claney Duplechin, for winning the 2010 Class 2A State14
Championship, and for achieving a record of success that has garnered city, metro, state, and15
national recognition and honor.16
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the17
Head Master and athletic director of Episcopal High School in Baton Rouge.18
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by McHenry Lee.
DIGEST
Claitor SCR No.
Commends Episcopal High School boys track and cross country team and Coach Claney
Duplechin for sustained and continuing athletic excellence.