{"id":1349,"date":"2017-07-27T08:38:18","date_gmt":"2017-07-27T12:38:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/country-mills-eagles\/?p=1349"},"modified":"2017-07-27T08:38:18","modified_gmt":"2017-07-27T12:38:18","slug":"guardians-of-the-ring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/country-mills-eagles\/post\/guardians-of-the-ring\/","title":{"rendered":"GUARDIANS of the RING!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It has been stated over the years that Track & Field<\/strong> is the \u201cUltimate Cross Training Sport\u201d<\/strong>.\u00a0 This is derived from the fact that Track & Field<\/strong> has a foundation of working and training the three (3) Basic Motor Skill Movements<\/strong>, which are Running<\/strong>, Jumping<\/strong>, and Throwing<\/strong>.\u00a0 In fact, it is likely that if you were to sit and talk to any Professional Athlete, there is a high probability that Track & Field<\/strong> can be discovered in their athletic background at some point.\u00a0 In others, it is a bit more prominent, though.<\/p>\n

There are some that tend to take their skills in one sport and transfer them to another.\u00a0 While the Country Mills Eagles Track & Field Team<\/strong> was competing at the AAU Region I Championships<\/strong> in New Jersey, a special Track & Field Official<\/strong> took the responsibility of the Discus Ring<\/strong> for the day.\u00a0 For those that are die hard NY Football GIANTS Fans<\/strong>, the name Roman Oben<\/strong> (Pictured Above, far right<\/em><\/strong>) is synonymous with \u201cProtection\u201d<\/strong>, as he was a 3rd<\/sup> Round<\/strong> pick of the Giants <\/strong>in the 1996 Draft<\/strong> (#66 overall).\u00a0 Getting lost in all of the \u201cFootball Lore\u201d<\/strong> that surrounds Roman is the fact that he was also a High School Track & Field Athlete<\/strong> at Fork Union Military Academy,<\/strong> where he set the Discus Record<\/strong> at 185\u2019 10\u201d <\/strong>\u00a0that stood for 21<\/strong> years.\u00a0 He also was a two (2)<\/strong> sport Athlete in college at the University of Louisville<\/strong> as a Football Player<\/strong>,and also as a Shot Putter<\/strong>, lettering in both, and selected to the All National Independent First Team<\/strong> for Track & Field<\/strong> in his Junior Year.<\/p>\n

Taking the opportunity to get to know Roman are a couple of Country Mills Eagles Athletes<\/strong>, who also moonlight as Football Players<\/strong> for Rensselaer High School Thunder Rams;<\/strong>\u00a0Ivan Jerome and Aung Soe (Pictured Above<\/em><\/strong>), flanked to the left by the Head Track & Field Coach<\/strong> for the Country Mills Eagles<\/strong>, Anthony Mills.\u00a0 Both of these gentlemen play the Offensive Line<\/strong>, and have filled roles at Guard, Tackle, and even Center.\u00a0 Moreover, each of the Men in this photo have protected Quarterbacks, as Coach Mills played four (4)<\/strong> years as a Guard for the Gloversville Huskies<\/strong>, and then two (2)<\/strong> years as a Guard in the Semi-Pro Empire Football League<\/strong>.\u00a0 But in this case, they are Protecting<\/strong> the Discus Ring!<\/strong>\u00a0 Ivan took Gold<\/strong> in the Senior Boy\u2019s Discus, while Aung took Silver<\/strong> in the same division, and Coach Mills finished in 1st<\/sup> Place<\/strong> in the Master\u2019s (55 -59) Division.\u00a0 Each has advanced to the National Junior Olympics<\/strong> in Ypsilanti, MI in early August.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 For more about Roman Oben please visit his website at <\/a>http:\/\/romanoben.com\/<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It has been stated over the years that Track & Field is the \u201cUltimate Cross Training Sport\u201d.\u00a0 This is derived from the fact that Track & Field has a foundation of working and training the three (3) Basic Motor Skill Movements, which are Running, Jumping, and Throwing.\u00a0 In fact, it is likely that if you […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1350,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/country-mills-eagles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1349"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/country-mills-eagles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/country-mills-eagles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/country-mills-eagles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/country-mills-eagles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1349"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/country-mills-eagles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1349\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1351,"href":"http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/country-mills-eagles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1349\/revisions\/1351"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/country-mills-eagles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1350"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/country-mills-eagles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/country-mills-eagles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/country-mills-eagles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}