{"id":5429,"date":"2021-06-15T15:05:16","date_gmt":"2021-06-15T19:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/liberty-tour\/?p=5429"},"modified":"2021-06-15T15:27:20","modified_gmt":"2021-06-15T19:27:20","slug":"free-as-a-bird","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/liberty-tour\/post\/free-as-a-bird\/","title":{"rendered":"FREE AS A BIRD!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5430\" src=\"http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/liberty-tour\/files\/2021\/06\/Morrison-LJ-600x480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/liberty-tour\/files\/2021\/06\/Morrison-LJ-600x480.jpg 600w, http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/liberty-tour\/files\/2021\/06\/Morrison-LJ-400x320.jpg 400w, http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/liberty-tour\/files\/2021\/06\/Morrison-LJ-768x614.jpg 768w, http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/liberty-tour\/files\/2021\/06\/Morrison-LJ.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0For two (2) years we have been Locked Down, Masked, and Homebound!\u00a0 Sports came to a SCREECHING HAULT!\u00a0 Exercise had to take place inside your home, and with no one else around!\u00a0 Gyms were forced to close their doors with NO timeframe for re-opening!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Then the NFL (National Football League) did everyone a HUGE favor\u2026 they did their homework, studied the data, and proceeded to hold their Football Season in spite of the presence of the virus!\u00a0 Because of their leading the way, and the unprecedented Operation Warp Speed, folks began to recognize that it was possible to return to a normal life.\u00a0 FINALLY, we had a chance to get \u201cBack On Track\u2026 &amp; Field\u201d!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0We are a FREE Nation, represented by the Eagle (American Symbol of that Freedom)!\u00a0 The Liberty Tour has CELEBRATED FREEDOM since 2005, which was the inaugural season for the Liberty Tour Track &amp; Field Series.\u00a0 Never taking for granted the Freedom we had, the Pandemic stretched our \u201cInalienable Rights\u201d to \u201cLife, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness\u201d!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-5431\" style=\"color: #333333; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\" src=\"http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/liberty-tour\/files\/2021\/06\/Morrison-100m-400x320.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"298\" height=\"238\" srcset=\"http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/liberty-tour\/files\/2021\/06\/Morrison-100m-400x320.jpg 400w, http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/liberty-tour\/files\/2021\/06\/Morrison-100m-768x614.jpg 768w, http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/liberty-tour\/files\/2021\/06\/Morrison-100m-600x480.jpg 600w, http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/liberty-tour\/files\/2021\/06\/Morrison-100m.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0On Saturday, June 12th, at Rensselaer High School, we could, once again, feel Free As A Bird!\u00a0 Although the Athletes had aged two (2) years, some got taller, some changed their voice, each Athlete got better! \ud83d\ude0a\u00a0 Some, decided to OBLITERATE the Record Books!\u00a0 Taydence Morrison (Country Mills Eagles) did just that!\u00a0 The 100m Record for the Midget Boys (11-12) has stood since 2013, held by Jamie Cocca (Averill Park Road Runners) with a time of 13.3 seconds.\u00a0 Taydence ran a smoking time of 13.05 seconds, setting an Adirondack Championship Record, as well as a New Liberty Tour Record!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-5430\" style=\"color: #333333; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\" src=\"http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/liberty-tour\/files\/2021\/06\/Morrison-LJ-400x320.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"359\" height=\"287\" srcset=\"http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/liberty-tour\/files\/2021\/06\/Morrison-LJ-400x320.jpg 400w, http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/liberty-tour\/files\/2021\/06\/Morrison-LJ-768x614.jpg 768w, http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/liberty-tour\/files\/2021\/06\/Morrison-LJ-600x480.jpg 600w, http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/liberty-tour\/files\/2021\/06\/Morrison-LJ.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 359px) 100vw, 359px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0But, he didn\u2019t stop there!\u00a0 He took his talent to the Long Jump Pit where he set a New Adirondack Championship Record with a leap of 5.21m, destroying the previous Record held by Devon Willis (Country Mills Eagles) since 2008 (4.52m), and setting a New Liberty Tour Record passing Neil Howard (In A NY Minute) since 2018 (4.90m).\u00a0 There is No Question that Eagles Fly!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5432\" src=\"http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/liberty-tour\/files\/2021\/06\/Szarek-800m-600x480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/liberty-tour\/files\/2021\/06\/Szarek-800m-600x480.jpg 600w, http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/liberty-tour\/files\/2021\/06\/Szarek-800m-400x320.jpg 400w, http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/liberty-tour\/files\/2021\/06\/Szarek-800m-768x614.jpg 768w, http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/liberty-tour\/files\/2021\/06\/Szarek-800m.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Providing some magic of her own, Emma Szarek (Majistics) set a New Adirondack Championship Record in the Midget Girl\u2019s 800m Run with a time of 2:31.03, passing the mark of 2:38.39 seconds, previously held by Kaylee Scott (Averill Park Road Runners).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5433\" src=\"http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/liberty-tour\/files\/2021\/06\/Jeralds-4000m-IH-600x480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/liberty-tour\/files\/2021\/06\/Jeralds-4000m-IH-600x480.jpg 600w, http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/liberty-tour\/files\/2021\/06\/Jeralds-4000m-IH-400x320.jpg 400w, http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/liberty-tour\/files\/2021\/06\/Jeralds-4000m-IH-768x614.jpg 768w, http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/liberty-tour\/files\/2021\/06\/Jeralds-4000m-IH.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Good as Gold, Timothy Jeralds \u00a0(Chatham Gold) broke a 15 year old Record in the 400m IH with a time of 1:04.06 beating the previous Adirondack Championship Record of 1:05.41, held by David Balestrini (Olympic Region Track Club), and the previous Liberty Tour Record of 1:05.16, held by Nate Oczkowski.<\/p>\n<p>For ALL of the <a href=\"http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/liberty-tour\/post\/6-12-2021-adirondack-championships\/\"><strong>Results from the Adirondack Championships<\/strong><\/a>, click here.<\/p>\n<p>For ALL of the <a href=\"http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/liberty-tour\/post\/liberty-tour-records-all-meets\/\"><strong>Records<\/strong><\/a>, click here.<\/p>\n<p>The Liberty Games Track &amp; Field Championships will be July 9th &amp; 10th, so be sure to<a href=\"http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/liberty-games\/post\/track-field-registration\/\"> <strong><strong>Register<\/strong><\/strong><\/a><strong>,<\/strong> as this is the last opportunity for Track &amp; Field competition prior to the National Track &amp; Field Championships.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0For two (2) years we have been Locked Down, Masked, and Homebound!\u00a0 Sports came to a SCREECHING HAULT!\u00a0 Exercise had to take place inside your home, and with no one else around!\u00a0 Gyms were forced to close their doors with NO timeframe for re-opening! \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Then the NFL (National Football League) did [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":5430,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/liberty-tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5429"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/liberty-tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/liberty-tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/liberty-tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/liberty-tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5429"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/liberty-tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5429\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5438,"href":"http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/liberty-tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5429\/revisions\/5438"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/liberty-tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/liberty-tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/liberty-tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/liberty-tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}