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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 165
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WHEREAS, The boys' swim team from Cathedral High School in |
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El Paso added another chapter to its illustrious history by |
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winning the 2021 Texas Association of Private and Parochial |
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Schools Division I state championship on February 10, 2021, at |
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the Bill Walker Pool in San Antonio; and |
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WHEREAS, En route to claiming the 30th boys' swimming |
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championship in 32 years, the Irish excelled in a variety of |
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events, besting 18 other schools with 272 total team points; and |
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WHEREAS, The Irish swimmers made a particularly strong |
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showing in the relay competition, with the 200-yard medley, |
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200-yard freestyle, and 400-yard freestyle squads each claiming |
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second place; in individual events, senior Adrian Prieto placed |
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second in the 100-yard freestyle and third in the 200-yard |
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freestyle, and junior Javier Terrazas finished third in the |
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100-yard backstroke and fourth in the 500-yard freestyle; junior |
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Elijah Villalva took home third place in the 100-yard butterfly |
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and also finished fourth in the 200-yard individual medley; and |
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WHEREAS, The other Cathedral High swimmers who proudly |
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represented their school at the state meet included Sebastian |
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Machado, Carlos Rodriguez, Brandon Herrera, Robert Rodriguez, |
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Daniel Rivera, Oscar Luevano, Mauricio Olvera Escobar, Esteban |
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Veliz, and Nareg Aidinian; the swimmers were guided by head coach |
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and Cathedral graduate, Calvin Zielsdorf, whose leadership |
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helped Cathedral reclaim the crown after second-place finishes |
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in 2019 and 2020; and |
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WHEREAS, These talented young Texans have distinguished |
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themselves through their skill, hard work, and enduring |
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commitment to excellence, and they may indeed reflect with pride |
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on their extraordinary accomplishments; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 87th |
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Legislature, hereby congratulate the Cathedral High School boys' |
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swim team on winning the 2021 TAPPS Division I state championship |
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and extend to the swimmers, coaches, and staff sincere best |
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wishes for continued success; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this Resolution be |
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prepared for the team as an expression of high regard from the |
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Texas Senate. |
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President of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that the |
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above Resolution was adopted by |
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the Senate on March 22, 2021. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |