Big Walnut High School going for World Record

By LENNY C. LEPOLA

News Assis­tant Man­ag­ing Editor

Have you ever wanted to be part of some­thing so big it reaches beyond the com­mu­nity you live in; some­thing that results in a world record? If so, you could start train­ing for the decathlon and, if you’re good enough, go to the Olympics.

But there’s an eas­ier way to become involved in a world record set­ting event right here at home. This year for Eagle Day Big Wal­nut High School Stu­dent Coun­cil has decided to unite the school dis­trict in an attempt to break the World Record for the most peo­ple stand­ing on one leg simultaneously.

“The record was last bro­ken on March 2 in Den­mark with 1,103 peo­ple,” said stu­dent coun­cil mem­ber and event orga­nizer Erin Wet­zel. “Our goal is to have 1,300 atten­dees at Big Walnut’s record attempt. We would like to break the record not only to make his­tory, but also to show to our school that when we all work together any­thing is possible.”

Wet­zel said that all par­tic­i­pants in the record-breaking attempt must stand on one leg for two min­utes all at the same time with­out touch­ing any­one or anything.

“Any­one is invited to par­tic­i­pate, includ­ing alumni and com­mu­nity mem­bers,” Wet­zel said. “We are also look­ing for stew­ards not related to any­one in the attempt or asso­ci­ated with Big Wal­nut schools to help judge.”

Wet­zel said any­one seek­ing addi­tional infor­ma­tion about the world record attempt or offers to serve as event stew­ards can email Big Wal­nut High School Stu­dent Coun­cil at < bwhsstudentcouncil@gmail.com >.

“And start prac­tic­ing,” Wet­zel added.

Posted by Gary Henery on Apr 25 2012. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS Feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.