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| 4 | 5 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 6 | | WHEREAS, The boys' track and field team from Cypress |
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| 6 | 7 | | Christian School in Houston proved itself one of the finest squads |
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| 7 | 8 | | in the state by placing second overall at the Texas Association of |
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| 8 | 9 | | Private and Parochial Schools 4A Track & Field State Meet held at |
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| 9 | 10 | | Hart Stadium in Waco May 5-6, 2017; and |
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| 10 | 11 | | WHEREAS, The Warriors were paced in individual events by John |
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| 11 | 12 | | Ethan Baldwin, who placed first in the 300-meter hurdles with a time |
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| 12 | 13 | | of 39.8 seconds and third in both the long and triple jumps with |
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| 13 | 14 | | leaps of 21 feet, 8.5 inches and 42 feet, 8.25 inches, respectively; |
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| 14 | 15 | | moreover, Cole Miller captured the silver medal in the 400-meter |
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| 15 | 16 | | dash with a time of 50.39 seconds, and Foster Paulsen finished |
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| 16 | 17 | | second in the discus throw with a distance of 127 feet, 9 inches; |
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| 17 | 18 | | fine performances were also turned in by Jacob Hotchkiss in the |
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| 18 | 19 | | 800-meter dash, Tyler Landua in the 110-meter hurdles and the |
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| 19 | 20 | | triple jump, and Austin Henry in the 300-meter hurdles; and |
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| 20 | 21 | | WHEREAS, In team events, Mr. Baldwin and Mr. Miller joined |
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| 21 | 22 | | forces with Ian Jones and Jackson Landrum to clinch the silver medal |
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| 22 | 23 | | in the 4x100-meter relay with a time of 43.59 seconds; in addition, |
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| 23 | 24 | | the quartet of Mr. Baldwin, Mr. Miller, Mr. Landrum, and |
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| 24 | 25 | | Mr. Hotchkiss turned in a fourth-place finish in the 4x400-meter |
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| 25 | 26 | | relay; and |
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| 26 | 27 | | WHEREAS, Ably guided by head coach Timothy Honeycutt, these |
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| 27 | 28 | | talented student-athletes have excelled through skill, hard work, |
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| 28 | 29 | | and an unwavering commitment to perform at the highest level, and |
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| 29 | 30 | | they are a source of tremendous pride to their classmates and to |
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| 30 | 31 | | their many supporters in the local community; now, therefore, be it |
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| 31 | 32 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas |
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| 32 | 33 | | Legislature hereby congratulate the Cypress Christian School boys' |
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| 33 | 34 | | track and field team on placing second overall at the 2017 TAPPS 4A |
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| 34 | 35 | | Track & Field State Meet and extend to the squad's members, coaches, |
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| 35 | 36 | | and staff sincere best wishes for continued success; and, be it |
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| 36 | 37 | | further |
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| 37 | 38 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 38 | 39 | | prepared for the Warriors as an expression of high regard by the |
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| 39 | 40 | | Texas House of Representatives. |
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