Lifeguards to compete in regional contest in Rehoboth Beach
The Rehoboth Beach Patrol will host the U.S. Lifesaving Association’s Mid Atlantic Regional Lifeguard Championships this week.
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Lifeguards to compete in regional contest in Rehoboth Beach
REHOBOTH BEACH — The Rehoboth Beach Patrol will host the U.S. Lifesaving Association’s Mid Atlantic Regional Lifeguard Championships this week.
It’s the 27th consecutive year the city has hosted the event, which showcases the skills necessary to be an ocean lifeguard.
Beginning at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, some 300 lifeguards from New York to Virginia will compete to qualify for the national championships in Virginia Beach, Virginia, on Aug. 9-12.
The public is welcome to observe the competitions, which take place on the beach at Baltimore Avenue.
The contest includes a 90-meter sprint, a 2K beach run, a 4-by-90 soft-sand beach relay, a 400-meter surf swim, a swimmer rescue race, a landline rescue race, a paddleboard rescue race, a “run-swim-run” event, a surf dash and a beach flag match.
The U.S. Lifesaving Association is a nonprofit professional organization of beach lifeguards and open-water rescuers that works to reduce death and injury in the aquatic environment through education, national lifesaving standards, training and promotion of high levels of lifeguard readiness.
