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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Itzel Mayahni Rojas of Monte Alto Early College High |
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School distinguished herself with an outstanding performance at the |
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2023 Texas High School Women's Powerlifting Association 3A Division |
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II State Championships; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Rojas became the first student-athlete from |
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Monte Alto to qualify for the THSWPA state meet after placing fourth |
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in the 220-pound weight class at the regional competition, where |
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she hoisted 920 total pounds; and |
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WHEREAS, On March 16, Ms. Rojas joined the other top high |
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school lifters in Texas for the state championships at the Comerica |
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Center in Frisco; she compiled 360 pounds in the squat, 240 in the |
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bench press, and 350 in the dead lift, and her final tally of 950 |
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pounds earned her fifth place; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Rojas has made notable progress in the sport |
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during high school and made her first appearance at the regional |
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meet in 2022; she is coached by her father, Rolando Rojas, and by |
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Iliana Garza, and she also benefits from the support of her mother, |
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Betty Rojas, and her brothers, Omar Reyes Jr. and Isaias Enrique |
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Rojas; and |
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WHEREAS, Itzel Rojas has excelled through skill, hard work, |
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and an unwavering commitment to excellence, and she is a source of |
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great pride to her classmates and her community; now, therefore, be |
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it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Itzel Mayahni Rojas on placing |
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fifth in the 220-pound weight class at the 2023 THSWPA 3A Division |
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II State Championships and extend to her sincere best wishes for the |
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future; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Ms. Rojas as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |