OCBP Finishes 4th In The 48th Annual Dutch Hoffman Lifeguard Races

Video by Ryan Givens OCBP had a solid performance at the 48th annual Frank “Dutch” Hoffman Memorial Lifeguard Championships Monday evening. Originally scheduled for Friday, the competition took place on Lincoln Avenue at 6:30pm and featured all beach patrols apart of the South Jersey Lifeguard Chiefs Association. Start of the swim. Photo Credit: Dale Braun The Dutch Hoffman race consisted of a doubles row, rescue board paddle, swim, two mile run, and a singles row. While only scoring in two events, OCBP finished 4th overall out of 11 scoring patrols.  Ocean City paddler Bryan Theiss put up a 3rd place finish in the rescue board, with Sea Isle and Brigantine taking first and second respectively.  Later in the two mile run, Wildwood’s Mike Syrnick won for the 5th time in his career while Upper Townships’s Jake Davis finished in a close second. OCBP 1st Place Swimmer Maggie Wallace and SICBP 2nd Place Swimmer Conall Laughlin. Photo Credit: Dale Braun However, the most impressive feat of the entire race was OCBP rookie Maggie Wallace’s finish in the swim. Wallace posted a dominant first place performance over Sea Isle’s Conall Loughlin (2nd) and Longport’s John Tepper (3rd).  In the final event, Avalon’s Erich Wolf beat out Atlantic City’s Vince Granese for the win in the singles row. OCBP 3rd Place Rescue Board Winner Bryan Theiss. Photo Credit: Dale Braun Ocean City Beach Patrol finished 4th with 8 points. Sea Isle City upset 6-time team defending champions Margate for the team title, outscoring them 14 to 9. 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)