Indiana SCR 38: Honoring Jadin O'Brien.

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SENATE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION No. _____
DIGEST OF INTRODUCED RESOLUTION
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring Jadin O'Brien for
winning her third consecutive National Collegiate Athletic Association
(NCAA) pentathlon championship.
BROWN L
, read first time and referred to Committee on
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Introduced
First Regular Session 124th General Assembly (2025)
SENATE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION No. _____
1 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring Jadin O'Brien
2 for winning her third consecutive National Collegiate Athletic
3 Association (NCAA) pentathlon championship.
4 Whereas, Born to parents who were college athletes in their
5 own rights, Jadin O'Brien attended Divine Savior Holy Angels
6 High School in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, before joining the Notre
7 Dame track and field team;
8 Whereas, While in high school, O'Brien was named team
9 captain of the track and field team her junior and senior years,
10 was named team Most Valuable Player in her freshman,
11 sophomore, and junior year, and lettered four times in the 100
12 and 300-meter hurdles, long jumps, and relays;
13 Whereas, O'Brien started her freshman year at Notre Dame
14 in 2020, where she finished fourth in the pentathlon at the
15 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships, won bronze in
16 the heptathlon at the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) Outdoor
17 Track and Field Championships, silver at the ACC Indoor
18 Track and Field Championships in the women's pentathlon, and
19 collected multiple personal records in the 200-meter, javelin,
20 100-meter hurdles, heptathlon, and 800-meter;
21 Whereas, As a sophomore, O'Brien took home first place in
22 the women's pentathlon and the 4x400 at the 2021 Blue & Gold
23 Invitational and finished fourth in the pentathlon at the NCAA
24 Indoor Championships;
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26 Whereas, As a junior, O'Brien won her first NCAA title in
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1 the indoor pentathlon, which consisted of high marks in shot
2 put, long jump, and 800-meter race, as well as a personal best
3 in the 60-meter hurdles and high jump;
4 Whereas, In her senior year, O'Brien won her second
5 NCAA title in the indoor pentathlon, took second in the
6 heptathlon at the NCAA Outdoor Championships, and logged
7 numerous historic program scores, including the best score in
8 heptathlon, third-longest jump in the long jump, sixth-best time
9 in the 100 meter hurdles, sixth-longest distance in the javelin
10 throw, and both the seventh and eighth-longest distance in shot
11 put;
12 Whereas, O'Brien has been named ACC Indoor Field
13 Athlete of the Year three times, named an All-ACC first team
14 honoree five times, has set numerous facility, school, and ACC
15 records, and has qualified for the Olympic Trials twice; and
16 Whereas, Now in her graduate year, O'Brien won her third
17 NCAA title in the indoor pentathlon, with a personal best time
18 of 8.16 seconds in the 60-meter hurdles, a 16.9-meter high
19 jump, a 14.5-meter shot put, a 6.19-meter long jump, and ran
20 the 800-meter in 2 minutes and 12.65 seconds: Therefore,
21 Be it resolved by the Senate of the General Assembly
22 of the State of Indiana, the House of Representatives
23 concurring:
24 SECTION 1. That the Indiana General Assembly honors
25 and congratulates Jadin O'Brien on her third consecutive NCAA
26 pentathlon championship.
27 SECTION 2. The Secretary of the Senate is directed to
28 distribute copies of this Resolution to Senator Liz Brown.
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