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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The Woodlands High School girls' swimming and diving |
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team added another chapter to its illustrious history by winning |
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the 2021 University Interscholastic League 6A state championship on |
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March 1 in San Antonio; and |
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WHEREAS, En route to claiming the school's 10th state |
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championship, the Lady Highlanders excelled in a range of events, |
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besting 51 other schools with 207 total team points, 31 more than |
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their closest competitor; and |
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WHEREAS, Junior swimmer Paige Taber paced the team in the |
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individual events by claiming second place in the 100-yard |
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backstroke and fourth in the 200-yard individual medley; senior |
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Lauren Burch concluded her high school career by earning a silver |
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medal in the one-meter diving event, while Zoe Nordmann took home |
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fifth place in the 100-yard butterfly; two Woodlands competitors |
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placed in the top 10 in the 100-yard breaststroke, with Alyssa |
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Sorensen and Evlin Riederer finishing seventh and ninth, |
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respectively; moreover, Abigail Pope placed seventh in the 500-yard |
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freestyle, and Emma Guglielmello and Olivia Busch were 11th and |
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12th in the event, earning additional points for the Lady |
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Highlanders; and |
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WHEREAS, In the relay competitions, the 200-yard medley team |
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of Ms. Taber, Ms. Sorensen, Zoe Nordmann, and Liv Garriss took home |
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fifth place, as did the 200-yard freestyle team of Sophia Cristal, |
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Zoe Nordmann, Mary Nordmann, and Ms. Garriss; in the last event of |
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the meet, the 400-yard freestyle relay, Mary Nordmann, Ms. Cristal, |
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Ms. Taber, and Isabella Barrientos finished ninth to secure the |
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state crown; Lady Highlander swimmers Muirenn Riederer, Caroline |
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Frazier, and Kayley Radford also qualified for the meet; and |
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WHEREAS, Led by coach Jeremy Wade, The Woodlands Lady |
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Highlanders have burnished their reputation as one of the |
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preeminent programs in the Lone Star State, and all those |
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associated with the team may reflect with pride on a job well done; |
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now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate The Woodlands High School girls' |
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swimming and diving team on winning the 6A state championship at the |
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2021 UIL Swimming and Diving State Meet and extend to the athletes, |
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coaches, and staff sincere best wishes for continued success; and, |
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be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for the Lady Highlanders as an expression of high regard by |
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the Texas House of Representatives. |