Photos: University of Utah students attempt to break BYU's world record water balloon fight

Published: Saturday, Sept. 17 2011 2:48 p.m. MDT

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University of Utah students attempt to break BYU's Guinness Book World Record of having more than 5,000 participants in the biggest water balloon fight, in which a good, wet time was had, but didn't break the record, Saturday, Sept. 17, 2011, in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Tom Smart, Deseret News

University of Utah students attempt to break BYU's Guinness Book World Record of having more than 5,000 participants in the biggest water balloon fight Saturday, Sept. 17, 2011, in Salt Lake City, Utah. A good, wet time was had, but it didn't break the record.

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Triple B

Milford, NH

It looks like there are maybe 200 people there. Come on Utah, you can beat BYU at football, but you will never beat them at non-alcoholic fun!

11:28 a.m. Sept. 21, 2011
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Mike Johnson

Stafford, VA

On photo 7, it looks like most of the participants are ignoring the BYU clad individual running between the lines.

4:22 p.m. Sept. 17, 2011
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AZgrandma

Pomerene, AZ

There sure was no hype about this record setting attempt in the papers. How many students/alumni attended? The lead-in said "hundreds". What is the record that BYU set last year? 3,902 participants and 119,211 balloons according to records.

6:02 p.m. Sept. 17, 2011
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