{"id":1212,"date":"2009-06-06T21:32:33","date_gmt":"2009-06-07T02:32:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.libertysportsgrp.com\/?p=1212"},"modified":"2012-02-09T22:27:09","modified_gmt":"2012-02-10T03:27:09","slug":"amending-the-constitution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/liberty-tour\/post\/amending-the-constitution\/","title":{"rendered":"Amending The Constitution"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Education Amendment of 1972, <\/em><\/strong>most popularly known as Title IX, stated the following:\u00a0\u00a0 Section 1681. Sex\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span>(a) Prohibition against discrimination; exceptions.<\/strong>No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance\u2026<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u00a0In short<\/em><\/strong>, this Amendment allowed the same support for athletic and exercise programs for girls, as was provided for boys in the educational environment.\u00a0 As you have seen history unfold, it has changed Women\u2019s Sports forever!\u00a0 The Constitution Classic of 2009 saw this played out in grand fashion, some to an interesting twist of \u201crevenge\u201d (see the pictures that follow).<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 To start things off on the right foot, this Constitution Classic had more Open & Master\u2019s Women competing than any Liberty Tour event in its history.\u00a0 One of the first women to \u201cvault\u201d<\/strong> into the record books is Jessica Sector (Pictured Above)<\/em><\/strong>, who not only set the Young Women\u2019s Pole Vault record for the Constitution Classic, but with a vault of 2.90m, shattered the previous Liberty Tour record by .50m.<\/p>\n

In addition to vaulting, <\/em><\/strong>there were separate flights of Master\u2019s Women competition in the Shot, Discus, and Javelin.\u00a0 \u201cThis is the story of the day\u201d, exclaims Liberty Tour Executive Producer, Anthony Mills.\u00a0 He continues, \u201cThis level of participation by the ladies is unprecedented in the Adirondack Association of USATF and the Empire State Liberty Tour.\u00a0 They have now set the standard for future generations of Young Women and Master\u2019s Women in Track & Field participation.\u201d\u00a0 USATF Adirondack President Chris Rush adds, \u201cUSATF has a slogan that \u2018Track & Field is A Sport for Everyone\u2026A Sport for Life\u2019 and these ladies are proving that to be quite true.\u00a0 As a Masters athlete at the age of 73, it is encouraging to see such an increase in the number of Master\u2019s competitors.\u201d<\/p>\n

With the President\u2019s Open <\/em><\/strong>(the host of the Empire State Track & Field Qualifying Trials for the Adirondack Association) coming up on Saturday & Sunday, June 13th<\/sup> & 14th<\/sup>, it appears that many athletes are taking advantage of the developmental meets as the precursor to their participation at the Qualifying Trials, as the Constitution Classic not only set a record for participation by Women at this meet, but also set a record for overall participation, with an increase of nearly 10% over it\u2019s largest attendance back in 2007.<\/p>\n

The 3rd<\/sup> leg<\/em><\/strong> of the Empire State Liberty Tour Track & Field Series will be the President\u2019s Open<\/strong> which begins on Saturday, June 13th<\/sup> with competition in all of the combined events, some Master\u2019s Throwing and Jumping events, as well as some of the distance races on the track, including the 10,000m Run.\u00a0 The full slated meet, and the second day of competition for the Heptathlon and Decathlon, will be Sunday, June 14th<\/sup>.\u00a0 Please note that this is the Adirondack Qualifying Trials for the Empire State Track & Field Championships set for July 24th<\/sup> \u2013 26th<\/sup> in Queensbury, NY.\u00a0 There is Day of Meet Registration, but it is best to pre-Register online at www.EmpireLibertyTour.com<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0 You may also phone in your Registration at (518) 877-0927, and ask for Meet Director, Lisa Mills.\u00a0 If you would like to fax your Registration, then fax to (518) 877-0929.<\/p>\n

To view the Results<\/em><\/strong> from the Constitution Classic, click \u201cResults\u201d<\/strong> from the navigation bar.\u00a0 For all of the current Records for the Constitution Classic, or the Empire State Liberty Tour Track & Field Series, click \u201cRecords\u201d.<\/strong>\u00a0 For more exciting pictures of Record Breaking Performances, just scroll down.\u00a0 Remember to join us on MySpace, Facebook, and Twitter.\n\t\t