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| 4 | 5 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 6 | | WHEREAS, The Georgetown High School boys' swim team achieved |
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| 6 | 7 | | great distinction by winning the 5A team championship at the 2019 |
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| 7 | 8 | | University Interscholastic League Swimming and Diving State Meet; |
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| 8 | 9 | | and |
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| 9 | 10 | | WHEREAS, In a season-long display of talent and |
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| 10 | 11 | | determination, the Eagles won the district and regional titles to |
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| 11 | 12 | | earn a return trip to the state meet, where they had finished second |
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| 12 | 13 | | among the 5A contenders in 2018; and |
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| 13 | 14 | | WHEREAS, Competing on February 15 and 16, 2019, at the Lee and |
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| 14 | 15 | | Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center in Austin, Georgetown clinched the |
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| 15 | 16 | | first state crown in program history; the Eagles were paced in the |
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| 16 | 17 | | individual events by Greyson Alarcon, who set a 5A state record time |
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| 17 | 18 | | of 48.05 seconds in the 100-yard butterfly and also won the 100-yard |
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| 18 | 19 | | backstroke; Corby Furrer collected gold and silver medals, |
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| 19 | 20 | | respectively, in the 500-yard and 200-yard freestyle races, and |
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| 20 | 21 | | William Corona was second in both the 200-yard individual medley |
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| 21 | 22 | | and the 100-yard freestyle; and |
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| 22 | 23 | | WHEREAS, In relay competition, Mr. Furrer, Mr. Corona, and |
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| 23 | 24 | | Greyson Alarcon were part of two gold medal-winning squads; they |
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| 24 | 25 | | joined with Daniel Pineiro in notching a 5A state record time of 3 |
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| 25 | 26 | | minutes, 5.16 seconds, in the 400-yard freestyle relay, and they |
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| 26 | 27 | | teamed with Landon Alarcon to clock in at 1 minute, 24.87 seconds, |
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| 27 | 28 | | in the 200-yard freestyle relay; and |
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| 28 | 29 | | WHEREAS, Landon Alarcon also competed in the 200-yard |
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| 29 | 30 | | individual medley and the 100-yard breaststroke, placing 6th and |
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| 30 | 31 | | 7th, respectively, and Mr. Pineiro recorded 8th- and 13th-place |
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| 31 | 32 | | finishes in the 200-yard and 100-yard freestyle races; and |
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| 32 | 33 | | WHEREAS, These talented young Texans have distinguished |
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| 33 | 34 | | themselves through their skill, hard work, and enduring commitment |
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| 34 | 35 | | to excellence, and they may indeed reflect with pride on their |
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| 35 | 36 | | extraordinary accomplishments; now, therefore, be it |
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| 36 | 37 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas |
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| 37 | 38 | | Legislature hereby congratulate the Georgetown High School boys' |
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| 38 | 39 | | swim team on winning the 5A state championship at the 2019 UIL |
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| 39 | 40 | | Swimming and Diving State Meet and extend to all those associated |
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| 40 | 41 | | with the team sincere best wishes for continued success; and, be it |
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| 41 | 42 | | further |
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| 42 | 43 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 43 | 44 | | prepared for the Georgetown Eagles as an expression of high regard |
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| 44 | 45 | | by the Texas House of Representatives. |
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