{"id":1622,"date":"2022-07-25T09:29:38","date_gmt":"2022-07-25T13:29:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/country-mills-eagles\/?p=1622"},"modified":"2022-08-13T09:30:02","modified_gmt":"2022-08-13T13:30:02","slug":"eagles-ready-to-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/country-mills-eagles\/post\/eagles-ready-to-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"EAGLES READY to ATTACK!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1624\" src=\"http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/country-mills-eagles\/files\/2022\/08\/Jae-cion--600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/country-mills-eagles\/files\/2022\/08\/Jae-cion--600x400.jpg 600w, http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/country-mills-eagles\/files\/2022\/08\/Jae-cion--400x267.jpg 400w, http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/country-mills-eagles\/files\/2022\/08\/Jae-cion-.jpg 627w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 The <\/span><strong>Liberty Games Track &amp; Field Championships<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"> were placed on the calendar exactly two <\/span><strong>(2)<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"> weeks before the <\/span><strong>National Track &amp; Field Championships<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">, so that <\/span><strong>Athletes <\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">could have one <\/span><strong>(1)<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"> last opportunity to work on their <\/span><strong>Events<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">, especially the <\/span><strong>Combined Events<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">, prior to the <\/span><strong>\u201cBig Dance\u201d<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\">.\u00a0 With that as the main <\/span><strong>Goal,<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"> as the <\/span><strong>ES Sports Council Slogan<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal;\"> states, <\/span><strong>\u201cBRING YOUR GAME!\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>Jae-cion Boyd<\/strong> set a <strong>PR<\/strong> and a <strong>Liberty Tour Record<\/strong> for the <strong>Boy\u2019s<\/strong> (9-10) in both the <strong>High Jump<\/strong> (1.15m) and the <strong>400m<\/strong> (1:14.49) during the <strong>Triathlon<\/strong>, in order to set a <strong>New PR<\/strong> in the <strong>Triathlon<\/strong> with <strong>401 points!<\/strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1625\" src=\"http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/country-mills-eagles\/files\/2022\/08\/Marissa-HJ-I-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/country-mills-eagles\/files\/2022\/08\/Marissa-HJ-I-600x400.jpg 600w, http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/country-mills-eagles\/files\/2022\/08\/Marissa-HJ-I-400x267.jpg 400w, http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/country-mills-eagles\/files\/2022\/08\/Marissa-HJ-I.jpg 627w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Having a solid <strong>Track &amp; Field Season<\/strong> filled with steady progression, <strong>Marissa Fiacco<\/strong>, who was celebrating her <strong>Sweet Sixteenth Birthday<\/strong> over the weekend, gave a <strong>Record Breaking Performance<\/strong> in the <strong>Girl\u2019s <\/strong>(15-16) <strong>Heptathlon<\/strong>, obliterating the previous <strong>Liberty Games Record<\/strong> of <strong>2,570 points<\/strong>, held by former <strong>Country Mills Eagles Athlete<\/strong>, <strong>Naomi Davies<\/strong>, set in <strong>2017<\/strong>, with a score of <strong>2,952 points!<\/strong>\u00a0 That was aided, in large part, by the <strong>PR <\/strong>she set in the <strong>High Jump<\/strong> by clearing <strong>1.40m<\/strong>.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1626\" src=\"http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/country-mills-eagles\/files\/2022\/08\/Ryan-Javelin-II.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"428\" height=\"611\" srcset=\"http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/country-mills-eagles\/files\/2022\/08\/Ryan-Javelin-II.jpg 428w, http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/country-mills-eagles\/files\/2022\/08\/Ryan-Javelin-II-400x571.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 428px) 100vw, 428px\" \/> \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Although he did not set a <strong>Record<\/strong>, <strong>Ryan Slingerland<\/strong> showed what <strong>HARD WORK<\/strong> and <strong>PRACTICE<\/strong> can do, when he set a <strong>PR <\/strong>in the <strong>Javelin<\/strong> with a heave of <strong>37.41m<\/strong>.\u00a0 That toss is more than <strong>4m<\/strong> further than his previous <strong>PR<\/strong>, and will move him up in the <strong>National Rankings<\/strong>, for sure!<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1623\" src=\"http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/country-mills-eagles\/files\/2022\/08\/Arianna-LJ.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"364\" height=\"720\" \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0The most <strong>Dominating Performance<\/strong> of the day came from <strong>Arianna Mills<\/strong> who <strong>CRUSHED<\/strong> the <strong>Girl\u2019s<\/strong> (11-12) <strong>Pentathlon Record<\/strong> for the <strong>Liberty Tour<\/strong>, with an <strong>EXCITING 1,822 points<\/strong>, which is close to <strong>200 points<\/strong> above the previous <strong>Record<\/strong>, held by <strong>Section II Track &amp; Field Star<\/strong>, <strong>Claire Howard<\/strong>, who set the <strong>Record<\/strong> back in <strong>2015<\/strong> with <strong>1,658 points<\/strong>.\u00a0 In the process, <strong>Arianna <\/strong>also set <strong>Liberty Tour<\/strong> or <strong>Liberty Games Records<\/strong> in each of the <strong>Events<\/strong> that make up the <strong>Pentathlon<\/strong> (80m Hurdles, High Jump, Shot Put, Long Jump, 800m Run).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0They will, each, take their <strong>\u201cGAME\u201d<\/strong> on the <strong>Road <\/strong>to <strong>Greensboro <\/strong>in two <strong>(2)<\/strong> weeks! \ud83d\ude0a<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 For complete <a href=\"http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/liberty-games\/post\/2022-track-field\/\">RESULTS<\/a>, click here.\u00a0 For updated Country Mills Eagles <a href=\"http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/country-mills-eagles\/topics\/records\/\">RECORDS<\/a>, click here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 The Liberty Games Track &amp; Field Championships were placed on the calendar exactly two (2) weeks before the National Track &amp; Field Championships, so that Athletes could have one (1) last opportunity to work on their Events, especially the Combined Events, prior to the \u201cBig Dance\u201d.\u00a0 With [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1624,"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\/1622"}],"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=1622"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/country-mills-eagles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1622\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1627,"href":"http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/country-mills-eagles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1622\/revisions\/1627"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/country-mills-eagles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/country-mills-eagles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/country-mills-eagles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/country-mills-eagles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}