{"id":2442,"date":"2016-03-05T16:35:13","date_gmt":"2016-03-05T21:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/liberty-tour\/?p=2442"},"modified":"2025-07-01T12:41:23","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T16:41:23","slug":"independence-invitational-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/liberty-tour\/post\/independence-invitational-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Independence Invitational"},"content":{"rendered":"

Date: <\/strong>July 5, 2025\"\"<\/p>\n

Location:\u00a0 Rensselaer HS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Start time:\u00a0 11<\/strong>:00am<\/p>\n

Packet\/Bib pickup<\/strong>:\u00a0 10:00apm \u00a0 Preregistration strongly encouraged.\u00a0 Day of meet registration incurs an additional $10 late fee and may delay the start time.<\/p>\n

Entrance Fees:\u00a0<\/strong> Preregistration rate: \u00a0Youth $20;\u00a0 Open\/Masters $30; There is a day of meet charge of an\u00a0additional $10 for late registration.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Team Discounts:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Teams that register 10-24 athletes – $1 off each; 25-49 athletes – $2 off each.\u00a0 Team discounts do not apply for late or day of meet registrations.<\/p>\n

Registration Deadline:\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Friday, <\/strong>July 4, 2025<\/span>; 1:00pm.\u00a0 \u00a0Any entries after this, or Day of Meet, incur the Late Fee of $10.<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n

Online Registration:<\/span> \u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Printable Individual Registration Form <\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Printable Team Registr<\/span><\/strong>a<\/span><\/strong>tion Form<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Schedule <\/span><\/strong><\/span>o<\/span><\/strong><\/span>f Events<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Track Events<\/strong>: \u00a0100m, 200m, 400m, 800m, 1500m, 3000m, 1500m RW, HH, IH,\u00a0 4×100, 4×400, 4×800<\/p>\n

Field \u00a0Events:\u00a0 <\/strong>Pole Vault, High Jump, Long Jump, Triple Jump, \u00a0Shot Put, Discus Throw and Javelin\/Turbo Jav Throw, Hammer.\u00a0 There will be no implement inspection.<\/span><\/p>\n

Eligibility:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>All age groups allowed.\u00a0 USATF or AAU membership not required.\u00a0 Primary, Bantams and Midgets are allowed three\u00a0events. \u00a0Youth, Juniors, Seniors, Open & Masters may enter\u00a0four events.\u00a0 Relays do not count toward the limit.<\/p>\n

Age Divisions<\/strong>:\u00a0 Youth age divisions are determined by the year of birth.\u00a0\u00a0Primary \u2013 2019 +; Sub Bantam \u2013 2018-2017; Bantam \u2013 2016-2015; Midget \u2013 2014-2013; Youth \u2013 2012-2011; Juniors \u2013 2010-2009; Seniors \u2013 2008-2007 (This division includes those athletes who are still 18 up until August 2, 2025).\u00a0\u00a0Open and Masters age divisions are determined by age on the day of the meet.<\/p>\n

Helpful tips at the Meet:\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n

1. \u00a0Enter on time<\/strong>: \u00a0Late registrations, additions, and changes only slow the meet down AND increases the likelihood of errors. \u00a0All the paperwork is printed well before the day of the meet. So when entries are received late, the changes are penciled in on the heat sheets, and are easy to miss.<\/p>\n

2. \u00a0Scratches<\/strong>: \u00a0If you know an athlete will not be attending, let the official at their event(s) know. \u00a0They spend time waiting, looking, and sending people to find these non attending athletes.<\/p>\n

3. \u00a0Accurate entries: \u00a0Make sure your athlete’s Date of birth and Gender\u00a0is accurate! \u00a0When athletes register, ES Sports can only \u00a0take the data entered. \u00a0These errors in athlete entry may change an athlete’s division, thus affecting other athlete’s results….most notably in the 100m Dash Prelims and Finals.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

4. \u00a0Compatible Events<\/strong>: \u00a0When entering an athlete, choose the events that the athlete can realistically compete in. Just because you are allowed 3 or 4 events, you do not need to enter that many. \u00a0This is along the lines of what my Mother used to say: “You can have as much as you want, just eat what you take!” \u00a0So, enter as many events up to your limit, but attend the events you enter. \u00a0This reduces the scratches issue listed in #2.<\/p>\n

If there are two events going simultaneously, ie. Pole Vault \u00a0and High Jump for 13-14, you may not want to enter both. The athlete will be forced to go back and forth between venues, tiring them out (thus affecting their performance) and requiring both events to wait for their return (sometimes the athlete never returns, so the official and all the other athletes are left waiting for no reason).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Date: July 5, 2025 Location:\u00a0 Rensselaer HS Start time:\u00a0 11:00am Packet\/Bib pickup:\u00a0 10:00apm \u00a0 Preregistration strongly encouraged.\u00a0 Day of meet registration incurs an additional $10 late fee and may delay the start time. Entrance Fees:\u00a0 Preregistration rate: \u00a0Youth $20;\u00a0 Open\/Masters $30; There is a day of meet charge of an\u00a0additional $10 for late registration. Team […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4929,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[69,68,67],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/liberty-tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2442"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/liberty-tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/liberty-tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/liberty-tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/liberty-tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2442"}],"version-history":[{"count":66,"href":"https:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/liberty-tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2442\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2527,"href":"https:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/liberty-tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2442\/revisions\/2527"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/liberty-tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/liberty-tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/liberty-tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/liberty-tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}