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Empire State Games First event Syracuse University 1978Occur every Annual Last event 2010[ 1] Purpose Sports for working people, Sports for disabled people Headquarters New York State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic PreservationNew York , United States Website www
TheEmpire State Games are a set of annualOlympic -style competitions foramateur athletes from the state ofNew York , encompassing several divisions and allowing athletes of all ages to compete. It was a member of theNational Congress of State Games . The games consisted of a number of competitions:
Summer Games (often referred to as the Empire State Games, typically held in late July)Winter Games (often referred to as the Empire State Winter Games, typically held in February)Games for the Physically Challenged (similar to theParalympics )Senior Games (specifically for athletes age 50 and older)In 2009, 2011, 2012 and 2013 the Empire State Summer Games were cancelled.
One of the original organizers of the Empire State Games wasHerbert Mols of Buffalo, New York. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RU__5V9RAcc0 ) The first Empire State Games took place atSyracuse University in 1978, the first state games to be held in theUnited States . The games remained in Syracuse until a delegation from Western New York led byHerb Mols ,[ 2] Bob Rich , Bob Bedell, Carl Roesch Sr., Dr. Marc Grosso, Gardner Debo, Mark Sternin andEd Rutkowski brought the Games to Buffalo, New York in 1985 and 1986.
With the success of the first 1978 games, the Empire State Games have sparked the creation of other state games across the country. Before their cancellation, the Empire State Games were the largest state-supported amateur athletic competition in the nation.
The Empire State Games competition was a member of the National Congress of State Games, and was a recognized State Games Program of theUnited States Olympic Committee .[ 3]
The 2008 Empire State Games took place from July 23 through July 27, 2008 inBinghamton . The 2009 Empire State Games were cancelled. In 2010 the games were revived and held from July 21 through July 25, 2010 in Buffalo, New York.
Due to a lack of state funding, the 2011 Summer games were discontinued on November 17, 2010.[ 4] [ 5]
As for the Games for the Physically Challenged, they were able to be saved with the help ofNassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano and the partnership with dozens of private sector sponsors.[ 6] [ 7]
Return of the games [ edit ] In 2012Empire State Sports Foundation (ESSF ) was created with the specific goal of rejuvenating the Hugh L. Carey Empire State Games for amateur athletes of New York State. ESSF is aRochester , New York-based not-for-profit public charity dedicated to the recognition and promotion of competitive excellence among New York State’s amateur athletes, as well as those attributes associated with sports: personal health, fitness, development, education, sportsmanship and teamwork.[ 8]
The Empire State Summer Games were prepared to return in 2013, but as the ESSF were finding corporate partners, they discovered that corporate sponsors had "been giving any extra funds toHurricane Sandy relief, leaving little extra room for other worthy causes".[ 9] [ 10]
Upon hearing that The Empire State Summer Games for 2013 was cancelledNassau County announced that they will hold the 2013 Games for the Physically Challenged as they have done for the last two years. In an April 2013 press conference, Nassau County Executive Edward P. Mangano stated, "The 2013 Games would not have been able to happen without the genius donation of $50,000 US dollars byNBTY, Inc. through their Helping Hands Charity." Known locally as theNassau County Empire State Games for the Physically Challenged , the 2013 games took place May 30 through June 1.[ 11]
Meanwhile theBrockport Empire State Games for the Physically Challenged in Monroe County celebrated "36 Years of Abilities" in 2023 with continued private funding from Camp Smile Inc. and local corporate and community support.[ 12]
According to media reports April 2014, the Empire State Sports Foundation (ESSF), aBrighton, New York nonprofit organization whose aim to revive the popular Olympic-style summer sports event fueled hope among amateur athletes and media attention across the state, official announced its intention to disband. According to the official papers that were made public, filed in New York State Supreme Court, show that the foundation is insolvent, owing debts topping $158,000 to multiple creditors.[ 13]
New York State is divided into six regions for the Empire State Games, and each region fields its own athletic teams through tryouts before the games begin.
