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Detroit Boys Claim Bouncing World Record

The Bounce Warriors, from left: Jerry Lakos, 10; Dillon Brott, 8; Mason Brott, 10; Dillon MacDonald, 11; Zachary Darville, 10; and Austin McQuiston, 10, are all from Rockwood. They paused while Hunter Lizyness, 9, of Rockwood and Dakota Martin, 10, of Riverview were bouncing in hopes of breaking a world record.

after hour seven of a quest to spend 24 hours jumping in an inflatable bounce castle, Mason Brott acknowledged he was getting weary. But he was resolutely soldiering on. After all, immortality beckoned.

"I'm starting to get dizzy. Me and Jerry have to fight through it and keep bouncing," Brott said.

Mason and Jerry Lakos, both 10, are among four duos trying to set the world record for the longest continuous time jumping in a bouncy castle. They began at 10 a.m. Friday at the Bounce-A-Lot entertainment center.

In the beginning, the boys took giant leaps reminiscent of Neil Armstrong. Presumably, their legs will be much sorer after a day in the 13-foot-wide inflatable contraption.

By 5:25 a.m. today, the boys hope to have broken the record of 19 hours, 24 minutes set by Tom Williams and others nearly two years ago in Middlesborough, England. His advice: Mix it up.

"We found that if one person bounces for more than 45 minutes, then they feel very sore after getting off the bouncy castle," Williams said in an e-mail. "Keep changing the bouncer no matter how comfortable the bouncer may be feeling."

The boys planned to keep subbing in as teams of two changing at half-hour intervals, to keep legs fresh and lend moral support.

Mason has spent much of his short life dreaming of records, said his mother, Jeannie. He rounded up seven of his friends, who he knew either through playing Pop Warner football or as classmates at Chapman Elementary in Rockwood.

"We were looking at the (Guinness) book, and then he goes, 'I have an idea. Let's go break a world record,'" said Zachary Darville, 10, who also is part of the group, the Bounce Warriors.

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