The Paper Trail

Well, that potato sack race record looks beatable

September 11, 2006 RSS Feed Print
  • Comment

August 29 was not a good day for members of the Facebook group "i BROKE a WORLD RECORD." That was the day they received a message letting them know that the College of Charleston "no longer holds the world record of most participants in a human wheelbarrow race," the George Street Observer reports. "Somehow, I still sleep at night," said Caitlin Vavala, who participated in the once record-breaking 344-person race last year.

Reader Comments

Add Your Thoughts
Your comment will be posted immediately, unless it is spam or contains profanity. For more information, please see our Comments FAQ.

The Paper Trail

Nobody knows a college better than its student newspaper. And nobody knows campus newspapers better than this blog. We sift through thousands of student newspaper headlines every day to bring you the latest, most important, or just plain weirdest news from campuses across the country. Heard bigger news or a crazier story? Send tips to papertrail@usnews.com.

advertisement