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Dateline: 9/16/2009

GONZAGA UNIVERSITY NEWS FEATURE
By Peter Tormey

Students Hope Dodge Ball Game Sets World Record



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Nearly 1,000 Gonzaga University students turned out to take part in the attempt to break the world record for the largest dodge ball game on Aug. 28. Photo by Annie Gould.
Gonzaga students are confident their assault on the world record for the “Largest Dodge Ball Game” will be confirmed soon by the Guinness Book of World Records. Gonzaga's New Student Orientation Program organized the attempt to break the world record of 120 people playing dodge ball, Guinness Book said.

Gonzaga’s would-be world-record holders, including hundreds of freshmen in Gonzaga’s largest incoming class ever, stormed Mulligan Field at 10 p.m., Aug. 28 with visions of fame and glory.

Orientation Coordinator Julia Esser, a senior, believes the Zags shattered the record with nearly 1,000 players.

“Yes! We broke the world record,” Esser said. “We had 950 students playing dodge ball and they were signed in and everything.”

Greg Anderson, activities manager for Orientation, said Gonzaga is vital and filled with inspiration. The dodge ball record will represent but one small example of Gonzaga’s excellence, he said.

"We wanted to do something different and exciting to set us apart as a community that can accomplish big goals together,” Anderson said. “We not only broke a world record, we shattered it, and we gave back to the community in the process."

All 200 dodge balls purchased for the event were donated to the Spokane Public School District to benefit children.

“We had fun, gave back to the Spokane community and I think instilled in our new students the idea that, as a community, the Zags can do whatever we set our minds to,” Esser said. "No record is unbreakable, no task too great for the Bulldogs."

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