From the October
1983 University of Nebraska at Omaha Alumni
News
Who was that wet
man?
Dripping and
sporting bandages on his feet, the result of punishing blisters, 25-year-old
UNO student Kent Bryant may have splashed his way into the record books this
past summer.
Starting Aug. 21
at 5 p.m., Bryant and scores of others began a contest to see who could last
the longest in a perpetual waterslide marathon.
Bryant won by
outlasting his competitors when he slid down the four-story water slide at
Peony Park 1,710 times in 87 hours and 19 minutes, possibly setting a new
world's record.
Competitors were
allowed short breaks for necessary reasons and food. "After three days, my
system was wondering what was going on," said Bryant after it all was over.
Bryant won
$1,300, a 1950 vintage Coke machine, a moped, waterbed, stereo and other prizes
offered by radio station KQ 98, sponsor of the event.
