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45th Lifeguard Olympics heats up sands of Rehoboth Beach

Alec Hochrein, right, and Hailey Moore of the Delaware Seashore State Parks Beach Patrol pull in the tug-of-war competition. DAN COOK PHOTOS
Dan Cook
July 29, 2022

The 45th annual Rehoboth Beach Patrol Lifeguard Olympics event was held July 28 on the beaches of Baltimore and Maryland avenues, where 12 beach patrols from Delaware and Maryland competed for bragging rights and prepared to compete at the U.S. Lifesaving Association Nationals Aug. 11-13, in Hermosa Beach, Calif. Ocean City Beach Patrol took top honors in this year’s competition. Bethany Beach Patrol took second place and Sea Colony Beach Patrol took third.

 

The winning 4-by-200 soft sand sprint team from Dewey Beach Patrol comprises (l-r) Hank D’Ambrogi, Austin Rhue, Sean Carson and Eid Nouhra.
North Shores Beach Patrol’s Chase Norton, right, touches Josh Reinhold to start the third leg of the run-swim-run relay.
Taking first in the run-swim-run was Sea Colony Beach Patrol. Shown are (l-r) Marlan McElroy, Bailey Noel, Lexi Santor and Aleksander Crancharov.
Bethany Beach Patrol’s Brenden Keane beats Dewey Beach Patrol’s Eid Nouhra to win the beach flags competition.
Bethany Beach Patrol’s Brenden Keane gets hoisted on the squad’s shoulders after winning the beach flags competition.
The tug-of-war competition filled the beach with excitement.
The ladies take off in the mile run.
Rehoboth Beach Patrol’s Eliza Lust, left, and Brooke Balducci assist in scoring and holding finish line flags.
Competitors run to the Atlantic for the half-mile paddle.
The ladies take off in the half-mile swim.
Austin Rhue of Dewey Beach Patrol leads a group during the 4-by-200 soft sand relay.
Assisting with the beach flags competition are RBP guards (l-r) Rawley Florax, Meredith Lockwood and Hunter Mcfalls.
Chase Norton of North Shores Beach Patrol races in the run-swim-run relay.
Dion Stevenson, left, and Alicia Lenoir of Rehoboth Beach Patrol handle check-ins at the RBP shack. Lenior took top honors in the mile run competition.
Delaware Seashore State Parks guard Nathan Venebles leaves the surf in the half-mile paddle.
Suzannah Mills of the Delaware Seashore State Parks squad leaves the surf during the half-mile swim.
Bethany Beach Patrol’s Quinn Macualey, center, battles to the finish with Sea Colony’s Marlan McElroy, left, and North Bethany’s Ethan Haggerty during the half-mile swim.
Rehoboth Beach Patrol’s Rayne Sheets is touched by Anthony Giuseppetti and starts off the second leg of the run-swim-run relay.
Competitors take to the Atlantic in the half-mile paddle.
Competition was tough in the 4-by-200 soft-sand relay.
Colin Cillo pulls for Ocean City Beach Patrol’s tug-of-war team.
Rehoboth Beach Patrol’s Alicia Lenoir wins the one-mile run.
Ocean City Beach Patrol’s Tom Powell, left, and Connor Mull win the paddle rescue race.
Josh McIntire of the Middlesex Beach Patrol leaves the surf in the half-mile paddle race.

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Dan has worked for the Cape Gazette for more than 30 years as a photographer and reporter, covering high school sports and happenings around eastern Sussex County. He won a photography award from the National Newspaper Association, and numerous awards from the Maryland, Delaware, D.C. Press Association. A Delaware native, Dan graduated from Cape in 1972 and returned as a teacher and coach in the 1980s. He retired from the classroom in 2016. He was inducted into Cape High’s Legends Stadium in 2016. In his spare time, Dan enjoys spending time with his wife, two sons, grandchildren and dogs. 

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