Bill Text: TX HR2426 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating athletes from House District 19 who competed at the 2017 UIL Track & Field State Meet.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-05-31 - Reported enrolled [HR2426 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HR2426-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 2426 | ||
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| WHEREAS, A number of student-athletes from schools | ||
| throughout House District 19 enjoyed great success at the 2017 | ||
| University Interscholastic League Track & Field State Meet, held | ||
| May 11-13 at The University of Texas at Austin; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Pacing Silsbee High School in the meet's 4A | ||
| competition, Kalon Barnes earned gold medals in the boys' 100-meter | ||
| dash and 200-meter dash events, and he was also part of the | ||
| second-place 4x100-meter relay team, along with Calvin Tyler, Trey | ||
| Lowe, and Willie Jones; fellow Tiger Eranishia Carmenar placed | ||
| fourth in the girls' 200-meter dash and sixth in the 100-meter dash; | ||
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| WHEREAS, Also competing in the 4A division, three athletes | ||
| from Hardin-Jefferson High School in Sour Lake made a strong | ||
| showing in the finals; Wreagan Taylor received a silver medal in the | ||
| girls' 100-meter dash event, and Raylie Huff and Talon Tilley each | ||
| placed fourth in the girls' triple jump and boys' 110-meter hurdles, | ||
| respectively; and | ||
| WHEREAS, In 1A competition, Isaih Garzon of Goodrich High | ||
| School finished eighth in the boys' 1,600-meter and 3,200-meter | ||
| runs, and his teammate Davante Hughes also placed eighth in the | ||
| boys' high jump contest; moreover, Burkeville High School student | ||
| Keyunce Price earned a gold medal in the girls' 200-meter dash and | ||
| placed seventh in the 100-meter dash; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Other area athletes to take part in the state meet | ||
| were Jaylon Williams of Corrigan-Camden High School, who secured a | ||
| fourth-place finish in the 3A boys' 300-meter hurdles, Cade Skuza | ||
| of Jasper High School, who earned fifth in the 4A boys' pole vault | ||
| event, and Holli Shannon of Deweyville High School, who finished | ||
| eighth in the 2A girls' 100-meter hurdles; and | ||
| WHEREAS, These talented young Texans have excelled through | ||
| skill, hard work, and an enduring commitment to excellence, and | ||
| they are a source of tremendous pride to their families, their | ||
| schools, and their communities; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby congratulate Kalon Barnes, Calvin Tyler, | ||
| Eranishia Carmenar, Isaih Garzon, Raylie Huff, Davante Hughes, | ||
| Willie Jones, Trey Lowe, Keyunce Price, Holli Shannon, Cade Skuza, | ||
| Wreagan Taylor, Talon Tilley, and Jaylon Williams on competing in | ||
| the 2017 UIL Track & Field State Meet and extend to them sincere | ||
| best wishes for the future; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for the athletes as an expression of high regard by the | ||
| Texas House of Representatives. | ||
| White | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 2426 was adopted by the House on May | ||
| 28, 2017, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
