{"id":856,"date":"2009-07-03T18:04:18","date_gmt":"2009-07-03T22:04:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/country-mills-eagles\/?p=856"},"modified":"2012-04-14T15:15:37","modified_gmt":"2012-04-14T19:15:37","slug":"lightning-strikes-at-the-independence-invitational-09","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/country-mills-eagles\/post\/lightning-strikes-at-the-independence-invitational-09\/","title":{"rendered":"Lightning Strikes at the Independence Invitational"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"\"<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0It<\/strong> has long been believed that Lightning<\/strong> never strikes the same place twice.\u00a0 I shall submit to you that those who hold to such a belief did not attend the Independence Invitational<\/strong> on July 3rd<\/sup>\u00a0at the Ichabod Crane High School Sports Complex.\u00a0 It is certain that the first strike of Lightning<\/strong> was not invited at all, as it brought with it Thunder and Heavy Rains, which suspended the 5th<\/sup>\u00a0stop of the Empire State Liberty Tour Track & Field Series<\/strong> for more than 30 minutes.\u00a0 But the second strike of Lightning<\/strong> came when\u00a0Ethan Berberich\u00a0(Pictured Above)\u00a0took a Discus (instead of a lightning bolt) to express his anger at the gods.\u00a0 Well, there is actually only one, and if i were Ethan, it might be better just to attempt to break the Country Mills Eagles record for the Young Men’s Discus.\u00a0 maybe Ethan is angry that he did not accomplish that on this day.<\/p>\n

Is<\/strong> it possible that Lightning<\/strong> could strike 99<\/strong> times in the same place?\u00a0 Maybe not, but on this day in July there were 99 Records<\/strong> broken, and that is the largest number ever for any Liberty Tour<\/strong> meet.\u00a0 It would be nice to have pictures for every record breaking performance, but that would take quite a few photographers to capture each of those moments.\u00a0 Nonetheless, several were caught in the act of breaking records, and if you visit www.Liberty-Tour.com , you will be able to see some of those that were caught.\u00a0 For now, scroll down the page you will be able to witness a few of the exciting performances from the Country Mills Eagles at the 2009 Independence Invitational.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0To<\/strong> view the Results<\/strong> from the Independence Invitational<\/strong>, click \u201cResults\u201d<\/strong> from the navigation bar.\u00a0 For all of the current Records<\/strong> for the Independence Invitational<\/strong>, or the Empire State Liberty Tour Track & Field Series,<\/strong> visit www.Liberty-Tour.com<\/a><\/strong>, then click \u201cRecords\u201d.\u00a0<\/strong> Remember to join us on Facebook.\n\t\t