Cowpens Elementary students in Mr. Pressley's PE class are helping set a new world record! 🎉🏆
They are participating in the 2023 STACK UP! World cup sport stacking challenge. It began yesterday and runs through Thursday. Hundreds of thousands of student from around the world are teaming up to break the world record for “The Most People Sport Stacking at Multiple Locations”.
Each year, the World Sport Stacking Association organizes this worldwide opportunity. In 2022, 737,863 stackers participated to break the previous STACK UP! record of 638,503. This year, the goal is to have 750,000 students worldwide participate in the challenge.
Here is more information on Sport Stacking from the World Sport Stacking Association (WSSA):
Sport stacking has been termed a "track meet for your hands at warp speed." It's an exciting sport where students up stack and down stack 12 specially designed cups called Speed Stacks in predetermined sequences as fast as they can. Stackers race against the clock, compete in relays and often combine sport stacking with fitness challenges as part of physical education classes (check out thewssa.com or speedstacks.com)
