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South Jersey Lifeguard Championships Set for Sunday
The Ocean City Beach Patrol hosts the races, which were rescheduled from Friday.
The Ocean City Beach Patrol will host the South Jersey Lifeguard Championship 6:30 p.m. Sunday (Aug. 12) on the beach at 34th Street.
The event had originally been scheduled for Friday, but the threat of severe thunderstorms led to its postponement.
The competition pits 15 beach patrols against each other for bragging rights and the privilege of hosting next year's event. The event is free to spectators.
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The "Jerseys" includes three events — a 1.5-mile doubles row, three-quarter mile swim and quarter-mile singles row — and the top five finishers in each event score points.
Ocean City won the title in 2011 for the first time since 2006 with a pair of second places in the rowing events.
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Dylan Kosten teamed up with veteran Matt Garbutt to take second place to Margate in the doubles row, and Kosten returned to finish second in the singles row.
Kosten and Garbutt will row again on Sunday. Graham Parker will swim for Ocean City, and Kevin Perry is expected to represent Ocean City in the singles row.
OCBP has 34 South Jersey titles, including 11 straight from 1961 to 1971 and most recently three straight from 2004 to 2006 (a tie with Ventnor).
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