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A high school gym teacher from Maine,Ryan Martin may have earned his third Guinness World Records title by sinking 1,516 three-pointer shots on the basketball court.
Martin, a physical education teacher at Saco Middle School, took to the school’s court Monday night and attempted 1,683 three-pointers shot in one hour, successfully sinking 1,516 of them.
Martin’s goal to capture the record was 1,372 shots, a number he exceeded by 145.
He said the support of fellow teacher Nick Wilson and a crowd of students helped him power through the attempt.
“At 28 minutes I had real bad cramp in my side and then Nick had the crowd going crazy, it was like a message from god, perfect timing where they just were loud at the perfect time and I fought through it,”
Martin said Martin, a former college star was once named Mr. Maine Basketball, previously broke a Guinness World Record by sinking 1,134 three-pointers in one hour from the NBA-style threepoint line, which is 3 feet further from the net than the high school version.
He also holds the record for the most free throws made in one hour: 2,494.
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Oyinkan Somorin
Oyinkan Somorin is reporter with Independent Newspapers writing the kiddies’ corner. She is a former technical director in Lagos television.
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