*ADF064* 02/22/2025 10:54:25 AM ADF064 State of Arkansas 1 95th General Assembly 2 Regular Session, 2025 HR 1059 3 4 By: Representatives Achor, Ray 5 6 7 HOUSE RESOLUTION 8 TO COMMEND THE MAUMELLE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL FALCONS 9 BOYS' CROSS COUNTRY TEAM FOR WINNING THE 2024 CLASS 10 3A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP. 11 12 13 Subtitle 14 TO COMMEND THE MAUMELLE CHARTER HIGH 15 SCHOOL FALCONS BOYS' CROSS COUNTRY TEAM 16 FOR WINNING THE 2024 CLASS 3A STATE 17 CHAMPIONSHIP. 18 19 WHEREAS, on November 7, 2024, the Maumelle Charter High School Falcons 20 boys' cross country team won their first Class 3A Boys' State Championship at 21 Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs; and 22 23 WHEREAS, the Falcons team won the Class 3A Boys' State Championship 24 with a team score of fifty -six (56); and 25 26 WHEREAS, the Falcons finished with three (3) team members in the top 27 ten (10) and four (4) team members earning All -State Honors; and 28 29 WHEREAS, of one hundred eighty -five (185) total competitors in the 30 Class 3A Boys' State Championship, the following Falcons team members placed 31 as follows: 32 (1) Caleb McFarland finished second; 33 (2) Christian McGill finished sixth; 34 (3) Roth Williamson finished seventh; 35 (4) Griffin Meeks finished eighteenth; and 36 HR1059 2 02/22/2025 10:54:25 AM ADF064 (5) Gabe Reed finished twenty -ninth; and 1 2 WHEREAS, the Falcons team consisted of nine (9) total athletes: Caleb 3 McFarland, Christian McGill, Roth Williamson, Griffin Meeks, Gabe Reed, Jonah 4 Fuller, John Rose, Ethan Toland, and Lukuz Rodriguez; and 5 6 WHEREAS, the Falcons were led by Head Coach Dalton Diles and Assistant 7 Coach Pam McGill, and the Falcons' athletic director is Tyler Posey; and 8 9 WHEREAS, Falcons Head Coach Dalton Diles said of the win, "We came up 10 short last year as the runner -up; the guys had this meet circled all year 11 long. Each of them trained hard and always encouraged each other", 12 13 NOW THEREFORE, 14 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY -FIFTH GENERAL 15 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 16 17 THAT the House of Representatives commend the Maumelle Charter High 18 School Falcons boys' cross country team for winning the 2024 Class 3A State 19 Championship. 20 21 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT upon adoption, a copy of this resolution be 22 presented to Head Coach Dalton Diles by the Chief Clerk of the House of 23 Representatives. 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36