“(I had) lung pain that was just so severe.
“I couldn’t breath, I was spitting up blood,” she said. She also opened up about some of the horrors she experienced while at her sickest with the virus. “And then there’s days where I’m like, ‘I just have to stay in the bed,’ and you just feel like you got hit by a bus.” “There’s days where I feel great, like I could go out and go to the store or I could clean up,” Durr said. And I’m an in-betweener.”ĭurr, Hakala and a third athlete - Division III hockey player Nicole Knudson - are all struggling with everyday tasks months after their COVID diagnoses. It seems like those are the two options: it’s either two weeks or it’s death. But this can harm more than just two weeks or death. “Hopefully I serve as a warning,” she said. NCAA Division II long-distance runner Natalie Hakala, also a COVID long-hauler, hopes her story can help others.
Longest basketball swish update#
Update 10:35 AM - This story has been updated to reflect that the game has ended and the world record was broken.Stay Safe ✊ ❤️ -AD /StcOHWMBML- Asia Durr July 7, 2020 This event is bigger than the world record." We're playing for those who are struggling. This year's event was much different than those in previous years, Savannah said, citing the ongoing pandemic, as well as the amount of planning needed.ĭespite breaking the world record, this game holds a much deeper meaning for those involved. Showers and mattresses were available to the players. Players couldn't leave the gym, so once their game wrapped up, they had to relax, eat and unwind on the premises. Teams of three took three-hour shifts to play. "It was a goal of mine to keep people emotionally together," he said.
He said he saw the toll the pandemic took on his own mental health, as well as the mental health of others. Not only did they look to break the world record, Nick said, but they also wanted to break the stigma. Nick echoed the sentiment and told Newsweek that while this has been a physically taxing time, he's "proud" to see a spotlight on the importance of mental health.
"The hardest part about this is the off-shifts," Savannah explained, pointing to the pain and exhaustion.īut once teams hit the court, the adrenaline kicks in and a cheering crowd boosts the players' morale. This year, she said Nick wanted to come back in a "big way," but it didn't come without its challenges. Julio Aguilar/Getty Imagesīecause of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, Savannah said they were unable to hold their annual basketball game last summer. The group is playing on the Nardin Academy's court in Buffalo, New York. Nick Revelas and his family organized what they are hoping to be the world's longest basketball game in an effort to raise awareness around mental health. Volunteers stepped up to offer food and refreshments to the 23 players. The game's tip-off started on August 6 and continued through the evening of August 11. Nick's sister, Savannah, told Newsweek they haven't split the funds yet, but plan to donate money to Mental Health Advocates of WNY, BestSelf Behavioral Health Inc., and Horizon Health Services, all three of which are mental health centers based in Western New York. This year, the group managed to raise more than $50,000 thanks to social media and mental health advocates helping to get the word out about the event. Since then, they've taken their annual basketball game as a way to raise awareness and money for mental health awareness.
Nick and his friends lost their close friend Devin Waring to suicide on December 16, 2017. And then, over the years, it's kind of become this massive fundraiser, not just to raise money for mental health, but also awareness." "It was kind of a fun way for our neighbors to get together in the driveway. "Six years ago, I started running a neighborhood basketball game in my driveway known as the Berryman Drive Fiesta Bowl," Nick told Spectrum News. Prior to setting the record, Nick explained the genesis of the game. To beat the world record, Revelas and the other players needed to play for 120 hours, 1 minute and 7 seconds.Īs of August 11, the World's Longest Basketball Game came to an end, and a new world record was set. They played on the Nardin Academy's court in Buffalo, New York. In this year's annual basketball game, organized by Nick Revelas and his family, players from New York and Canada looked to break the Guinness World Record for the longest marathon basketball game. What started as a game of basketball in a neighborhood driveway between a group of friends six years ago evolved into raising money and awareness for mental health after one friend took his own life.
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