Equator dodge ball may set world record

Published: March. 31, 2008 at 12:07 PM
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SMITHFIELD, R.I., March 31 (UPI) -- Five students from Rhode Island's Bryant University said they may be accepted into the Guinness World Records for playing a dodge ball game on the equator.

The students coined the term "equatorial line infraction" after painting a red line on the equator in Ecuador to use for their center line, pitting the southern and northern hemispheres against each other, the Boston Globe reported Monday.

"It was just a totally random idea, awesome and spur-of-the-moment. We thought we were hilarious," Bryan Wojtowicz, 22, said of the Jan. 12 tournament.

The players said they submitted their request in February to the Guinness Book, following their two-week Bryant-sponsored trip to Latin America.

The Guinness Book is still processing the claim and will send the students a certificate and letter if it is accepted, Guinness marketing assistant Jamie Panas said.


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