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HR 1015

TO RECOGNIZE THE MOUNTAIN HOME CROSS COUNTRY TEAM AS THE CLASS 5A STATE CHAMPIONS.

2025 Regular Session Introduced by Stetson Painter

The bill ceremonially recognizes Mountain Home boys’ cross country as Class 5A state champions and awards a formal copy to the coaches, with no legal or budget impact.

READ AND ADOPTED.
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Bill Summary · HR 1015

Summary — HR 1015 (House Resolution)

Title: To recognize the Mountain Home cross country team as the Class 5A state champions
Classification: House Resolution (ceremonial)

Purpose

HR 1015 is a ceremonial resolution adopted by the Arkansas House of Representatives to congratulate and officially recognize the Mountain Home Bombers boys’ cross country team for winning the Class 5A state championship.

Key provisions

  • Officially recognizes the Mountain Home Bombers boys’ cross country team as the Class 5A state champions.
  • Highlights team and individual achievements from the state meet.
  • Directs that, upon adoption, a copy of the resolution be provided to the team’s coaches (Wil Norris, Tilda Helgesson, and Roddy Patrick) by the Chief Clerk of the House.

No changes to Arkansas law, funding, or regulatory policy are made — the resolution is honorary and ceremonial.

Championship details (as stated in the resolution)

  • Event: Class 5A state championship, held at Oaklawn in Hot Springs, Arkansas.
  • Date of meet: Thursday, November 7, 2024.
  • Team achievement: Mountain Home won its third consecutive and seventh overall Class 5A state championship.
  • Margin: The Bombers outscored the runners-up, the Hot Springs Lakeside Rams, by 57 points.
  • Individual performances:
    • Jackson Free: listed as the individual champion with a time shown in the resolution as 16:06:17 (the text lists “sixteen hours, six minutes, and seventeen seconds” but the numeral format suggests a race time of 16:06.17).
    • All‑State team members from Mountain Home: Jackson Free, Conner King (3rd), Garrett Barr (4th), Trenton Smith (6th), and Wave Simmons (19th).
  • Coaches named: Wil Norris, Tilda Helgesson, and Roddy Patrick.

Who is affected

  • Primary: Members of the Mountain Home High School boys’ cross country team and their coaches (honored recipients).
  • Secondary: School community, local supporters, and the Arkansas high school athletics community (ceremonial recognition).

Procedural timeline and status

  • Introduced: February 5, 2025 (filed and various readings noted as early as January 23, 2025 in the bill text metadata).
  • Committee referral(s): Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary; later placed on Local & Consent Calendars.
  • Calendar and consideration: Placed on the Congratulatory & Memorial Resolutions Calendar; laid before the House.
  • Adoption: Read and adopted by the House (listed as adopted on May 23, 2025). Reported enrolled May 24, 2025.
  • Post‑adoption action: A copy to be delivered to the named coaches by the Chief Clerk.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor(s) listed: Painter and Nancy Mace. Additional cosponsors listed: Andy Harris, Andy Biggs, Lauren Boebert, Byron Donalds, Troy E. Nehls. (As presented in the bill metadata.)

Impact

Ceremonial recognition with no legal, regulatory, or budgetary effect. The resolution formally records the legislature’s congratulations and provides an official copy to the team’s coaches.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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