{"id":1431,"date":"2019-06-23T10:57:28","date_gmt":"2019-06-23T14:57:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/country-mills-eagles\/?p=1431"},"modified":"2019-06-23T10:57:28","modified_gmt":"2019-06-23T14:57:28","slug":"lucky-7-seven","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/country-mills-eagles\/post\/lucky-7-seven\/","title":{"rendered":"Lucky (7) Seven"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0\u00a0 \"\"\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 As an Athlete I ABSOLUTELY DETEST<\/strong> hearing someone say to me, prior to any competition, \u201cGood Luck\u201d!<\/strong>\u00a0 The intention of the one who delivers that sentiment certainly DOES NOT<\/strong> mean any harm, but to suggest, in any way, that an Athlete<\/strong> needs \u201cluck\u201d<\/strong>, to successfully compete, diminishes all of the Strength Training<\/strong>, Drills<\/strong>, and Workouts<\/strong> that were done to get to the point of being able to achieve \u201cSuccess\u201d!<\/strong>\u00a0 If all that someone wishes for an Athlete<\/strong> is that they need \u201cLuck\u201d<\/strong>, then why go through the Rigorous Training?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 When it comes to the Combined Events<\/strong>, especially the Heptathlon<\/strong>, there is NO \u201cLuck\u201d<\/strong> associated with any aspect of the Performance!<\/strong>\u00a0 It is a two (2)<\/strong> day competition that incorporates seven (7)<\/strong> events (100m HH<\/strong>, Shot Put<\/strong>, High Jump<\/strong>, 200m<\/strong>, Long Jump<\/strong>, Javelin Throw<\/strong>, 800m<\/strong>).\u00a0 The first four (4)<\/strong> events are contested on Day #1<\/strong>, and the remaining three (3)<\/strong> events on Day #2<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 At the Adirondack District Championships<\/strong>, Caroline Page shattered the Country Mills Eagles Record<\/strong> for the Heptathlon<\/strong> by more than 600<\/strong> points!\u00a0 \u201cCombined Events showcase what I believe to be true Athletic Talent!\u201d<\/strong>, exclaimed Anthony Mills, Head Coach<\/strong> of the Country Mills Eagles<\/strong>.\u00a0 He continues, \u201cI consider an Athlete to be an Athlete, when he\/she can perform in a number of various different athletic situations, encompassing completely different Fine Motor Movement Skills.\u00a0 To do so shows \u2018control\u2019 over the muscles and levers, and that guarantees that the Athlete was not \u2018lucky\u2019!\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0With a total score of 3.378<\/strong> points, Caroline Page becomes the new Record Holder<\/strong> for the Heptathlon<\/strong> for the Country Mills Eagles<\/strong>, but she has much more room to grow, as the Liberty Tour Record<\/strong> is about 300<\/strong> points higher.\u00a0 She will get a chance to set that Record<\/strong>, too, but will match her skills against some of the best Heptathletes<\/strong> in the Northeast<\/strong> this weekend when the Country Mills Eagles<\/strong> travel to St. John\u2019s University<\/strong> for the AAU Region I Track & Field Championships<\/strong>, which begin on Thursday<\/strong>, June 27th<\/sup><\/strong>\u00a0and will conclude on Sunday<\/strong>, June 30th<\/sup><\/strong>.\u00a0 We will NOT <\/strong>wish Caroline any \u201cLuck\u201d<\/strong>, but rather that she has \u201cSuccess\u201d<\/strong> equal to the Training <\/strong>she invests in her Performances! <\/strong>\ud83d\ude0a<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 As an Athlete I ABSOLUTELY DETEST hearing someone say to me, prior to any competition, \u201cGood Luck\u201d!\u00a0 The intention of the one who delivers that sentiment certainly DOES NOT mean any harm, but to suggest, in any way, that an Athlete needs \u201cluck\u201d, to successfully compete, diminishes all of the Strength Training, Drills, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1433,"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\/1431"}],"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=1431"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/country-mills-eagles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1431\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1435,"href":"http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/country-mills-eagles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1431\/revisions\/1435"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/country-mills-eagles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/country-mills-eagles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/country-mills-eagles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/country-mills-eagles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}