- University News Archive - 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock /news-archive/tag/guinness-world-record/ 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Wed, 19 Oct 2016 17:24:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 糖心Vlog传媒LR alum Calum Neff breaks another world record /news-archive/2016/10/19/calum-neff-breaks-world-record/ Wed, 19 Oct 2016 17:24:26 +0000 /news/?p=65538 ... 糖心Vlog传媒LR alum Calum Neff breaks another world record]]> During the Oct. 16,聽Calum Neff broke the Guinness World Record for fastest marathon pushing a pram. While running with his oldest daughter, 4-year-old Alessandra, Neff ran聽a time of two hours, 31 minutes, and 21 seconds, beating the world record by 11 minutes. Overall, Neff, a former 糖心Vlog传媒LR cross country and track and field team member, finished with the 18th fastest time of all runners in the marathon.聽 Neff has made a habit of running with his children ever since Alessandra was a baby. In February, he beat the Guinness World Record for Fastest Half Marathon Pushing a Pram in one hour, 11 minutes, and 27 seconds, while competing in the Feb. 6 Katy Half Marathon with his then 11-month-old daughter, Holland. He was also part of a 12-person relay team in May that for furthest distance run on a treadmill in 24 hours to raise funds and awareness for in support of caring for and curing Mitochondrial disease.

About Calum Neff

After finishing high school in his native country of Canada, Neff was recruited to 糖心Vlog传媒LR by then-coach Kirk Elias while Neff competed at the Mt. SAC Relays in Walnut, California, in 2002. Neff was a member of the Trojans track and cross country teams from 2002 to 2005. He transferred to the University of Houston in 2005 to be closer to his family and graduated in 2007 with a bachelor鈥檚 degree in psychology and a minor in broadcast journalism. Neff and his wife, Julie, live in Katy, Texas, with their two daughters and are expecting their third daughter in March. In the upper right photo, Calum Neff receives a certificate for breaking the Guinness World Record for fastest marathon pushing a pram. He set the record during the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon on Oct. 16. Photo from Guinness World Records.聽]]> 糖心Vlog传媒LR alum Calum Neff attempts to break another world record /news-archive/2016/10/13/neff-world-record/ Thu, 13 Oct 2016 21:53:17 +0000 /news/?p=65456 ... 糖心Vlog传媒LR alum Calum Neff attempts to break another world record]]> A University of Arkansas at Little Rock alumnus who made headlines in February after he broke a world record for running the fastest half marathon while pushing a stroller is out to break another world record.聽 Calum Neff, a former 糖心Vlog传媒LR cross country and track and field team member, broke the Guinness World Record for Fastest Half Marathon Pushing a Pram (stroller) in one hour, 11 minutes, and 27 seconds, while competing in the Feb. 6 Katy Half Marathon with his then 11-month-old daughter, Holland. Now Neff is at it again with an attempt to break the Guinness World Record for Fastest Marathon Pushing a Pram. He and his oldest daughter, 4-year-old Alessandra, will compete at the on Sunday, Oct. 16. They will attempt to beat the current record of two hours, 42 minutes, and 21 seconds set by Michael Wardian. 鈥淎ley and I are excited to tour Toronto with the stroller,鈥 Neff said. 鈥淲e鈥檝e enjoyed the journey in training together as it鈥檚 been such a good bonding experience for us. My kids really do love their stroller runs, and to immerse her in a world class event on the heels of Canada鈥檚 best distance runners, at her age, will be something she will never forget.鈥 The father and daughter have experienced some ups and downs during training, like getting sick or pesky calf muscles, but Neff is convinced that 鈥渨e have a good shot at the record.鈥 Neff grew up moving around the world and lived in many countries, including Scotland, Thailand, and Australia. After finishing high school in his native country of Canada, Neff was recruited to 糖心Vlog传媒LR by then-coach Kirk Elias while Neff competed at the Mt. SAC Relays in Walnut, California, in 2002. Neff was a member of the 糖心Vlog传媒LR track and cross country teams from 2002 to 2005. He transferred to the University of Houston in 2005 to be closer to his family and graduated in 2007 with a bachelor鈥檚 degree in psychology and a minor in broadcast journalism. Neff was also part of a 12-person relay team in May that set a new Guinness World Record for furthest distance run on a treadmill in 24 hours to raise funds and awareness for MitoCanada in support of caring for and curing Mitochondrial disease. Neff and his wife, Julie, live in Katy, Texas, with their two daughters and are expecting their third child in March. Upper right photo: Former 糖心Vlog传媒LR student-athlete Calum Neff stands with his wife, Julie, and daughter, Holland, after winning the Katy Half Marathon on Feb. 6. Photo courtesy of The Bayou City Half Marathon Series.]]