 Tommy Mintz wins 2013 X-TREME! I've been so busy preparing for Take the Lake next weekend that I haven't had a chance to revel in the success of the X-TREME! Saturday.
Looks like we had 21 swimmers finish! One of our teams (Team Whitaker) had to cancel at the last minute, so we had five teams all gang-start at 8 a.m. (after their swimmers started at 6 a.m.) We had 17 solo racers finish, (including two the week before). A few others had to drop out of the swim because they couldn't get escorts, and one bailed out on the run because of joint issues. Tommy Mintz of Ash took home the solo winner's banner (for the third year!,) finishing in 10:23:09, and Old Chub cleaned the Team house with a time of 7:51:49, grabbing the treasured Red Shoe Award. We're (also) very proud of Samantha Lane, who in 2008 had earned the Jenny Stocks Youngest Swimmer Award, and who last year did the Grand Slam of all four Take the Lake PECs. On Saturday, the 15-year-old completed the X-TREME! becoming our youngest X-TREME!ist ever. Go Samantha! Watch Samantha's video interview about her Grand Slam. I have some photos and more details as soon as I can get back to this. We all have a big weekend ahead!
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Chad Yarbrough
8/26/2013 06:12:44 am
Great job Tommy and Samantha! Tommy - You made the kayak look easy as you were passing my brother and I near the State Park! Old Chub - great team effort! "Chub Rocks!" Thank you to all the other competitors that were on the course. The words of encouragement and "high fives" helped out a lot. Thank you to all the great volunteers and support around Lake Waccamaw during the X-treme! Mark - Thanks for putting on this event and promoting it as well as you do. Between this event and Labor Day weekend, you are making a difference in Columbus County and beyond! When I read about it a couple of years ago it sounded like something I would like to do but it took me several years to make the final decision. Even with the soreness and being tired, glad I did! Go X-treme! Leave a Reply. |
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