Nora Romano bested the competition in the Pamper Scamper in 2018. (Courtesy City of Ocean City)
More than 60 of the youngest and fastest new Ocean City residents and visitors raced in the Pamper Scamper on Tuesday morning.
The annual event is a crawling race for children 15 months old and younger. The races start with the competitors in the center of a parachute. First one to crawl to the perimeter and the waiting arms of mom or dad is the winner. After several heats divided into age categories, the winners of the championship round were as follows:
· Nora Romano, West Chester, Pa., 9 months old
· Axl Miller, Ocean View, N.J., 10 months old
· Kenzie Waltman, York, Pa., 10 months old
Nora had the morning’s fastest crawl at a blazing 27 seconds, according to a city press release. 
Nora Romano bested the competition in the Pamper Scamper Tuesday. (Courtesy City of Ocean City)
Bowfish Kids was the event’s main sponsor. Other sponsors contributing prizes were Air Circus, Annarelli’s Bicycles, Crazy Susan’s Cookies, Gillian’s Wonderland Pier, the Ocean City Pops, Ocean City Theatre Company, Ocean Treasures, Ready’s Coffee Shop and Restaurant, Varsity Inn and We Make It Personal.
The Pamper Scamper is a precursor to the 109th annual Ocean City Baby Parade, which will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday.
The parade features children cruising the Ocean City Boardwalk in themed strollers, wagons and floats. It starts at Sixth Street with children finishing at 12th Street and all other entries continuing to 14th Street.
The parade is free to watch from either side of the Boardwalk. Spectators are welcome to bring beach chairs to watch from the railing along the ocean side of the boardwalk. On the parade morning, the boardwalk will close to bicycle traffic at 10 a.m.
Babies ride on some interesting floats. (Courtesy City of Ocean City)
