Dodgeball game falls short of world record

Today’s large-scale dodgeball game, organized by IU’s chapter of Samaritan’s Feet and Btownmenus, failed to meet expectations.

The fund raiser was designed to set a Guinness World Record for the largest game of dodgeball. While the goal was to have 2,000 participants, only 700 people attended.

In order to break the previous record set by the University of Alberta in Canada, the game needed more than 500 additional players.

“Obviously our goal was to break the world record,” said senior Broderick Thompson, co-founder and co-president of Samaritan’s Feet at IU. “But our main goal was to help as many kids as possible.”