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ATTAINING NEW HEIGHTS!
For those that possess a DREAM, or have experienced SUCCESS, you have discovered several things… There is NO such thing as “Overnight Success”! It is VITAL to Make Progress, Each Day towards your Dream! Progress usually happens in small increments over a period of time “Inch by Inch, It’s a Cinch!” PERSEVERANCE IS KEY! In […]
SHATTERED!
It is TRUE, that, “Records are Made to be Broken”! No one knows when or where it will happen, but it WILL, eventually, HAPPEN! For the Country Mills Eagles, there were Records set in the Javelin quite a bit, in most Age Divisions, but for some reason the Boy’s 15-16 Javelin Record has been held […]
SUPERSTARS’ SUPER START!
The Spring Track & Field Season, to date, has been COLD, WINDY, and RAINY! It has been a STRUGGLE to get into any sort of Performance Rhythm. Nonetheless, that was NOT the case for the Schenectady Superstars at the Patriot’s Invitational on Sunday, June 1st, at Watervliet High School! 😊 With 1st Place Finishes in […]
TRACK & FIELD BEGINS APRIL 21st!
Well, it may not FEEL like Spring these past couple of days, but INDEED, it IS SPRING! Besides, Punxsutawney Phil GUARANTEED that Spring would arrive Early! 😊 Therefore, Track & Field Season at the High School has begun (March 10th), and Country Mills Eagles Club Practices will begin on Monday April 21st! Practices are, generally […]
I FEEL the NEED…
In the original Top Gun movie, Maverick makes a statement to Goose as they are walking to their Aircraft, about to begin a Combat Exercise, “I Feel the NEED, the NEED for SPEED!” The Constitution Classic was FILLED with SPEED! In some cases, there were several Athletes that broke the Meet Record in the same […]
SOUNDS LIKE A BROKEN RECORD!
For those that have graced this Planet, for a few years, will recognize the phrase, “Sounds Like A Broken Record”, which refers to a Record (once made on vinyl) that would have a “skip” in it, and play the same thing over and over! The Liberty Tour is now in its 17th Season, and every […]
BOSTON NORTH TRACK CLUB IS COMING!
On the evening of April 18, 1775, Dr. Joseph Warren summoned Paul Revere and gave him the task of riding to Lexington, Massachusetts, with the news that British Soldiers, stationed in Boston, were about to march into the countryside, Northwest of the town. Paul Revere then contacted a friend, Robert Newman, the sexton of Christ […]
SPEED KILLS!
The origin of this phrase stems from the fact that in the Wild, the slowest Animal is the TARGET of the FASTEST Animal! The Cheetah knows that it is FAST enough to chase down its prey, so being slow in the Wild is a Death Warrant! In the World of Sports, the SPEED […]
REGION I CHAMPIONSHIPS… A CAPITAL IDEA!
The AAU Region I Track & Field Championships are coming to the Capital Region in 2023! This Championship Meet is the Qualifying Meet to advance to the AAU National Championships set for Drake University in Des Moines, IA in late July. The Empire State Sports Council (ES Sports for short) will be the Host Organization […]
BEING A TEAM PLAYER!
The Empire State Liberty Tour Track & Field Series is now in its 17th Season! It is difficult to relate to that, at times, because so much of our energies at the Empire State Sports Council (ES Sports for short) are invested in the Organizational Work that goes on behind the scenes, along with the […]