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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The Georgetown High School boys' swim team achieved |
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great distinction by winning the 5A team championship at the 2019 |
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University Interscholastic League Swimming and Diving State Meet; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, In a season-long display of talent and |
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determination, the Eagles won the district and regional titles to |
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earn a return trip to the state meet, where they had finished second |
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among the 5A contenders in 2018; and |
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WHEREAS, Competing on February 15 and 16, 2019, at the Lee and |
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Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center in Austin, Georgetown clinched the |
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first state crown in program history; the Eagles were paced in the |
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individual events by Greyson Alarcon, who set a 5A state record time |
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of 48.05 seconds in the 100-yard butterfly and also won the 100-yard |
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backstroke; Corby Furrer collected gold and silver medals, |
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respectively, in the 500-yard and 200-yard freestyle races, and |
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William Corona was second in both the 200-yard individual medley |
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and the 100-yard freestyle; and |
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WHEREAS, In relay competition, Mr. Furrer, Mr. Corona, and |
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Greyson Alarcon were part of two gold medal-winning squads; they |
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joined with Daniel Pineiro in notching a 5A state record time of 3 |
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minutes, 5.16 seconds, in the 400-yard freestyle relay, and they |
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teamed with Landon Alarcon to clock in at 1 minute, 24.87 seconds, |
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in the 200-yard freestyle relay; and |
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WHEREAS, Landon Alarcon also competed in the 200-yard |
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individual medley and the 100-yard breaststroke, placing 6th and |
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7th, respectively, and Mr. Pineiro recorded 8th- and 13th-place |
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finishes in the 200-yard and 100-yard freestyle races; and |
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WHEREAS, These talented young Texans have distinguished |
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themselves through their skill, hard work, and enduring commitment |
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to excellence, and they may indeed reflect with pride on their |
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extraordinary accomplishments; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate the Georgetown High School boys' |
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swim team on winning the 5A state championship at the 2019 UIL |
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Swimming and Diving State Meet and extend to all those associated |
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with the team sincere best wishes for continued success; and, be it |
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further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for the Georgetown Eagles as an expression of high regard |
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by the Texas House of Representatives. |