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.
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.
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.
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)
