{"id":2322,"date":"2006-07-09T23:48:18","date_gmt":"2006-07-10T03:48:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/liberty-tour\/?p=2322"},"modified":"2012-02-09T23:49:47","modified_gmt":"2012-02-10T04:49:47","slug":"a-very-independent-invitational","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/liberty-tour\/post\/a-very-independent-invitational\/","title":{"rendered":"A Very Independent Invitational"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0It was the final day of June, just four days away from July 4th, the anniversary of the Birth of America, when our forefathers declared “Independence” from England!\u00a0 Now it is 230 years later, and the desire for Independence is still alive!\u00a0 Well, there is no desire to break from the Union, but this “Invitational” Track & Field Meet certainly broke from the norm of all other Empire State Liberty Tour meets.<\/p>\n

In its debut (the Independence Invitational was flooded out in 2005), it was the host for the very first “Combined Events”\u00a0, the “Adirondack Masters Championships”, and the host for the USATF Eastern Regional Open “Combined Events” competitors.\u00a0 As you can imagine, there were many records set!\u00a0 In fact, every first place finisher in each event set a record for the Independence Invitational!\u00a0 However, some records were Empire State Liberty Tour records.<\/p>\n

Pictured above is Arman Dixon, who set an Empire State Liberty Tour record in the Open Men’s 100m dash, posting a time of 10.74 seconds.\u00a0 He also set an Open Men’s record in the 200m dash with a time of 22.19 seconds!\u00a0 Not to be shunned, Shondelle McCray from the Country Mills Eagles also shattered the Bantam Boys record in the 100m dash with a time of 14.51.\u00a0 Also getting into the spirit of setting records was USATF President Chris Rush, who set an Empire State Liberty Tour record in the Masters Men 800m run with a smoking time of 2:45.12.\u00a0 I am not going to disclose his age in this report, but I will tell you that he is the most “physically matured” athlete to compete in the 2006 Empire State Liberty Tour!<\/p>\n

To get all of the results and to see all of the records that have been set for each meet, visit our website at www.EmpireLibertytour.com<\/a>!\u00a0 We\u00a0hope you will visit us regularly throughout the off-season, as we will be posting a new series of articles, “Faces Of The Tour”.\u00a0 these articles will highlight some of the\u00a0best performers, performances, and leaders of the Empire State Liberty Tour Track & Field Series.\u00a0 Also, be sure to check back to get all of the latest updates for the 2007 season!\u00a0 It is expected to have many new and wonderful changes!<\/p>\n

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