Bill Text: TX HR2355 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating Gabrielle Kopenski on her success at the 2017 Speedo Sectionals Championship Series in College Station.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-05-30 - Reported enrolled [HR2355 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HR2355-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 2355 |
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WHEREAS, Gabrielle Kopenski, a member of the Texas Ford | ||
Aquatics USA Swim team, attained great distinction at the Speedo | ||
Sectionals Championship Series held in College Station February | ||
23-26, 2017; and | ||
WHEREAS, Facing off against a field of top competitors at the | ||
meet, Ms. Kopenski clinched two gold medals by besting opponents in | ||
the 1,000-yard freestyle with a time of 9 minutes, 38.26 seconds, | ||
and in the 1,650-yard freestyle with a time of 16 minutes, 6.51 | ||
seconds; she was also part of the quartet that captured the silver | ||
medal in the 800-yard freestyle relay; and | ||
WHEREAS, Those triumphs were just the latest in | ||
Ms. Kopenski's impressive list of achievements; she had previously | ||
won five gold medals, two silver medals, and a bronze medal in the | ||
Speedo Champions Series and a pair of gold medals at the 2016 Speedo | ||
Winter Junior Championships; moreover, she has garnered a total of | ||
four gold medals at University Interscholastic League Swimming & | ||
Diving State Meets, and she was named the Outstanding 5A State | ||
Swimmer for two consecutive years; and | ||
WHEREAS, Gabrielle Kopenski has proven herself an elite | ||
athlete through her talent, determination, and commitment to | ||
excellence, and she will cherish her memories of these | ||
accomplishments for years to come; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby congratulate Gabrielle Kopenski on her | ||
outstanding showing at the 2017 Speedo Sectionals Championship | ||
Series and extend to her sincere best wishes for continued success; | ||
and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for Ms. Kopenski as an expression of high regard by the | ||
Texas House of Representatives. | ||
Sanford | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 2355 was adopted by the House on May | ||
25, 2017, by a non-record vote. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||