{"id":648,"date":"2009-07-01T20:31:23","date_gmt":"2009-07-02T00:31:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.libertysportsgrp.com\/?p=648"},"modified":"2012-04-07T14:45:47","modified_gmt":"2012-04-07T18:45:47","slug":"648","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/liberty-tour\/post\/648\/","title":{"rendered":"Lightning Strikes At The Independence Invitational"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 It has long been believed that Lightning never strikes the same place twice.\u00a0 I shall submit to you that those who hold to such a belief did not attend the Independence Invitational on July 3rd<\/sup> at the Ichabod Crane High School Sports Complex.\u00a0 It is certain that the first strike of Lightning was not invited at all, as it brought with it Thunder and Heavy Rains, which suspended the 5th<\/sup> stop of the Empire State Liberty Tour Track & Field Series for more than 30 minutes.\u00a0 But the second strike of Lightning came when Justin Bishop (Pictured Above) from Team Utopia set the standard for the inaugural running of the 1500m Rush with a time of 4:08.69.\u00a0 Not only did this set the standard for this new Signature Event in honor of USATF Adirondack President Chris Rush, but it also set a new 1500m Record in the Open Men\u2019s division for the Independence Invitational, and the Empire State Liberty Tour Track & Field Series.\u00a0 \u201cThis performance by Justin is not only a testament to his individual talent, but provides an excellent standard for which many more competitors in the coming years of this event will strive to improve\u201d, says Liberty Tour Executive Producer Anthony Mills.\u00a0 He adds, \u201cIt will be the pleasure of the Track & Field and Running communities to look forward to this event each year to find out who will break this time, and set the standard higher.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Is it possible that Lightning could strike 99 times in the same place?\u00a0 Maybe not, but on this day in July there were 99 Records broken, and that is the largest number ever for any Liberty Tour meet.\u00a0 It would be nice to have pictures for every record breaking performance, but that would take quite a few photographers to capture each of those moments.\u00a0 Nonetheless, several were caught in the act of breaking records, and if you scroll down the page you will be able to witness a few of the exciting performances from the 2009 Independence Invitational.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 To view the Results from the Independence Invitational, click \u201cResults\u201d from the navigation bar.\u00a0 For all of the current Records for the Independence Invitational, or the Empire State Liberty Tour Track & Field Series, click \u201cRecords\u201d.\u00a0 Remember to join us on MySpace, Facebook, and Twitter.<\/p>\n\n\t\t