{"id":2317,"date":"2006-07-15T23:38:52","date_gmt":"2006-07-16T03:38:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/liberty-tour\/?p=2317"},"modified":"2012-02-09T23:45:05","modified_gmt":"2012-02-10T04:45:05","slug":"meet-the-meet-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/liberty-tour\/post\/meet-the-meet-director\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Meet Director"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0It is probably\u00a0the most\u00a0unappreciated,\u00a0but likely the most taxing of responsibilities, yet without an organized Meet Director, the Empire State Liberty Tour would\u00a0not be a competitive Track & Field meet series, it would be just another social gathering on a Saturday morning.\u00a0 Getting ready for the President’s Open (the second stop along the Empire State Liberty Tour) is Meet Director, Lisa Mills!<\/p>\n

Lisa was born in Green Bay, WI (the cheese state).\u00a0 She grew up in a tiny (and I mean tiny) unincorporated town of 175 people.\u00a0 She is the grand daughter of one of the area\u2019s better known farmers.\u00a0 And so, it was not a surprise to find that she is most comfortable being barefoot in the garden.\u00a0 What is a surprise, though, is that she absolutely detests the \u201cFrozen Tundra\u201d weather of the north.<\/p>\n

Her first love of music (both vocal and instrumental) took center stage during her high school years.\u00a0 She is a well decorated medalist in both the Saxophone, and Vocal categories.\u00a0 However, to keep a sense of balance in her life, she participated in various athletic programs such as Cheerleading, Track (hurdles), and Volleyball.\u00a0 Being a bit short, she was perfectly suited to be a setter for the high school team, where she played for four years.<\/p>\n

With the hopes that their daughter might marry a pastor, she was encouraged to attend Asbury College in Kentucky, a private Division III school located right across the street from Asbury Theological Seminary.\u00a0 She quickly picked up in college where she left off in high school, as Lisa had no problems making the Intercollegiate Volleyball team and chose Music Education as her choice for a career.\u00a0 What she didn\u2019t count on, perhaps, was the set of eyes that one man had laid on her while performing a Sax solo during a Final Exams Jazz Concert late one Autumn.<\/p>\n

Graduating from Asbury in 1985 with a BA degree in Music Education and a husband, she took on her first coaching responsibilities as the Head Coach of a high school Volleyball team in Florida.\u00a0 Not feeling comfortable away from the \u201cFrozen Tundra\u201d, she and her husband moved to New York where she taught high school music in Amsterdam, NY.\u00a0 In the meantime, she also picked up a certificate in CPR, Lifesaving and WSI (water safety instructor).\u00a0 During the testing for her Lifesaving Certificate, she had to save her husband (who nearly drowned while being saved), and so she had to perform mouth \u2013to \u2013 mouth.\u00a0 Quickly and immediately, he was revived thanks to her fantastic CPR and Lifesaving techniques.\u00a0 She passed with flying colors!<\/p>\n

High school students seemed too tall of an order for her to have the impact she wanted to have with students, so she chose to teach elementary music instead.\u00a0 She enjoyed this quite a bit until all of a sudden, there were three; three of her own that is.\u00a0 Hence, she and her husband chose to Home-School their three children, and Lisa left teaching in the public sector.\u00a0 With a strong background and interest in the sciences, Lisa was the perfect choice to become the Plyometrics Coach for the Country Mills Eagles Athletic Club.\u00a0 Aside from being the \u201cTrack Momster\u201d as her boys like to refer to her role, she is also the team co-ordinator.<\/p>\n

As you are also aware at this point, she has also accepted the responsibilities as Meet Director for the Empire State Liberty Tour Track & Field series.\u00a0 \u201cWhat I like most about working with\u00a0 this Tour of meets and the young athletes, is the opportunity to get them \u201cmoving\u201d in the right direction from the early years.\u00a0 Too many young people have developed bad posture, improper walking form, and the lack of interest to get outside and play physical games (something the Open and Master’s division athletes can certainly attest to)!\u00a0 They are all too comfortable in their virtual world.\u00a0\u00a0The Liberty Tour series of meets allows them to get \u2018outside\u2019 of that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Great News!\u00a0 Lisa will return to the Meet Director post in 2007!\u00a0\u00a0It is expected that by providing the consistency that comes from securing the return of such qualified professionals, that the Empire State Liberty Tour will continue to gain momentum with each new season!\u00a0 Lisa adds, “Let me remind everyone that registration will begin\u00a0on January 1, 2007 for the upcoming season.\u00a0 I’ll be watching for your paperwork.”<\/p>\n

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