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| 4 | 5 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 6 | | WHEREAS, The DeSoto High School girls' track team continued |
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| 6 | 7 | | its tradition of excellence by claiming its fifth consecutive Class |
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| 7 | 8 | | 6A championship at the 2021 University Interscholastic League Track & |
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| 8 | 9 | | Field State Meet; and |
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| 9 | 10 | | WHEREAS, Joining the other top high school competitors at |
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| 10 | 11 | | Mike A. Myers Stadium in Austin on May 8, the Lady Eagles were paced |
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| 11 | 12 | | by their relay squads; Amelliah Birdow, Mia Abraham, Trinity Kirk, |
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| 12 | 13 | | and Logan Neely captured the gold medal in the 4x200-meter event |
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| 13 | 14 | | with a time of 1 minute, 36.93 seconds, while the quartet of |
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| 14 | 15 | | Ms. Birdow, Lacie Deboskie, Ms. Kirk, and Ms. Neely completed the |
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| 15 | 16 | | 4x400-meter relay in 3 minutes, 45.06 seconds, to win the silver |
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| 16 | 17 | | medal; moreover, Jalaysi'ya Smith, Ja'Era Griffin, Ms. Kirk, and |
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| 17 | 18 | | Ms. Abraham earned the bronze in the 4x100-meter relay, clocking in |
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| 18 | 19 | | at 45.22 seconds; and |
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| 19 | 20 | | WHEREAS, In the individual events, Ms. Smith led the way with |
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| 20 | 21 | | a gold medal in the 100-meter hurdles; her time of 12.93 seconds |
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| 21 | 22 | | would have been a state-meet and national record if the wind reading |
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| 22 | 23 | | of 6.1 had not been over the allowable limit of 2.0; she also |
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| 23 | 24 | | collected a silver in the 300-meter hurdles with a time of 42.46 |
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| 24 | 25 | | seconds; in the same event, Ms. Neely added to the Lady Eagle point |
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| 25 | 26 | | total with a fourth-place finish, crossing the finish line in 42.92 |
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| 26 | 27 | | seconds; in addition, Ms. Griffin competed in the 100-meter dash, |
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| 27 | 28 | | finishing fifth; and |
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| 28 | 29 | | WHEREAS, When the final points were counted, DeSoto became |
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| 29 | 30 | | just the third girls' track team to win five straight titles and the |
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| 30 | 31 | | first to do so in the UIL's largest classification; the victory also |
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| 31 | 32 | | earned the school its ninth state crown overall, moving the Lady |
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| 32 | 33 | | Eagles into a tie for second in the tally of most all-time girls' |
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| 33 | 34 | | state track championships; throughout the season, the team |
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| 34 | 35 | | benefited from the able guidance of head coach June Villers and |
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| 35 | 36 | | assistant coaches Jackie Davis, Anteneshia Lindsey-Jones, Paul |
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| 36 | 37 | | Beattie, Doug Cox, and T. J. Bell; and |
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| 37 | 38 | | WHEREAS, In winning five state championships in a row, the |
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| 38 | 39 | | DeSoto High School girls' track team has distinguished itself as a |
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| 39 | 40 | | true powerhouse in the sport, and the members of the 2021 squad may |
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| 40 | 41 | | take justifiable pride in their outstanding accomplishments; now, |
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| 41 | 42 | | therefore, be it |
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| 42 | 43 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas |
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| 43 | 44 | | Legislature hereby congratulate the DeSoto High School girls' track |
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| 44 | 45 | | team on winning the 2021 UIL 6A state championship and extend to the |
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| 45 | 46 | | team's athletes, coaches, and staff sincere best wishes for |
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| 46 | 47 | | continued success; and, be it further |
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| 47 | 48 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 48 | 49 | | prepared for the Lady Eagles as an expression of high regard by the |
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| 49 | 50 | | Texas House of Representatives. |
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