Regions of the Empire State Games Adirondack
Central
Hudson Valley
Long Island
New York City
Western
Adirondack RegionCounties:Albany ,Clinton ,Columbia ,Essex ,Franklin ,Fulton ,Greene ,Hamilton ,Montgomery ,Saratoga ,Schoharie ,Schenectady ,St. Lawrence ,Rensselaer ,Warren ,Washington Cities:Albany ,Glens Falls ,Plattsburgh ,Schenectady ,Troy Uniform color: gold and blue Central RegionCounties:Broome ,Cayuga ,Chemung ,Chenango ,Cortland ,Delaware ,Herkimer ,Jefferson ,Lewis ,Madison ,Oneida ,Onondaga ,Oswego ,Otsego ,Schuyler ,Tioga ,Tompkins Cities:Binghamton ,Elmira ,Ithaca ,Oswego ,Rome ,Syracuse ,Utica Uniform color: light blue and navy blue Hudson Valley RegionCounties:Dutchess ,Orange ,Putnam ,Rockland ,Sullivan ,Ulster ,Westchester Cities:Yonkers ,Mount Vernon ,Middletown ,Newburgh ,Poughkeepsie ,White Plains ,New Rochelle Uniform colors: kelly green and gold Long Island RegionNew York City RegionWestern RegionCounties:Allegany ,Cattaraugus ,Chautauqua ,Erie ,Genesee ,Livingston ,Monroe ,Niagara ,Ontario ,Orleans ,Seneca ,Steuben ,Wayne ,Wyoming ,Yates Cities:Buffalo ,Corning ,Niagara Falls ,Rochester Uniform color (1978-1994[ 14] Uniform color (1995-1996[ 15] Uniform color (1996-2010): navy blue and red There are three divisions in the Summer Empire State Games: open, scholastic, and masters. The scholastic division is for New York State residents who are 17 or younger as of August 31 of the year of the games. Some scholastic division sports have a minimum age of 13 years. The open division is for New York State residents who are 18 years of age or older as of August 31 of the year of the games. The masters division consists of 11 different sports and their age qualifications vary by sport.
Open and scholastic divisions [ edit ] Open and scholastic events:
Open only:
Scholastic only:
The Masters division competes separately from the open and scholastic divisions, but has many of the same events.
Archery Bowling Canoeing Cycling Diving Fencing Golf Gymnastics
Albany/Capital District(3×)
Locations of host sites.
Adirondack
Central
Hudson Valley
Long Island
New York City
Western
Syracuse played host to the first seven of the games, and in total has hosted the Empire State Games 12 times. Other cities hosting multiple times include Buffalo (5 times), Albany, Binghamton and Rochester (3 times each) and Ithaca (2 times). The Central region hosted 15 of the games, followed by Western with eight and the Adirondack region with three. In 2005, the Hudson Valley, which hosted the games twice, became the last region to host the event for the first time. Long Island hosted the games once, in 1999, and New York City never hosted.
The Empire State Winter Games are held annually inLake Placid in the month of February. Most of the events take place at the venues of the1980 Winter Olympics .
Games for the Physically Challenged [ edit ] The Empire State Games for the Physically Challenged is open to athletes between the ages of 5 and 21 in the following divisions:visually impaired ,blind ,hearing impaired ,deaf ,spinal cord injury ,amputee ,cerebral palsy , and les autres (which includes conditions such asmuscular dystrophy ,dwarfism , andarthritis , among others).
Swimming Table tennis Track and field
The Empire State Senior Games is an organized sports competition and leisure program for those age 50 and older which: Provides recreational opportunities. Encourages fitness as a lifelong activity. Promotes the positive image of seniors. Combines sports and games with fitness, fun and fellowship. Advocates true competition in its purest form.
