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Crossing the finish line. MARIANNE BARNETT
Friday's run-swim-run was a fundraiser for the Hamptons Lifeguard Association to send a group to this year's national competition in South Padre, Island, next month. MARIANNE BARNETT
Ryleigh O'Donnell, left, Emma Hren and Bella Tarbet. MARIANNE BARNETT
A competitor comes out of the water. MARIANNE BARNETT
Competitors make the run down the beach. MARIANNE BARNETT
Heading toward the finish line. MARIANNE BARNETT
Heading toward the finish line. MARIANNE BARNETT
A competitor makes the turn around the American flag. MARIANNE BARNETT
Competitors make the turn around the American flag. MARIANNE BARNETT
Heading toward the finish line. MARIANNE BARNETT
A competitor makes the turn around the American flag. MARIANNE BARNETT
And they're off! Competitors start Friday's run-swim-run hosted by the Hamptons Lifeguard Association at Atlantic Avenue Beach. MARIANNE BARNETT
A competitor comes out of the water. MARIANNE BARNETT
A competitor comes out of the water. MARIANNE BARNETT
The Rizzo Sisters, Heidi, Vanessa and Evelyn. MARIANNE BARNETT
Vanessa Rizzo heads toward the finish line. MARIANNE BARNETT
Vanessa Rizzo on the run. MARIANNE BARNETT
Vanessa Rizzo comes out of the water. MARIANNE BARNETT
The second wave of younger competitors get ready. MARIANNE BARNETT
Crossing the finish line. MARIANNE BARNETT
Craig Brierley MARIANNE BARNETT
Evelyn Rizzo MARIANNE BARNETT
Evelyn Rizzo exits the water. MARIANNE BARNETT
Evelyn Rizzo exits the water. MARIANNE BARNETT
This group of friends crossed the finish line together. MARIANNE BARNETT
Crossing the finish line. MARIANNE BARNETT
Vanessa Rizzo, right, with a friend. MARIANNE BARNETT
Heidi Rizzo finishes up with a high-five waiting for her. MARIANNE BARNETT
Heidi Rizzo heads down the beach. MARIANNE BARNETT
Liam Knight, set to represent HLA at the World Championships next month, patrols the waters on a board. MARIANNE BARNETT
The Hamptons Lifeguard Association. MARIANNE BARNETT
Came Hatch, left, East Hampton Town Chief Lifeguard John Ryan Jr. and Peter Stacom. MARIANNE BARNETT
John Ryan Sr. and his wife watch on. MARIANNE BARNETT
After it was put off for a week because of poor weather, the Hampton Lifeguard Association finally hosted its third annual Run-Swim-Run competition on Friday at Atlantic Avenue Beach in Amagansett.
The event, coordinated by HLA member Bella Tarbet, is held to help raise funds to send HLA guards — from East Hampton and Southampton towns — to the United States Lifesaving Association’s National Lifeguard Championships, which is held August 6-9 in South Padre Island, Texas.
There were two separate races, a “full race,” which was a half-mile run, quarter-mile swim and quarter-mile run, and then a “mini race,” which was a quarter-mile run, eighth-of-a-mile swim and eighth-of-a-mile run. And there were two categories in the full race, relay and individual. For the relay, one person ran the first leg, another swam and a third ran the last leg.
This year’s winner of the mini race was Evelyn Rizzo, with Lily Brown and Owen Litman following, respectively. Vanessa Rizzo, fresh off her victory in the Hamptons Youth Tri nearly a week ago, and the oldest sister of Evelyn, won the full race. Thomas McGlade placed second and Heidi Rizzo, the middle Rizzo sister, finished third. Luke Tarbet and Anthony Petersohn won the relay portion.
