Bill Text: TX HR1616 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating the Georgetown High School boys' swim team on winning the 5A championship at the 2019 UIL Swimming and Diving State Meet.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-17 - Reported enrolled [HR1616 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HR1616-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 1616 | ||
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| WHEREAS, The Georgetown High School boys' swim team achieved | ||
| great distinction by winning the 5A team championship at the 2019 | ||
| University Interscholastic League Swimming and Diving State Meet; | ||
| and | ||
| WHEREAS, In a season-long display of talent and | ||
| determination, the Eagles won the district and regional titles to | ||
| earn a return trip to the state meet, where they had finished second | ||
| among the 5A contenders in 2018; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Competing on February 15 and 16, 2019, at the Lee and | ||
| Joe Jamail Texas Swimming Center in Austin, Georgetown clinched the | ||
| first state crown in program history; the Eagles were paced in the | ||
| individual events by Greyson Alarcon, who set a 5A state record time | ||
| of 48.05 seconds in the 100-yard butterfly and also won the 100-yard | ||
| backstroke; Corby Furrer collected gold and silver medals, | ||
| respectively, in the 500-yard and 200-yard freestyle races, and | ||
| William Corona was second in both the 200-yard individual medley | ||
| and the 100-yard freestyle; and | ||
| WHEREAS, In relay competition, Mr. Furrer, Mr. Corona, and | ||
| Greyson Alarcon were part of two gold medal-winning squads; they | ||
| joined with Daniel Pineiro in notching a 5A state record time of 3 | ||
| minutes, 5.16 seconds, in the 400-yard freestyle relay, and they | ||
| teamed with Landon Alarcon to clock in at 1 minute, 24.87 seconds, | ||
| in the 200-yard freestyle relay; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Landon Alarcon also competed in the 200-yard | ||
| individual medley and the 100-yard breaststroke, placing 6th and | ||
| 7th, respectively, and Mr. Pineiro recorded 8th- and 13th-place | ||
| finishes in the 200-yard and 100-yard freestyle races; and | ||
| WHEREAS, These talented young Texans have distinguished | ||
| themselves through their skill, hard work, and enduring commitment | ||
| to excellence, and they may indeed reflect with pride on their | ||
| extraordinary accomplishments; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby congratulate the Georgetown High School boys' | ||
| swim team on winning the 5A state championship at the 2019 UIL | ||
| Swimming and Diving State Meet and extend to all those associated | ||
| with the team sincere best wishes for continued success; and, be it | ||
| further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for the Georgetown Eagles as an expression of high regard | ||
| by the Texas House of Representatives. | ||
| Wilson | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 1616 was adopted by the House on May | ||
| 15, 2019, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
