SEATTLE - A Seattle attorney become the first woman to set a world boomerang record for time aloft.

Evening Magazine

Betsylew Miale-Gix

The United States Boomerang Association says Betsylew Miale-Gix broke the world record for unlimited time aloft by throwing and catching a boomerang that stayed airborne for an incredible 3 minutes and 49 seconds.

USBA says Miale-Gix broke the record for "Maximum time Aloft" at a tournament in Tucson, Ariz. on Feb. 23.

"I knew it was a big throw but had no idea it had been up that long," said Miale-Gix.

USBA says Miale-Gix has been the "premier" female competitive boomerang thrower in the world for the last decade, and has been the only woman throwing for the United States on the last five United States Boomerang Teams in International World Cup competition.

Seattle will host the 2008 World Boomerang Championships, Aug. 17-28. Competition will be held on the sports fields at the University of Washington.

Miale-Gix is a partner practicing personal injury and insurance law at Adler Giersch PS in Seattle.

In July of 2002, she was arrested and briefly detained at Bradley International Airport in Connecticut after she argued with a security screener who wanted to remove her boomerangs from her luggage.