First Lieutenant Ashley Sorensen '10 of the 303rd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Battalion broke the world record for the one-mile bomb disposal suit run by more than two minutes at the University of Hawaii at Manoa Monday
Lt. Sorensen wore a fully functional bomb disposal suit, which weighs more than 75 pounds at the UH Manoa track. The Guinness Book of World Records will be reviewing the record time. If the record holds up, it will be the fastest female one-mile run in an EOD bomb disposal suit.
"Whenever EOD goes out in the bomb suits for a manual approach, it's really important that we're able to work and sweat in the suit and still be able to perform, so making it a competition when we train helps with that," said Sorensen. "Running a mile like this is definitely a challenge."
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