SUNY Oswego sets world record
There are 593 SUNY Oswego students and faculty now stake claim in being part of the longest conga line on ice.
All week the campus has been abuzz about SUNY Oswego alum Al Roker coming back to his alma mater to break a world record on live broadcast. The doors to the Marano Campus Center opened at 6 a.m. and students poured in to take a crack at setting a world record. The students who participated in the event took part in two mandatory practices this week and their dedication paid off as the new record was set during the 8:30 a.m. time block of The Today Show.
The previous record for the longest conga line on ice was set in 2013 in the United Kingdom with 353 skaters. The criteria for the record requires the line to go for at least five minutes with each person in sync and holding the waist of the person in front of them. SUNY Oswego was able to handily beat this record with the motivation of professors and administrators.
Any time Roker comes back to Oswego the town and university alike flock to him. After his usual stops in classrooms and at local businesses such as the Oswego Sub Shop on Thursday, Roker did his weather broadcast on the ice in the Marano Campus Center on Friday morning. SUNY Oswego was put on the map nationally this morning not only as Roker’s alma mater but as world record holders as well.
