{"id":47,"date":"2007-05-26T21:35:54","date_gmt":"2007-05-27T01:35:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/country-mills-eagles\/?p=47"},"modified":"2012-04-07T14:52:35","modified_gmt":"2012-04-07T18:52:35","slug":"a-patriotic-take-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/country-mills-eagles\/post\/a-patriotic-take-off\/","title":{"rendered":"A Patriotic Take Off"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0It was the beginning of the 3rd Annual Empire State Liberty Tour Track & Field Series.\u00a0The weather was sunny and warm, the atmosphere filled with anticipation, and the athletes ready to go!\u00a0It was a Patriotic Take-off with the Patriot’s Invitational registration up more than 20% over it’s previous record high attendance.<\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0More than 30 meet records were either broken or set, such as Master’s Women competitor, Hillen Von Maltzahn, who was responsible for six of them.\u00a0She\u00a0not only broke Patriot’s Invitational records, but also Empire State Liberty Tour records in the 80m High Hurdles, Pole Vault, Triple Jump, Javelin, Shot Put, and Discus.<\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0At the\u00a0other end of the age spectrum, it was a good day for Bantam Boys, as the\u00a0Delmar Track & Field\u00a04 x 100 team\u00a0broke the previous Patriot’s Invitational record, and the Empire State Liberty Tour record with a time of 1:13.46.\u00a0Mitch Capitula, from the Country Mills Eagles, set a\u00a0Patriot’s Invitational record in the Bantam Boys Shot Put with a toss of 5.46m, shattering the old record back in 2005 of 4.73m.<\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0The record of the day would have to go to Timathy Holzhauer (also from the Country Mills Eagles), who broke the 100m Dash record with a sprint time of 12:04.\u00a0Tim also set records in the 200m Dash and the Long Jump in the Intermediate Boys division.\u00a0Not far behind would be a great performance in the Young Mens 110m High Hurdles by Shane Wagner who set an Empire State Liberty Tour record with a time of 15.98.<\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0“This was a great start to our season!”, exclaimed Head Coach Anthony Mills. He adds, “We may be a little light in numbers this year, but it appears we have a talented group of athletes.”<\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0To view all of the results from the Patriot’s Invitational, click \u00a0“Results”.<\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Pictured Above:\u00a0Quinn Capitula of the Country Mills Eagles, gives the Patriot’s Invitational a great take-off with near perfect form as he leaves the toe board in the Midget Boys Long Jump.\u00a0Watching very closely is USATF Official Duncan Payne.\n\t\t