LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A team of Louisville bowlers set a Guinness World Record on Monday by bowling the most strikes ever in a 24 hour period by a team of four.
No one had every broken this record, so Guinness set the record at 1,200 strikes.
The team, made up of Steve Wiseman, Trace Wiseman, Kyle Reed, and Erik Howard, started bowling at Kingpin Lanes midnight Monday, and set the record just before 2 p.m. Monday afternoon.
That means they broke it in less than 14 hours.
But instead of taking a victory lap, the team kept playing until midnight Tuesday to make the record unbreakable.
The group got 2,032 strikes within a 24 hour period.
For Steve Wiseman and his son Trace, this is their third Guinness World Record.
"It makes me tear up a little bit; it's a sentimental thing, because the first record we got, me and my son, he was 16 years old," Steve Wiseman said.
The 24-hour stretch was not just about adding another record to the shelf; for the Wiseman's and the bowling team, it was mostly about family.
The team was raising money for Friend for Life Cancer Support Network, a Louisville-based nonprofit that helps people diagnosed with cancer and their loved ones navigate the path through diagnosis.
"This one today is extra special," Trace Wiseman said. "My sister is a breast cancer survivor."
Trace's sister and Steve's daughter, Angie Smith, spent the entire 24 hours at Kingpin Lanes with her family, cheering them on and livestreaming their accomplishments.
"It thrills me to the core that that they're able to do this together, and that they bring the rest of the family in as well," Angie said.
She was diagnosed with cancer eight years ago. Her father gave her the opportunity to choose the nonprofit for the team.
"When I was diagnosed, I was 39 years old, my daughter was five, I was a single, full-time working mom, and I didn't know how I was going to do it," she said. "I've got fantastic friends and family supporting me, but when you're diagnosed with something like that, there are so many things you don't know. You don't know what the road is going to look like. You don't know where to turn for help, and if you don't know someone who's been through it. It's a lot more difficult, but Friend for Life Network, they will put you in touch with someone who has similar circumstances to yours. Just the fact that I'm able to be here, I'm so thankful, you know, praise God that you know that he let me make it through it."
A Louisville bowling alley was filled with family love and support, which also brought in another World Record title.
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