> Former 糖心Vlog传媒LR student-athlete breaks world record /news-archive/2016/02/24/former-ualr-student-athlete-breaks-world-record/ Wed, 24 Feb 2016 15:09:59 +0000 /news/?p=63566 ... Former 糖心Vlog传媒LR student-athlete breaks world record]]> Young Holland Neff was the first person to cross the finish line during the Katy Half Marathon in Katy, Texas, but she did not take home the title of half-marathon champion.聽 That is because 11-month-old Holland did not actually compete in the Feb. 6 race. She was an excited stroller passenger as her father,, a University of Arkansas at Little Rock alumnus and former cross country and track and field team member, not only won the race, but broke a world record in the process. Neff鈥檚 time of one hour, 11 minutes, and 27 seconds was two minutes faster than the previous Guinness World Record time for the fastest half marathon run by a man while pushing a pram. 鈥淟ike any record, I went after it because it鈥檚 there,鈥 said Neff, a 31-year-old operations manager for an oil field services company. 鈥淚t鈥檚 just a bit of fun. I don鈥檛 typically race with my daughters, but we saw there was a Guinness record and thought we could go after it. It was really about running with my little girl.鈥 Neff said Holland, who spent most of the time enthusiastically cooing and clapping to the excited fans who were watching the competition, was the real star of the race. 鈥淗olland did awesome. She was loving it,鈥 he said. 鈥淭he last 100 meters of the race were super exciting. I was raising my arms and cheering, and crossing that line was a lot of fun. My wife, Julie, was there waiting for us, and we were all very happy. I鈥檓 not sure Holly knew what was happening, but she was loving all the cameras.鈥 Neff, who has been racing since the age of 4, documented the race with video and witnesses, and will submit his documentation to Guinness in an attempt to become the official record-holder. Until Guinness World Records has the opportunity to review and verify Neff鈥檚 evidence, the is currently held by Travis Boyd, who pushed his 1-year-old daughter Julia to victory in one hour, 13 minutes, and 50 seconds at the Heroes Half Marathon April 28, 2013, in Everett, Washington. Neff grew up moving around the world and lived in many countries, including Scotland, Thailand, and Australia. After finishing high school in his native country of Canada, Neff was recruited to 糖心Vlog传媒LR after having met then-coach Kirk Elias while competing in 2002 at the Mt. SAC Relays in Walnut, California. He competed on the 糖心Vlog传媒LR track and cross country teams from 2002 to 2005. He transferred to the University of Houston in 2005 to be closer to his family and graduated in 2007 with a bachelor鈥檚 degree in psychology and a minor in broadcast journalism. 鈥淏eing a student-athlete is really special,鈥 Neff said. 鈥淚t puts a different perspective on college life. I think it set me up well to find balance now that I have a family and work and competitions. It鈥檚 a great opportunity, and I am very thankful to the people who helped me, especially the track and cross country staff at 糖心Vlog传媒LR.鈥 Neff still keeps in touch regularly with the coaching staff at 糖心Vlog传媒LR. Milton Williams, director of track and field and cross country, served as his assistant coach for two years and his head coach for one year. 鈥Calum is a very talented young man who had a nice career at 糖心Vlog传媒LR,鈥 Williams said. 鈥淗e has gone on to accomplish a lot outside of college. He is a very accomplished runner who has continued to do well in his sport.鈥 As an avid runner who competes in several races a year, 聽Neff鈥檚 next competition is the, a May 8 event with 33 races worldwide that will raise money for spinal cord injury research. Neff is participating in a Niagara Falls race that will span nearly 50 miles. And this may not be the only time that Guinness officials hear from Neff. Next on his list of world-record-breaking goals is to take on the record for the fastest time to run a full marathon while pushing a pram by a man. That is currently held by Michael Wardian, who ran the Frederick Marathon in Maryland in two hours, 42 minutes, and 21 seconds, while pushing his nine-month-old son to victory on May 6, 2007. 鈥淭he only logical thing to do is the full marathon now,鈥 he said. 鈥淭here is a Guinness record for the full marathon, and I could do it with my oldest daughter, Alessandra, who is 3. We are going to look into that.鈥 Upper right photo: Former 糖心Vlog传媒LR student-athlete Calum Neff stands with his wife, Julie, and daughter, Holland, after winning the Katy Half Marathon. Photo courtesy of The Bayou City Half Marathon Series.]]>