A LEGISLATIVE COMMEMORATION commending the Harrisburg Tigers on their 2026 Class AA state gymnastics championship.

WHEREAS, the Harrisburg Tigers gymnastics team displayed another year of supremacy, again winning the Eastern South Dakota Conference and Metro Conference meets; and

WHEREAS, the Harrisburg Tigers gymnastics team's score of 151.4834 secured their second Class AA state gymnastics title; and

WHEREAS, outstanding performances in the individual competitions led to first-place finishes for Katelyn Maeschen in the Class AA all around, vault, bars, beam, and floor competitions; a second-place finish for Lilly Gusso in the floor competition; and a third-place finish in the beam competition for Emery Myron; and

WHEREAS, Ailee Johnson, Jersy Tryon, Hadley Moody, Jaycie Adams, Laela Vincent, Kennedy Malloy, and Manager Miranda Fokken all made exceptional contributions to the team; and

WHEREAS, the team's success was driven by the stalwart coaching of head coach Callie Aylward and assistant coaches Abby Christiansen and Hailey Handevidt;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT COMMEMORATED, by the One Hundred First Legislature of the State of South Dakota, that the Harrisburg Tigers gymnastics team is the 2026 Class AA state gymnastics champion.