TITLE: Honoring Nitro Swimming in Cedar Park on being designated a 2013 Gold Medal Club by USA Swimming.

SUMMARY: Honoring Nitro Swimming in Cedar Park on being designated a 2013 Gold Medal Club by USA Swimming.

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WHEREAS, Since opening in Cedar Park in 2007, Nitro Swimming has become a highly respected swimming program, and it was recently recognized as a 2013 Gold Medal Club by USA Swimming; and WHEREAS, This prestigious accolade is part of the Club Excellence Program, which honors those training centers that produce elite age-group swimmers; teams are ranked on a point system based on athlete performance, and Nitro placed seventh in the nation in total points and was one of just 23 centers to attain gold medal status; and WHEREAS, Guided by owner Mike Koleber and his wife, Tracy, Nitro Swimming added a second location in Bee Cave in 2011; the business has taught thousands of children in Central Texas to swim, and its dedicated coaching staff, which includes several former Olympians, has excelled in helping young athletes to realize their full potential; and WHEREAS, Nitro Swimming has quickly developed into one of the top clubs in the Lone Star State, and since 2010 it has captured first place three times in short-course events and two times in long-course events at the Texas Age Group Swimming Championships; moreover, 25 swimmers who have trained with Nitro are currently student-athletes racing at the collegiate level; and WHEREAS, Mr. and Ms. Koleber also give back to the community by making the Nitro facilities available free of charge to the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts for swimming certification tests and to first responders for conducting deep-water rescue exercises; and WHEREAS, The success of the Nitro Swimming athletes reflects the exceptional work being carried out at the company's swim centers, and all those associated with the club may reflect with pride on their accomplishments; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas Legislature hereby congratulate Nitro Swimming on being designated a 2013 Gold Medal Club by USA Swimming and extend to its athletes, coaches, and staff sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be prepared for Nitro Swimming as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. Dale Straus M. Gonzalez of El Paso Oliveira Allen N. Gonzalez of El Paso Orr Alonzo Gooden Otto Alvarado Guerra Paddie Anchia Guillen Parker Anderson Gutierrez Patrick Ashby Harless Perez Aycock Harper-Brown Perry Bell Hernandez Luna Phillips Bohac Herrero Pickett Bonnen of Brazoria Hilderbran Pitts Bonnen of Galveston Howard Price Branch Huberty Raney Burkett Hughes Ratliff Burnam Hunter Raymond Button Isaac Reynolds Callegari Johnson Riddle Canales Kacal Ritter Capriglione Keffer Rodriguez of Bexar Carter King of Hemphill Rodriguez of Travis Clardy King of Parker Rose Coleman King of Taylor Sanford Collier King of Zavala Schaefer Cook Kleinschmidt Sheets Cortez Klick Sheffield of Bell Craddick Kolkhorst Sheffield of Coryell Creighton Krause Simmons Crownover Kuempel Simpson Dale Larson Smith Darby Laubenberg Smithee Davis of Dallas Lavender Springer J. Davis of Harris Leach Stephenson S. Davis of Harris Lewis Stickland Deshotel Longoria Strama Dukes Lozano Taylor Dutton Lucio III Thompson of Brazoria Eiland Marquez Thompson of Harris Elkins Martinez Toth Fallon Martinez Fischer Turner of Collin Farias McClendon Turner of Harris Farney Menendez Turner of Tarrant Farrar Miles Villalba Fletcher Miller of Comal Villarreal Flynn Miller of Fort Bend Vo Frank Moody Walle Frullo Morrison White Geren Munoz, Jr. Workman Giddings Murphy Wu Goldman Naishtat Zedler Gonzales Nevarez Zerwas Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 1216 was adopted by the House on April 10, 2013, by a non-record vote. Chief Clerk of the House