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| 2 | 2 | | By: Shofner H.R. No. 804 |
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| 7 | 7 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 8 | 8 | | WHEREAS, The Stephen F. Austin State University Sylvans |
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| 9 | 9 | | timbersports team furthered its legacy of excellence by winning the |
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| 10 | 10 | | 2025 Southern Forestry Conclave, which took place from March 20 to |
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| 11 | 11 | | 22 in Huntsville, Alabama; and |
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| 12 | 12 | | WHEREAS, Featuring students from Association of Southern |
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| 13 | 13 | | Forestry Clubs, the Southern Forestry Conclave brought together 13 |
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| 14 | 14 | | universities to compete in a series of technical and physical |
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| 15 | 15 | | forestry-related events; delivering an exceptional performance, |
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| 16 | 16 | | Stephen F. Austin achieved a first-place finish in physical events |
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| 17 | 17 | | and was fourth in the technical category, earning a total of 263.5 |
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| 18 | 18 | | points to outpace the runner-up team by 18 points; with the victory, |
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| 19 | 19 | | the Sylvans collected the 19th conclave championship in program |
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| 20 | 20 | | history and extended their meet win streak to seven, tying the |
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| 21 | 21 | | all-time record for consecutive titles won; and |
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| 22 | 22 | | WHEREAS, SFA was sparked by the duo of Holly Parkin and Maddie |
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| 23 | 23 | | Sweeten, whose record-setting time of 4.69 seconds in women's |
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| 24 | 24 | | crosscut was the fastest since the event began in 1979; in addition |
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| 25 | 25 | | to women's crosscut, the Sylvans' dominant showing featured seven |
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| 26 | 26 | | other first-place finishes; Jacob Barrett topped the knife throw |
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| 27 | 27 | | and archery fields, and his win in the latter event included a |
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| 28 | 28 | | perfect score from 20 yards; Trent Kline also won two events, |
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| 29 | 29 | | clinching the men's log chop and bowsaw titles in the respective |
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| 30 | 30 | | times of 49.8 and 15.645 seconds, and Paige Sumner and Katie Grenier |
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| 31 | 31 | | placed first in the chain throw in 76.86 seconds; moreover, Weston |
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| 32 | 32 | | Williams was victorious in the pole climb, clocking in at 6.81 |
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| 33 | 33 | | seconds, and Ms. Parkin and Mr. Kline paired to triumph in the Jack & |
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| 34 | 34 | | Jill crosscut event in 7.08 seconds; the team was ably guided by |
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| 35 | 35 | | coach Dr. Jeremy Stovall, a professor of forestry at SFA; and |
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| 36 | 36 | | WHEREAS, By accomplishing the rare feat of winning 19 |
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| 37 | 37 | | Southern Forestry Conclave championships, the Stephen F. Austin |
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| 38 | 38 | | Sylvans have distinguished themselves as a powerhouse in |
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| 39 | 39 | | timbersports, and all those associated with the squad may reflect |
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| 40 | 40 | | with pride on a job well done; now, therefore, be it |
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| 41 | 41 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 89th Texas |
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| 42 | 42 | | Legislature hereby congratulate the Stephen F. Austin State |
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| 43 | 43 | | University Sylvans timbersports team on winning the 2025 Southern |
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| 44 | 44 | | Forestry Conclave and extend to the members and coaching staff |
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| 45 | 45 | | sincere best wishes for continued success; and, be it further |
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| 46 | 46 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 47 | 47 | | prepared for the team as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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| 48 | 48 | | House of Representatives. |
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