{"id":5559,"date":"2022-06-22T15:06:39","date_gmt":"2022-06-22T19:06:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/liberty-tour\/?p=5559"},"modified":"2022-06-22T15:08:53","modified_gmt":"2022-06-22T19:08:53","slug":"champions-perform-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/liberty-tour\/post\/champions-perform-championships\/","title":{"rendered":"CHAMPIONS PERFORM @ CHAMPIONSHIPS!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_5561\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5561\" class=\"size-large wp-image-5561\" src=\"http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/liberty-tour\/files\/2022\/06\/womens-100m-600x480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/liberty-tour\/files\/2022\/06\/womens-100m-600x480.jpg 600w, http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/liberty-tour\/files\/2022\/06\/womens-100m-400x320.jpg 400w, http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/liberty-tour\/files\/2022\/06\/womens-100m-768x614.jpg 768w, http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/liberty-tour\/files\/2022\/06\/womens-100m.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5561\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Abigail Wicks &#8211; 100m Dash<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It is often used as a clich\u00e9, and quite often overused!\u00a0 Nonetheless, it is also quite <strong>TRUE<\/strong> that <strong>Champions Perform @ Championships!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On <strong>Saturday<\/strong>, <strong>June 18<sup>th<\/sup><\/strong>, that rang <strong>TRUE <\/strong>once more as the <strong>Adirondack Track &amp; Field Championships<\/strong> became the setting for <strong>Athletes <\/strong>to <strong>Perform<\/strong> as <strong>Champions!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Without a doubt the most decorated <strong>Champion<\/strong> was <strong>Abigail Wicks<\/strong> (Sky\u2019s the Limit) who set the <strong>Adirondack Championship Record<\/strong> in the <strong>Girl\u2019s <\/strong>(17-18) <strong>100m Dash<\/strong>, as well as the <strong>Liberty Tour Record<\/strong> with a stunning <strong>12.60<\/strong>, breaking the previous <strong>Adirondack Championship Record<\/strong> of <strong>12.98<\/strong> by Jacqueline Kearney in <strong>2011<\/strong>, and the previous <strong>Liberty Record<\/strong> of <strong>12.66<\/strong> set by Kalissa Caesar in <strong>2012!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-5566\" src=\"http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/liberty-tour\/files\/2022\/06\/wicks-on-the-turn-600x722.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"722\" srcset=\"http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/liberty-tour\/files\/2022\/06\/wicks-on-the-turn-600x722.jpg 600w, http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/liberty-tour\/files\/2022\/06\/wicks-on-the-turn-400x481.jpg 400w, http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/liberty-tour\/files\/2022\/06\/wicks-on-the-turn-768x924.jpg 768w, http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/liberty-tour\/files\/2022\/06\/wicks-on-the-turn.jpg 981w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>What makes her so <strong>\u201cdecorated\u201d<\/strong> you ask, she not only broke the <strong>Adirondack Championship<\/strong> and <strong>Liberty Tour Record<\/strong> in the <strong>100m Dash<\/strong>, but also in the <strong>400m<\/strong> and <strong>200m Events<\/strong>!\u00a0 She torched the previous <strong>Adirondack Championship 400m Record<\/strong> of <strong>1:02.27<\/strong>, set by Tamiah Washington just last year (<strong>2021<\/strong>), but toppled the <strong>Liberty Tour Record<\/strong> of <strong>1:01.50<\/strong> set by Kristin Steede in <strong>2014 <\/strong>with a smoking time of <strong>57.44!<\/strong>\u00a0 In the <strong>200m Dash<\/strong> she broke the previous <strong>Adirondack Championship Record<\/strong> of <strong>27.36<\/strong>, set in <strong>2008<\/strong> by Bernadette Gaffney, and the <strong>Liberty Tour Record<\/strong> of <strong>26.62<\/strong> set by Karen Bolouvi in <strong>2014<\/strong>, with a blistering time of <strong>25.80!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Congratulations<\/strong> to <strong>ABIGAIL WICKS<\/strong> on an <strong>OUTSTANDING CHAMPIONSHIP PERFORMANCE!<\/strong>\u00a0 For more <strong>Record Setting Performances<\/strong>, just check out the <strong>Photo<\/strong> Gallery below.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-5559 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a rel=\"attached-to-5559\" href='http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/liberty-tour\/post\/champions-perform-championships\/adirondack-championshipstrack-and-field-5\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/liberty-tour\/files\/2022\/06\/long-jump-200x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-5564\" srcset=\"http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/liberty-tour\/files\/2022\/06\/long-jump-200x200.jpg 200w, http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/liberty-tour\/files\/2022\/06\/long-jump-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-5564'>\n\t\t\t\tIn the Boy\u2019s (17-18) Triple Jump, Anthony Bartlett (Upstate Panthers) set a new Adirondack Championship Record with a leap of 12.97m eclipsing the previous Record of 12.35m set in 2006 by Jarrell Gatterson.  