Intra-Squad Champions Carry on OCBP's Tradition of Success

The Ocean City lifeguards, as part of their lifesaving training and conditioning program, participated in the Ocean City Beach Patrol 17-event intra-squad tournament.

The swimming, rowing, running and paddling races were held after work during July and August. The winners of the intra-squad competitions represented OCBP in the inter-city lifeguard competitions.

The following lifeguards were the top competitors in the 2012 intra-squad events:

Doubles row (male) — 1. Matt Garbutt and Dylan Kosten 2. Corby Derr and Zach Eberson 3. Paul Boardman and Dan Brady

Doubles row (female) — 1. Rachel Boudart  and Emma Elmer 2. Lauren O’Donnell and Casey Merrill

Singles row (male) — 1.Dylan Kosten 2. John Gerety 3. Bill Kazmarck

Singles row (female) — 1. Rachel Boudart 2. Shawnee Foglio 3.  Emma Elmer

Rookie row — 1. Connor Brady and Frank Brady 2. Cory Raab and Fred Cabulong 3. Jordan Baker and Ryan Impagliazzo

Swim (male) — 1. Graham Parker 2. Nolan Coyle 3. Lukas Filarski  

Swim (female) — 1. Erin Curry 2. Hayley Conover  

Box swim (male) — 1. Lukas Filarski 2. Steven Buzby 3. Nolan Coyle   

Box swim (female) — 1. Erin Curry 2. Jill Smaniotto 3. Hayley Conover  

Rescue board (male) — 1. Matt Rinck 2. Tony Mehalic 3. Jordan Baker   

Rescue board (female) — 1. Erin Curry 2. Meredith Miedama 3. Samantha Brady

Run/swim — 1. Nolan Coyle 2. Chris McClintock 3. Kyle Fagan

Two-mile run (male) — 1. Matthew Hernberg 2. Eddie Keenan 3. Connor Brady  

Two-mile run (female) — Hayley Conover

Surf dash (male) — Tony Mehalic, Ian Kosten, Zach Kranefeld, Dylan Kosten   

Surf dash (female) — Samantha Brady, Stephanie Hauck, Jill Smaniotto, Carly Wray, Ali Gregory   

Superathalon — 1. Dan Brady 2. Zach Eberson 3. John Gerety

When it comes to winning lifeguard inter-city competitions, no South Jersey beach patrol has a better record than the OCBP.

This summer, the local lifeguards won the following events: the Longport Women’s Lifeguard Invitational (Rachel Boudart, Emma Elmer, Erin Curry, Holly Berenotto, Shawnee Foglio, Stephanie Hauck, Carly Wray, Samantha Brady); Ocean City Women’s Lifeguard Invitational (Rachel Boudart, Emma Elmer, Erin Curry, Shawnee Foglio, Holly Berenotto, Jill Smaniotto, Carly Wray, Samantha Brady, Stephanie Hauck); tied for first place with Atlantic City in the Cape-Atlantic Women’s Invitational (Rachel Boudart, Emma Elmer, Erin Curry, Shawnee Foglio, Carly Wray, Jill Smaniotto, Stephanie Hauck, Ali Gregory); and the South Jersey Lifeguard Swim Meet (Bryan Mattingly, Graham Parker, Tony Mehalic, Holly Berenotto, Ryan Clark, Dan Casey, Brian Brady, Sydney Boswell, Erin Curry, Jill Smaniotto).