Notable Empire State Games athletes [ edit ] Derrick Adkins , Long Island[ 16] Dominique Blake , New York City[ 17] Dick Buerkle , Western[ 18] George Buckheit , Hudson Valley[ 19] Diane Dixon , New York City[ 20] Sean Farrell , Long Island[ 16] Samyr Lainé , Hudson Valley[ 21] Paul Lankford , Long Island[ 16] Tom Myslinski , Central[ 22] Jennifer Rhines , Central[ 23] Teresa Vaill , Hudson Valley[ 24] Mike Belfiore , Long Island[ 25] Rob Bell , Hudson Valley[ 26] Clay Bellinger , Central[ 27] Chris Bostick , Western[ 28] Dee Brown , Hudson Valley[ 29] Archi Cianfrocco , Central[ 30] Brian Esposito , New York City[ 31] Zack Granite , New York City[ 32] Jason Grilli , Central[ 26] Brendan Harris , Adirondack[ 33] Tim Hummel , Hudson Valley[ 34] Derek Kinder , Western[ 35] Billy Koch , Long Island[ 20] Johnny Monell , New York City[ 36] Matt Morris , Hudson Valley[ 37] Sean Nolin , Long Island[ 38] Chris O'Grady , Hudson Valley[ 39] Joe Panik , Hudson Valley[ 40] Andy Parrino , Western[ 35] C. J. Riefenhauser , Hudson Valley[ 41] Tim Stauffer , Adirondack[ 42] Marcus Stroman , Long Island[ 38] Kenny Adeleke , New York City[ 43] Antoine Agudio , Long Island[ 38] Curtis Aiken , Western[ 44] Jackie Alemany , Hudson Valley[ 45] Kenny Anderson , New York City[ 46] Yvette Angel , Western[ 18] Ron Artest , New York City[ 47] Kenny Atkinson , Long Island[ 48] Craig Austin , Western[ 49] Adrian Autry , Central[ 50] Erick Barkley , New York City[ 47] Talor Battle , Adirondack[ 51] Rashad Bell , New York City[ 52] David Bernsley , Hudson Valley[ 53] Walter Berry , New York CitySue Bird , Long Island[ 54] Brenton Birmingham , Hudson Valley[ 55] Jeremy Bishop , Adirondack[ 56] Ryan Blackwell , Western[ 49] Jason Boone , Hudson Valley[ 38] Elton Brand , Hudson Valley, 1997[ 49] Izett Buchanan , Hudson Valley[ 57] Justin Burrell , New York City[ 38] Rick Carlisle , Adirondack[ 58] Todd Cetnar , Adirondack[ 59] Derrick Chievous , New York City[ 60] Keydren Clark , New York City[ 61] Speedy Claxton , Long Island[ 62] Robert Cornegy , New York City[ 48] Modie Cox , Western[ 63] Ed Davender , New York City[ 64] Marcus Douthit , Central[ 61] Brian Dux , Western[ 59] David Edwards , New York City[ 46] Darren Fenn , Western[ 49] [ 47] Jeff Foote , Central[ 38] Chris Gedney , Central[ 65] Anthony Glover , New York City[ 43] Ben Gordon , Hudson Valley[ 66] Lindsay Gottlieb , Hudson Valley[ 67] Tyrone Grant , New York City[ 47] Sidney Green , New York City[ 68] Justin Greene , New York City[ 69] Ricardo Greer , New York City[ 52] Ray Hall , Western[ 68] Kashif Hameed , Hudson Valley[ 49] Boo Harvey , New York City[ 46] Otis Hill , Hudson Valley[ 67] Kevin Houston , Hudson Valley[ 49] Royal Ivey , New York City[ 43] Mark Jackson , New York City[ 60] Charles Jenkins , Long Island[ 51] Cindy Johnson , New York City[ 70] Shenise Johnson , Western[ 71] Mark Jones , Western[ 58] Mookie Jones , Hudson Valley[ 69] Shelton Jones , New York City[ 64] Antoine Jordan , Adirondack[ 72] Nicole Kaczmarski , Long Island[ 54] Tariq Kirksay , New York City[ 73] Christian Laettner , Western[ 74] Sylven Landesberg , New York City[ 41] Dorsey Levens , Central[ 75] Felipe López , New York City[ 62] Chris Lowe , Hudson Valley[ 76] Carmen Maciariello , Adirondack[ 59] Anthony Mason Jr. , New York City[ 38] Rosalee Mason , New York City[ 70] Kyle McAlarney , New York City[ 76] Rodney McCray , Hudson Valley[ 58] Conrad McRae , New York City[ 77] Darryl Middleton , New York City[ 78] Nakiea Miller , Hudson