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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 138
BY SENATOR MCMATH
A RESOLUTION
To commend and congratulate the students and faculty of the St. Tammany Parish School
System for their placement of first-overall in the Louisiana Governor's Games' 26th
Annual Elementary State Championship Fitness Meet.
WHEREAS, for thirty years the Governor's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports
has hosted the Elementary State Championship Fitness Meet, the only statewide fitness
competition for elementary schools that includes thousands of kids across the state; and
WHEREAS, the Louisiana Department of Health describes the Louisiana Governor's
Games as "an opportunity for competition and fitness of all ages, skill levels, and economic
demographics that are held in cities across the state"; and
WHEREAS, the Elementary State Championship Fitness Meet involves seven
fitness-related events including the 50-yard dash, the shuttle run, pull-ups, the standing
long-jump, curl-ups or sit-ups, the 600-yard run, and the V-sit and reach; and
WHEREAS, since 1997, the Elementary State Championship Fitness Meet has
served as the Olympic Games for elementary school-aged children in thirty parishes across
the state, with more than two hundred thousand competing for the state fitness crown; and
WHEREAS, the St. Tammany Parish School System placed first-overall in the 26th
annual Elementary State Championship Fitness Meet; and
WHEREAS, the top-two boys and girls from each parish travel to Baton Rouge
annually to compete for the fitness title; and
WHEREAS, St. Tammany's top performer, Jenna Viger, led the way with 635
individual points and her teammates, Diego Gonzales-Torres, Cayden Wise, and Natalie
Rabon led them to overall victory; and
WHEREAS, to place first, St. Tammany Parish finished with 2,357 points to
overtake second place defending champs, Lafayette Parish with 2,352 points.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
congratulate the team, coaches, and parents of members of the St. Tammany Parish School
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System's Elementary State Championship Fitness Meet team and recognize them for their
achievement.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
St. Tammany Parish School Board.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
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