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Jennings wins RBP Rookie of the Year

The 2024 Rehoboth Beach Patrol rookies are (l-r) Will Shoemaker, Kyle Surguy, Sophia Filipowski, Gabe Taborda, Victoria Evans, Bennett Brumbley, Ryan Gilday, Will Henrickson, Piper Matan, Addy Leonhardtt, Charlie Roth, Ellis Jack, Henry Stenta and Cole Jennings. DAN COOK PHOTOS
Dan Cook
July 12, 2024

Rehoboth Beach Patrol held its annual rookie test July 3 on the beach in front of the Henlopen Hotel. Rookies competed in the 800-meter run, push-ups, soft-sand sprint, buoy charges, line charges and breath holding.

Taking Rookie of the Year honors was Cole Jennings. Second place went to Gabe Taborda. Showing at third was Ellis Jack. Fourth pace went to Kyle Surguy, while Henry Stenta garnered fifth place.

 

RBP Lt. Derek Shockro yells out instructions for the buoy charges event.
Henry Stenta takes first place in the mile run.
Rookies take to the ocean in the buoy charges competition.
Ellis Jack returns to the ocean in the buoy charges competition.
Rookie Sophia Filipowski returns to the ocean in the buoy charges competition.
Cole Jennings wins the buoy charges competition and goes on to win 2024 RBP Rookie of the Year.
Sophia Filipowski competes in the line charges competition.
Addy Leonhardtt bounces up in the line charges competition.
Former Cape swimmer Ellis Jack placed third in the competition.
Addy Leonhardtt competes in the buoy charges competition.
Charlie Roth, right, carries Piper Matan in the life-saving competition.
Gabe Taborda, center, gets kudos from the veterans as he wins the push-up contest. Shown with him are (l-r) Dionn Stevenson, Jodi Johnson and Will Shoemaker.
Rookies compete in the push-up competition.
Rookies take off for the line charges competition.
The class celebrates the end of the 2024 rookie test.

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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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