{"id":2483,"date":"2016-11-08T17:22:05","date_gmt":"2016-11-08T22:22:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/liberty-tour\/?p=2483"},"modified":"2026-01-07T20:26:42","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T01:26:42","slug":"patriots-invitational-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/liberty-tour\/post\/patriots-invitational-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Patriot’s Invitational"},"content":{"rendered":"

Date:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Saturday, May 23, 2026\"\"<\/p>\n

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

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

Packet\/Bib pickup<\/strong>:\u00a0 10:00am.\u00a0 Preregistration is strongly encouraged.\u00a0 Day of Meet registrations ALWAYS<\/strong> delay the start time.<\/p>\n

Entrance Fees:\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0Preregistration rate: \u00a0Youth $20<\/strong>;\u00a0 Open\/Masters $30<\/strong>; \u00a0Relays: $5<\/strong> \u00a0 There is a Day of Meet charge of an\u00a0additional $10<\/strong> for late registration.\u00a0 CHANGES TO ENTRIES are discouraged, but will be allowed, and\u00a0will\u00a0incur a <\/span>Fee<\/span> of $5 per change!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Team Discounts:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Teams that register 10-24<\/strong> athletes – $1 off\u00a0<\/strong>each; 25-49<\/strong> athletes – $2 off<\/strong>\u00a0each; \u00a050<\/strong> or more athletes – $3 off<\/strong>\u00a0each.\u00a0 To qualify for team discounts, teams MUST<\/strong> Register submit a Team Roster<\/strong> to ES Sports<\/strong>, which includes contact information (Name, Address, Phone, E-mail) for the Parents<\/strong> of each Athlete. \u00a0Due to Insurance DEMANDS<\/strong>, we MUST<\/strong> have a means to connect with Parents<\/strong> should something happen. \u00a0You may also print a Team Entry Form<\/span> and send it in.\u00a0 Team Discounts do not apply for Athletes who Register\u00a0late or day of meet.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Registration Deadline:\u00a0<\/strong><\/strong>Friday, May 22, 2026; 11:00 am<\/strong>.\u00a0 This includes Team Entries. All entries received after this date, will incur the Late Fee of $5<\/strong>. \u00a0Any entries Day of Meet, incur the Late Fee of $10.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Online Registration<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Liberty Tour Individual Registration Form\u00a0 <\/strong>(These must be emailed to Lisa at lmills@essportscouncil.org)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Liberty Tour Team Registration Form <\/span><\/strong>(These must be emailed to Lisa at lmills@essportscouncil.org)<\/span><\/p>\n

Schedul<\/strong><\/span>e of Events<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Track Events<\/strong>: \u00a0100m, 200m, 400m, 800m, 1500m, 3000m, \u00a01500m RW, 3000m RW, \u00a0HH, IH, \u00a04×100, 4×400, 4×800<\/p>\n

Field \u00a0Events:<\/strong> Pole Vault, High Jump, Long Jump, Triple Jump, Shot Put, Discus Throw and Javelin\/Turbo Jav Throw.\u00a0 There will be NO implement inspection.\u00a0 All youth (18 and younger) will get three (3) trials<\/strong>; Open and Masters will get six (6) trials, assuming there are not enough entries to have Preliminary Flights<\/strong>, and then Finals.<\/strong> (This Does Not<\/strong> apply to HJ or PV.)<\/p>\n

Eligibility:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>All age groups are welcome to compete.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0USATF or AAU membership IS NOT<\/strong> required. \u00a0Primary, Sub Bantams, Bantams and Midgets are allowed three (3) events. \u00a0Youth, Juniors, Seniors, Open, & Masters may enter\u00a0four (4) 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><\/span><\/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. \u00a0So 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. \u00a0Otherwise the Official will spend time waiting, looking, and sending people to find these non attending athletes.<\/p>\n

3. Accurate 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><\/p>\n

4. \u00a0Compatible Events<\/strong>: \u00a0When entering an athlete, choose the events that the athlete can realistically compete in. \u00a0Just because an athlete is allowed to enter three (3) or four (4) events, DOES NOT mean that they NEED to enter that many. \u00a0This is along the lines of what my Mother used to say: “You can have as much to eat as you want, just eat what you take!”<\/strong> \u00a0So, enter as many events up to your limit, but attend the events you enter! \u00a0This reduces the scratches issues listed in #2.<\/p>\n

If there are two events going simultaneously, ie. Pole Vault \u00a0and High Jump for 13-14, the athlete may NOT<\/strong> want to enter both. If the athlete decides to enter both events, he\/she 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. \u00a0Sometimes the athlete never returns, so the Official, along with the other athletes, are kept waiting for no reason. \u00a0This DRAMATICALLY<\/strong> affects the length of the competition!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Date:\u00a0\u00a0Saturday, May 23, 2026 Location:\u00a0 Rensselaer HS Start time: 11:00am Packet\/Bib pickup:\u00a0 10:00am.\u00a0 Preregistration is strongly encouraged.\u00a0 Day of Meet registrations ALWAYS delay the start time. Entrance Fees:\u00a0\u00a0Preregistration rate: \u00a0Youth $20;\u00a0 Open\/Masters $30; \u00a0Relays: $5 \u00a0 There is a Day of Meet charge of an\u00a0additional $10 for late registration.\u00a0 CHANGES TO ENTRIES are discouraged, but […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":5721,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63,56],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/liberty-tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2483"}],"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\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/liberty-tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2483"}],"version-history":[{"count":132,"href":"https:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/liberty-tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2483\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5250,"href":"https:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/liberty-tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2483\/revisions\/5250"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/liberty-tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/liberty-tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/liberty-tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essportscouncil.org\/liberty-tour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}