Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe LEXINGTON, Ky., Sept. 6 (UPI) -- Organizers of an event billed as "The World's Largest Water Balloon Fight" at the University of Kentucky said they set a world record with 8,957 participants. The Lexington school's Christian Student Fellowship said the Aug. 26 event set a world record with 8,957 people lobbing a total of 175,000 water balloons, CBS News reported Tuesday. Advertisement Organizer Reid Wahlbrink told The Kentucky Kernal the event marked the third time the CSF has set the world record for the world's largest water balloon fight. "I've been a part of the production every year," Wahlbrink said. "It's getting bigger every year with more people and more balloons." "A lot of people ask us 'Why do you guys do this every year?' and it's just a way to let a lot of people – 9,000 people – know about (CSF) right off of the bat," Wahlbrink said. "We're a Christian ministry on campus, and we're here for U.K. students."