Valley[ 55] Chris Mullin , New York City[ 68] Drew Nicholas , Long Island[ 52] Tim O'Toole , Hudson Valley[ 67] Sam Perkins , New York CityDarren Phillip , New York City[ 47] Ed Pinckney , New York City[ 79] Tammi Reiss , Hudson Valley[ 80] King Rice , Central[ 74] Norman Richardson , Long Island[ 55] Ron Rowan , New York City[ 48] Trevor Ruffin , Western[ 75] David Russell , Long Island[ 58] Levell Sanders , New York City[ 62] Kenny Satterfield , New York City[ 56] Lazarus Sims , Central[ 81] Kaseem Sinceno , Hudson Valley[ 53] Kenny Smith , New York City[ 82] Terry Smith , Central[ 83] Rod Strickland , New York City[ 75] Wally Szczerbiak , Long Island[ 62] Ron Torgalski , Western,[ 74] [ 84] Edwin Ubiles , Hudson Valley[ 85] Andy Van Slyke , Central[ 86] John Wallace , Western[ 63] Dwayne Washington , New York CityJay Washington , Hudson Valley[ 55] Bill Wennington , Long Island[ 79] Chaz Williams , New York City[ 69] Tim Winn , Western[ 87] Craig Wise , Western[ 87] [ edit ] Kevyn Adams , Western[ 63] Dylan Blujus , Western[ 100] Jesse Boulerice , Adirondack[ 101] Rich Brennan , Adirondack[ 102] Dustin Brown , Central[ 103] Erik Burgdoerfer , Long Island[ 104] Patrick Cannone , Long Island[ 105] Peter Ciavaglia , Western[ 106] Olivia Coffey , Central[ 107] Erik Cole , Central[ 108] Tim Connolly , Central[ 109] Craig Conroy , Adirondack[ 102] Craig Darby , Adirondack[ 110] Mike Dunham , Central[ 111] Robert Esche , Central[ 112] Jeff Farkas , Western[ 113] Chris Ferraro , Long Island[ 114] Peter Ferraro , Long Island[ 114] Stephen Gionta , Western[ 115] Bobby Goepfert , Long Island[ 116] Mark Green , Central[ 30] Jason Guerriero , Long Island[ 117] Sean Haggerty , Hudson Valley[ 118] Matt Herr , Hudson Valley[ 119] Chris Higgins , Long Island[ 116] Jimmy Howard , Adirondack[ 120] Alex Iafallo , Western[ 121] Emily Janiga , Western[ 121] Patrick Kane , Western[ 122] Tim Kennedy , Western[ 123] Keith Kinkaid , Long Island[ 124] Doug Knight , Hudson Valley[ 118] Les Kuntar , Western[ 106] David Leggio , Western[ 120] Caitlin Lever , Western[ 120] Todd Marchant , Western[ 20] Wade Megan , Adirondack[ 125] Kevin Mitchell , Long Island[ 117] Matt Murley , Central[ 109] Boo Nieves , Central[ 126] Eric Nystrom , Long Island[ 127] Emily Pfalzer , Western[ 121] Andrew Poturalski , Western[ 100] Josephine Pucci , Hudson Valley[ 128] Peter Ratchuk , Western[ 113] Brian Roloff , Western[ 72] Cole Schneider , Western[ 38] Rob Schremp , Central[ 116] Rob Scuderi , Long Island[ 129] Tim Sestito , Central[ 116] Shane Sims , Western[ 72] Lee Stempniak , Western[ 115] Alex Trezza , Hudson Valley[ 129] Ryan Vesce , Long Island[ 117] Lyndsay Wall , Western, 2001Derek Whitmore , Western[ 130] Steven Zalewski , Central[ 131] Melvin Fowler , Long Island[ 133] Jon Hess , Hudson Valley[ 67] Pat McCabe , Long Island[ 95] Mark Millon , Long Island[ 134] Kenny Nims , Central[ 72] Stephen Peyser , Long Island[ 72] Casey Powell , Central[ 50] Ryan Powell , Central[ 99] Todd Sauerbrun , Long Island[ 135] Peter Trombino , Long Island[ 136] John Zulberti , Central[ 78] Dario Brose , Hudson Valley[ 97] Betsy Drambour , Adirondack[ 140] Gary Flood , Long Island[ 141] Eddie Hawkins , Hudson Valley[ 142] Godwin Iwelumo , Central[ 78] Miles Joseph , Adirondack[ 143] Danny Kelly , Hudson Valley[ 97] Jerrod Laventure , Long IslandJoe Papaleo , Central[ 78] Abby Wambach , WesternJohn Wolyniec , New York City[ 144] ^ "Empire State Games - NYS Parks, 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