5th Annual Beach-to-Beach Power Swim

Sunday, May 25, 2008

Course New-Comer Wins 5th Annual Friends Beach-to-Beach Power Swim

Course new-comer Edmund Gendreau won the 5th annual Friends Beach-to-Beach Power Swim hosted by Friends of Virgin Islands National Park! The 46 year-old Dover, New Hampshire resident completed the 3-1/2 mile course with a time of 1:17:00. While Louise Wearmouth from Tortola, and former resident of St. John won the long course for the women with a time of 1:28:07.

A total of 165 swimmers participated in the event this year. “This is the largest field of swimmers yet, and we thank them all for participating in this event,” said Friends president Joe Kessler; “we could not have asked for a more perfect day for the event. The water was absolutely flat, with a bit of an overcast sky.” Kessler also thank the Beach-to-Beach sponsors, “On behalf of the board of directors and staff of Friends of Virgin Islands National Park, I thank all of our sponsors, with special acknowledgement to our major sponsors, Virgin Islands Government, Scotiabank, St. John Insurance Agency, Alfredo’s Landscaping, Mongoose Junction, TOPA Properties, Theodore Tunick & Company, Hawaiian Tropic, Maho Bay Camps, Freebird, Pangaea Solar & Electric for their continue support. We cannot host an event like this without their participation, nor can we thank them enough for their assistance. We are very proud to have such outstanding corporate partners working with us on this community event”

Results:
    By Age Group
    Overall
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St. John Landsharks Win “Scotiabank Team Challenge” Award at 5th Annual Friends Beach-to-Beach Power Swim

165 swimmers from around the Caribbean, Puerto Rico and the United States participated in the 5th Annual Friends Beach-to-Beach Power Swim. Scotiabank, a sponsor since the event’s inception, created the Scotiabank Team Challenge Award last year, to recognize our swimmers for their athletic skill.

This challenge was open to swim groups/athletic groups that registered a minimum of 3 team members. The challenge was for swimmers on the long course, swimming from Maho Bay to Hawksnest Bay, and the finishing times of the top three individual swimmers from the same team were combined and the team with the overall fastest time won the challenge.

The St. John Landsharks took top honors this year, with a combined time of 4:41:25, along with the trophy and a cash award of $250. Scotiabank’s Zahida Ishmael was on hand to present the trophy to team members, who included Jeff Miller (St. John), Megan Cliff (St. John) and Louise Wearmouth (Tortola).

Congratulations to the St. John Landsharks and to all of the Beach-to-Beach Power Swimmers!