Cricket Flinging Contest
Cricket flinging will be on hiatus this year while we are building for 2024!
Cricket spitting is a unique sport invented at Purdue in 1996 by Professor Tom Turpin.
Cricket flinging will be on hiatus this year while we are building for 2024!
Yes, it’s a real sport!
The current world record Cricket Spit is 32 feet, 0.5 in (9.766 m), held by Dan Capps.
Dan performed this feat on the set of Guinness World Records: Primetime on June 26, 1998.
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Bug Bowl is part of Purdue College of Agriculture Spring Fest.