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Beach History: OCBP Women Share Reign Over Longport Races

The 14th annual Longport Women's Lifeguard Invitational will be held 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 12.

The Ocean City Beach Patrol won the Longport Women’s Lifeguard Invitational a year ago by scoring in four of the five events. The OCBP women scored 19 points, one more than the Longport women, and four more than Upper Township.

The champions kneeling from left: Brittany Sedberry, Jill Smaniotto, Erin Curry; standing, Emma Elmer, Kelly Scheirer, Carly Wray, Shawnee Foglio, Stephanie Hauck and Senior Lt. Jeff Garbutt. 

Ocean City and Ventnor have dominated the tournament since it began in 1998. Ocean City has won five events and Ventnor has won seven. The only other winner was Longport in 1999.

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The 14th annual Longport Women’s Lifeguard Invitational will be held 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 12, on the 33rd Street beach in Longport.

Check out the Ocean City Rowing & Athletic Association’s website OCRAA.com for this summer’s schedule of events. 

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