OHIO STATE AND GEORGETOWN STUDENTS MAKE WORLD RECORD BASKETBALL SHOT...
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OHIO STATE AND GEORGETOWN STUDENTS MAKE WORLD RECORD BASKETBALL SHOT FROM 500-FEET AWAY… FLYING IN THE GOODYEAR BLIMP
Since the start of the basketball season, Stacey Freyer, a sophomore at Ohio State University and Jennifer Hanson, a senior out of Georgetown University, have been rooting for their teams to reach the national championship. They never dreamed that days before, they would be the ones to actually make the big shot. Today, Freyer and Hanson made history when each successfully hit the world's longest basketball shot.
Freyer and Hanson each hit a 100-foot hoop-target with a regulation basketball...from the gondola of the Goodyear blimp, 500 feet above the goal, winning the Goodyear "Get There" Blimp Shot Contest. A total of four contestants – representing each school in the Men's Division I college basketball semifinals – participated in the contest.
"I thought it looked makeable," said Freyer. "When I shot it, we were way past the target, but it looked like it started out dead on. When it was good, we all started cheering. Everyone was excited even the pilots."
Hanson said, "I thought I missed it by a mile. And then, while the ball was falling, it looked like it changed direction. I saw it hit that target and bounce up and then I knew I made it. I was surprised, but it was a good surprise."
At first, when The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company informed Freyer and Hanson that they had been selected to participate in the Goodyear "Get There" Blimp Shot Contest, it seemed easy. Shoot a regulation-size basketball through a giant hoop target measuring 100-feet across. Then nearly impossible – make the shot from 500-feet away while flying in the Goodyear Blimp.
For their amazing feats, both earned the Goodyear "Get There" prize package which includes travel, accommodations and tickets for two to attend one of the sporting events where the Goodyear blimp will provide aerial coverage over the next 12 months. In addition, video of Freyer's and Hanson's winning shots and the balls they used will be sent to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass. for display and historical purposes.
For more information on Goodyear's tires, go to www.goodyeartires.com.OHIO STATE AND GEORGETOWN STUDENTS MAKE WORLD RECORD BASKETBALL SHOT FROM 500-FEET AWAY… FLYING IN THE GOODYEAR BLIMP
Since the start o...all »OHIO STATE AND GEORGETOWN STUDENTS MAKE WORLD RECORD BASKETBALL SHOT FROM 500-FEET AWAY… FLYING IN THE GOODYEAR BLIMP
Since the start of the basketball season, Stacey Freyer, a sophomore at Ohio State University and Jennifer Hanson, a senior out of Georgetown University, have been rooting for their teams to reach the national championship. They never dreamed that days before, they would be the ones to actually make the big shot. Today, Freyer and Hanson made history when each successfully hit the world's longest basketball shot.
Freyer and Hanson each hit a 100-foot hoop-target with a regulation basketball...from the gondola of the Goodyear blimp, 500 feet above the goal, winning the Goodyear "Get There" Blimp Shot Contest. A total of four contestants – representing each school in the Men's Division I college basketball semifinals – participated in the contest.
"I thought it looked makeable," said Freyer. "When I shot it, we were way past the target, but it looked like it started out dead on. When it was good, we all started cheering. Everyone was excited even the pilots."
Hanson said, "I thought I missed it by a mile. And then, while the ball was falling, it looked like it changed direction. I saw it hit that target and bounce up and then I knew I made it. I was surprised, but it was a good surprise."
At first, when The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company informed Freyer and Hanson that they had been selected to participate in the Goodyear "Get There" Blimp Shot Contest, it seemed easy. Shoot a regulation-size basketball through a giant hoop target measuring 100-feet across. Then nearly impossible – make the shot from 500-feet away while flying in the Goodyear Blimp.
For their amazing feats, both earned the Goodyear "Get There" prize package which includes travel, accommodations and tickets for two to attend one of the sporting events where the Goodyear blimp will provide aerial coverage over the next 12 months. In addition, video of Freyer's and Hanson's winning shots and the balls they used will be sent to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass. for display and historical purposes.
For more information on Goodyear's tires, go to www.goodyeartires.com.«
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