2023 Regular Session ENROLLED
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 18
BY SENATORS CORTEZ, BOUDREAUX, HENSGENS AND FRED MILLS AND
REPRESENTATIVES BISHOP, COUSSAN AND PIERRE
A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
To commend Armand "Mondo" Duplantis on setting a new world record for the pole vault.
WHEREAS, Mondo Duplantis, a native of Lafayette, Louisiana, former Louisiana
State University (LSU) athlete, and dual citizen of the United States and Sweden, represents
his mother's native country in international pole vault competitions; and
WHEREAS, in competition in 2019, Mondo Duplantis, a seven-time Louisiana pole
vault champion, became the World Silver Medalist, the National Collegiate Athletic
Association (NCAA) Champion, both indoor and outdoor, the Southeastern Conference
(SEC) Field Athlete of the Year, both indoor and outdoor, the SEC Indoor Freshman Athlete
of the Year, owns two of the top three jumps in collegiate history, owns four of the top 10
jumps in collegiate history indoors, became the first collegian to ever clear 6.00 meters, and
the first collegian in collegiate history to have four clearances of 5.92 meters; and
WHEREAS, Mondo decided to leave LSU after one year to focus on his burgeoning
professional athletics career and a year later he earned the silver medal at the 2019
International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Championships held in
Dohn, Qatar; and
WHEREAS, on February 8, 2020, Mondo Duplantis first broke the world indoor
record previously set in 2014, and seven days later on February 15, 2020, Mondo vaulted
beyond the world record height again to clear 6.18 meters, breaking his own record by a
centimeter; and
WHEREAS, Mondo competed at the 2021 European Athletics Indoor
Championships, setting a new championship record of 6.05 meters and, at the one-year
delayed 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, he won a gold medal when he cleared a height
of 6.02 meters on his first effort; and
WHEREAS, to say his success continued in 2022 would be an understatement;
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Mondo cemented his role in history by once again beating his world record three times; he
started the season clearing the height of 6.19 meters in Belgrade, Serbia, followed it up by
sailing more than 6.20 meters a week later at the World Athletics Indoor Championships,
and finally soared more than 6.21 meters at the World Athletics Championship in Eugene,
Oregon; and
WHEREAS, Mondo is the 2022 Male Athlete of the Year, the 2022 European
Championships gold medalist, breaking the championship record with a jump of 6.06 meters,
and finishing the 2022 season clearing 6.07 meters at the Zurich Diamond League final,
retaining the Diamond Trophy and earning a wild card entry to the 2023 World Athletics
Championships in Budapest; and
WHEREAS, Mondo got his 2023 campaign off to a strong start at the Mondo Classic
2023, a meet named after him and held in Uppsala, Sweden, with a winning height of 6.10
meters on February 2, 2023, not only his best ever season opener but also the highest
season-opening performance by any pole vaulter in history; and
WHEREAS, on February 25, 2023, at the All Star Perche indoor meet in
Clermont-Ferrand, France, Mondo broke the world record again, soaring to clear 6.22 meters
and increase the number of his career six meter-plus clearances to 60; and
WHEREAS, the youngest child of LSU track and field stars, Greg Duplantis, a pole
vaulter, and Helena Hudlund, a heptathlete and volleyball player, Mondo was destined to
have both an interest in sports and some innate athletic ability; and
WHEREAS, Mondo first tried pole vaulting at home as a three-year-old, set his first
age group world best at seven, and as of July 2015, he held the world best height in all age
groups from age seven to age twelve; and
WHEREAS, at 23 years old, the Swedish-American pole vaulter has already made
history by breaking the world record multiple times and has become a household name not
just in Sweden, but very much in the world of sports; and
WHEREAS, still looking towards new heights, Mondo Duplantis is just getting
started.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
commend Armand "Mondo" Duplantis on setting a new world record for the pole vault.
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to
Mondo Duplantis.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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