Anthony also took 1st Place in the Long Jump with a mark of 6.33m\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a rel=\"attached-to-5559\" href='http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/liberty-tour\/post\/champions-perform-championships\/adirondack-championshipstrack-and-field-3\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/liberty-tour\/files\/2022\/06\/dominick-discus-200x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-5562\" srcset=\"http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/liberty-tour\/files\/2022\/06\/dominick-discus-200x200.jpg 200w, http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/liberty-tour\/files\/2022\/06\/dominick-discus-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-5562'>\n\t\t\t\tTo show that Championship Performances are NOT monopolized by the Youth, Dominick Buttner set a new Adirondack Championship Record in the Men\u2019s Discus (40-44) with a toss of 34.41m, replacing Dan Howes Record of 31.38m set back in 2010.  Moreover, Dominick also set a new Men\u2019s Shot Put (40-44) Record with a mark of 10.82m just nudging Dan Howes previous Record of 10.26m set in 2011.  \n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a rel=\"attached-to-5559\" href='http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/liberty-tour\/post\/champions-perform-championships\/adirondack-championshipstrack-and-field\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/liberty-tour\/files\/2022\/06\/greyson-turbo-jav-200x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-5560\" srcset=\"http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/liberty-tour\/files\/2022\/06\/greyson-turbo-jav-200x200.jpg 200w, http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/liberty-tour\/files\/2022\/06\/greyson-turbo-jav-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-5560'>\n\t\t\t\tGreyson Brown (Glencadia Bullets) put himself in the Adirondack Championship Record Books for the Boy\u2019s (6 &#038; Under) Turbo Javelin with a throw of 9.30m, passing Jacob Goodrich (Chatham Gold) who set the previous Record at 8.25m in 2019.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a rel=\"attached-to-5535\" href='http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/liberty-tour\/post\/run-jump-throw\/presidents-open-track-meet-5\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/liberty-tour\/files\/2022\/06\/Emma-Szarek-800m-3-200x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-5540\" srcset=\"http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/liberty-tour\/files\/2022\/06\/Emma-Szarek-800m-3-200x200.jpg 200w, http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/liberty-tour\/files\/2022\/06\/Emma-Szarek-800m-3-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-5540'>\n\t\t\t\tNo stranger to the Record Books, and fresh off of two (2) Records at the President\u2019s Open, Emma Szarek (Majistics) set a new Girl\u2019s (13-14) 3000m Record for the Adirondack Championships, and the Liberty Tour, with a time of  11:28.04 obliterating the previous Adirondack Championship time of 12:06.90 set by Shea Foley in 2010, and surpassing the previous Liberty Tour Record time of 11:48.18 set by Brianna Carter, just recently in 2018.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>To view <strong>ALL<\/strong> of the <a href=\"http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/liberty-tour\/post\/adirondack-championships-6-18-2022\/\"><strong>Results<\/strong><\/a> from the <strong>Adirondack Championships<\/strong> click the link.<\/p>\n<p>To view <strong>ALL<\/strong> of the <a href=\"http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/liberty-tour\/post\/liberty-tour-records-all-meets\/\"><strong>Records<\/strong><\/a> for the <strong>Adirondack Championships<\/strong> click the link.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is often used as a clich\u00e9, and quite often overused!\u00a0 Nonetheless, it is also quite TRUE that Champions Perform @ Championships! On Saturday, June 18th, that rang TRUE once more as the Adirondack Track &amp; Field Championships became the setting for Athletes to Perform as Champions! Without a doubt the most decorated Champion was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":5569,"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\/5559"}],"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=5559"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/liberty-tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5559\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5570,"href":"http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/liberty-tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5559\/revisions\/5570"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/liberty-tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/liberty-tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/liberty-tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/liberty-tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}