SA Students Help To Set New Guinness Book World Record


Sewickley Academy's 315 students, faculty, and parents contributed to the new record
for “Most People Sport Stacking at Multiple Locations in One Day,” which is currently at 617,185.

It was cup crazy in Snyder Gym and Rea Auditorium lobby on Thursday, November 12 as Sewickley Academy took part in what Guinness World Records terms the “World’s Largest Sport Stacking Event.” During the course of Guinness World Records Day, sport stackers from across the United States and around the world, in countries such as Hungary, Germany, Israel, South Korea, New Zealand, Colombia, and Taiwan, up-stacked and down-stacked various pyramids in prescribed patterns at lightning speed for at least 30 minutes, all combined with a variety of fitness activities. 
 
Sport stacking has been termed a “track meet for your hands at warp speed.”  It is an exciting sport where students up-stack and down-stack 12 specially designed cups, called Speed Stacks, in predetermined sequences as fast as they can. Stackers race against the clock, compete in relays, and often combine stacking with fitness challenges as part of physical education classes.
 
Many schools still need to verify their totals so the record may be even higher, as sport stacking with Speed Stacks continues to gain popularity around the world.

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