Video by Ryan Givens
The Sea Isle City Beach Patrol scored in 4 out of the 5 events at the 48th Annual Frank “Dutch” Hoffman Memorial Lifeguard Championships to win the team title. The race was originally scheduled for last Friday, but took place Monday evening at 6:30pm on Lincoln Avenue, and featured all beach patrols apart of the South Jersey Lifeguard Chiefs Association.
The Dutch Hoffman race consisted of a doubles row, rescue board paddle, swim, two mile run, and singles row. Sea Isle’s Justin Naylor and Pat Scannapieco posted a third place finish in the doubles row. Margate and Longport placed first and second, respectively. Right after the row, Sea Isle paddler Jeff Buyse continued his undefeated streak in the rescue board with an impressive win.
In the swim, Ocean City rookie Maggie Wallace had a dominant performance, beating out Sea Isle’s Conall Loughlin (2nd), and Longport’s John Tepper (3rd). In the two mile run, rookie Shawn Hutchinson finished 4th. Wildwood’s Mike Syrnick won for the 5th time in his career, while Upper Township’s Jake Davis finished in a close second.
While Sea Isle did not post a point scoring finish in the singles row, they held onto their team lead, outscoring 6-time defending champions Margate, 14 to 9. This is the third team win of the season for Sea Isle, as they won The Beschen-Callahan and Tri-Resorts Lifeguard competitions.
Sea Isle City’s competition team will race this Friday at the Margate Memorials and look to continue their team success.
The following are the results:
Doubles Row:
1st Margate
2nd Longport
3rd Sea Isle (Justin Naylor and Pat Scannapleco)
4th Ventnor
5th Avalon
Rescue Board:
1st Sea Isle (Jeff Buyse)
2nd Brigantine
3rd Ocean City (Bryan Theiss)
4th Wildwood
5th Stone Harbor
Swim:
1st Ocean City (Maggie Wallace)
2nd Sea Isle (Conall Laughlin)
3rd Longport
4th Margate (Amber Glenn)
5th Wildwood
Run:
1st Wildwood
2nd Upper Township (Jake Davis)
3rd Avalon
4th Sea Isle (Shawn Hutchinson)
5th Stone Harbor
Singles Row:
1st Avalon
2nd Atlantic City
3rd Brigantine
4th Margate
5th Upper Township
Overall (tie breaker in the Doubles Row):
1st Sea Isle (14 points)
2nd Margate (9 points)
3rd Avalon (9 points)
4th Ocean City (8 points)
5th Wildwood (8 points)
Next up:
Friday, August 4, 2017 Margate Memorials 6:30pm Margate, NJ (2nd of the Big Three)
