GREAT BAY--More than two dozen swimmers competed in the 19th annual Harbour to Pier Open Water Swim Meet on Sunday. The swim was divided into two distances. There was a 1.5 km sprint and the longer distance 2.5 km. Sacha Gibbs won the sprint with a time of 17-minutes 55-seconds. Semkin Vadym was second with a time of 18:18.
Winner of the long distance swim was Malisen Vadym with a time of 22:05. Second was Matias Piazza at 22:30.
Maik Croes completed the 1.5 km race in 28:15. He received Honourable Mention for covering the course doing just the butterfly stroke.
The swimmers met at the Cyrus Wathey Square at 6:30am. They were transported to
the Harbour by bus, jumped off the pier under the watchful eye of the Coast Guard at 7:00am and headed toward the Pier in town.