Shown during the Hall of Fame induction ceremony are, from left, SICBPAA Public Relations Chair Brian Wilson, Vice President Wayne MacMurray, 2022 Hall of Fame inductees Jordy Troyan, Tom Montgomery and Lauren McHale, Treasurer Joanne Lombard-Palombo, Secretary Sean Riley and President John McCann. (Photo courtesy of Sea Isle City)
Former lifeguards Lauren McHale, Tom Montgomery and Jordy Troyan have been inducted into the Sea Isle City Beach Patrol Alumni Association’s Class of 2022 Hall of Fame.
McHale, who is the fifth female to be entered into the Hall of Fame, served on Sea Isle’s Beach Patrol from 1999 to 2002. She was a valued member of the SICBP’s Women’s Surf Dash Team and was a champion paddle boarder.
She was also a star athlete at Ocean City High School and Lafayette College and was inducted into OCHS’s Athletic Hall of Fall in 2019.
Montgomery served with the SICBP during the 1970s and was a formidable rowing competitor who often won trophies during local lifeguard races.
While serving as a lifeguard in Sea Isle, Montgomery saved numerous swimmers from drowning and also applied lifesaving medical assistance on the sand. Outside of Sea Isle, he was a three-year varsity letterman at Drexel University.
Troyan was a lifeguard in Sea Isle from 2003 to 2010. He guarded numerous beaches along Sea Isle’s shoreline – and one year even helped save a whale that had washed up near the 24th Street beach.
In addition to helping save lives, Troyan also competed for the SICBP in surf dash, swimming, paddle boarding and running competitions. Following his time on the lifeguard stand, he finished in second place worldwide during the 2019 Reebok CrossFit Games in the Masters Division for competitors 35-39 years old.
Each year, the members of the Sea Isle City Beach Patrol Alumni Association choose former lifeguards to induct into their organization’s Hall of Fame – a tradition that has been upheld since the Hall of Fame was first created in 2001 with the induction of Beach Patrol Captain Joe Bowen. Today, the group has more than 60 members in its Hall of Fame
“The purpose of our association is to develop camaraderie and benevolence with activities run by our Alumni Committee, and to recognize outstanding lifeguards through our Hall of Fame,” SICBPAA President John McCann said in a new release.
