H.R. No. 144
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, On Wednesday, August 6, 2003, Stephen Moore won a
gold medal in the decathlon at the Pan-American Games held in the
Dominican Republic; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Moore overcame dehydration, a bruised right
heel, and lower back pain to amass 7,809 points in the 10-event
competition climaxed by his victory in the 1,500 meters to close out
the competition; and
WHEREAS, He began his track and field career as a 300- and
400-meter hurdler at Borger High School in Borger, Texas; he then
joined Abilene Christian University's nationally acclaimed track
team in which he was encouraged by the then ACU track coach Wes
Kittley to pursue the decathlon; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Moore went on to great achievements at the
collegiate level by becoming the NCAA Division II decathlon
champion in 1996 in only his sophomore year at ACU; he became the
NCAA Division II long jump champion in 1999; as a member of the ACU
track and field team he aided in the university's winning seven NCAA
Division II National Championships, which included both indoor and
outdoor championships; he won the silver medal in the decathlon at
the 1999 World University Games; and he recently placed fourth in
the decathlon at the United States Outdoor Championships held in
June 2003; and
WHEREAS, At the recent Pan-American Games where he reached
success, he was one of four former ACU athletes to win a total of six
medals in the games, in which more than 36 nations participated;
with his recent achievement Stephen continues to be ranked as one of
the top 10 decathletes in the United States, an honor he has held
each of the past four years;
WHEREAS, Mr. Moore receives continual encouragement from his
wife, the former Tiffany Wadley, a 1993 Abilene Cooper High School
graduate, from his family and friends, from his fellow coaches and
student-athletes at Wayland Baptist in Plainview, where he is an
assistant track coach, and from his former teammates and coaches
from Abilene Christian University, from which he graduated in 2000
with a bachelor's degree in education; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the 78th Legislature of the State of Texas
hereby honor Stephen Moore for his gold medal in the decathlon at
the Pan-American Games and wish him future success as he trains to
qualify for the 2004 Summer Olympics being held in Greece; and, be
it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for Mr. Moore as an expression of high regard by the Texas
House of Representatives.
Hunter
Laney
Craddick Geren Mercer
Allen Giddings Merritt
Alonzo Goodman Miller
Bailey Goolsby Moreno of Harris
Baxter Griggs Moreno of El Paso
Berman Grusendorf Morrison
Bohac Guillen Mowery
Bonnen Gutierrez Naishtat
Branch Haggerty Nixon
Brown of Kaufman Hamilton Noriega
Brown of Brazos Hamric Oliveira
Burnam Hardcastle Olivo
Callegari Harper-Brown Paxton
Campbell Hartnett Pena
Canales Heflin Phillips
Capelo Hegar Pickett
Casteel Hilderbran Pitts
Castro Hill Puente
Chavez Hochberg Quintanilla
Chisum Hodge Raymond
Christian Homer Reyna
Coleman Hope Riddle
Cook of Navarro Hopson Ritter
Cook of Colorado Howard Rodriguez
Corte Hughes Rose
Crabb Hunter Seaman
Crownover Hupp Smith of Tarrant
Davis of Harris Isett Smith of Harris
Davis of Dallas Jones of Lubbock Smithee
Dawson Jones of Bexar Solis
Delisi Jones of Dallas Solomons
Denny Keel Stick
Deshotel Keffer of Dallas Swinford
Driver Keffer of Eastland Talton
Dukes King Taylor
Dunnam Kolkhorst Telford
Dutton Krusee Thompson
Edwards Kuempel Truitt
Eiland Laney Turner
Eissler Laubenberg Uresti
Elkins Lewis Van Arsdale
Ellis Luna Villarreal
Escobar Mabry West
Farabee Madden Wilson
Farrar Marchant Wise
Flores Martinez Fischer Wohlgemuth
Flynn McCall Wolens
Gallego McClendon Wong
Garza McReynolds Woolley
Gattis Menendez Zedler
______________________________
Speaker of the House
I certify that H.R. No. 144 was adopted by the House on August
22, 2003, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House