Susan sprints to the finish!

Race photos taken by Pat Fruin (for Magnum Masters Director of Fun and Games Guy Newmark who was nowhere to be seen)

David, fastest Magnum Swimmer (note time of 52:53 in background):
















Coach Bruce (note foot chip, yet no number on arm, hence no official time):






















Dan:





















Tom:





















Teresa:





















View of incoming swimmers, looking south from MB Pier:
















Teresa and her paddler:
















Finish line at north side of MB Pier:

Time

As requested, time stamp is now California time.
Aloha, y'all. Susan and I are off to Maui for a week.
To make up for lost practices and save money on airfare, Susan is planning to swim home.

Teresa with her reward...Blueberry pancakes from Koffee Kart.

Susan with paddler, Jeremy. Balloon not included.

Pier to Pier Swim Results - Posted Twice to include Tom Bourke

The site for meet results is www.surffestival.org. Out of the 1017 registered swimmers, times were issued for 829. The fastest time was 39:30 and the last place finisher came in at a staggering, ultra long time to be in the ocean, 2:09:54:

Overall Finish-Age Group Finish-Time-Men/Women Finish

Dave Barnes 135 21st Place 52;51 96
Glen Lucas 137 13 52:56 98
Katay Kocsis 157 9 53:40 48
Chuck Milam 189 2 55:43 129
Dan Muth 220 20 57:01 149
Mike Geller 321 29 1:02.04 218
Molly McCormick 331 25 1:02.46 108
Tom Bourke 334 9 1:02:51 225
Bob Kapust 386 18 1:05.31 262
Teresa McCormick 408 13 1:06.49 132
Frank Buckley 470 51 1:09.58 316
Don Nelson 544 18 1:13.56 364
Jim Hallett 629 24 1:20:52 422
Susan Goodlerner 710 6 1:28:52 246

2- Mile Pier to Pier Ocean Swim - International Surf Festival, Aug 3, 2008

Start of Race:


Sardines in the water:


Andrew Myers, Molly McCormick, Tom Bourke, Christian Collins:

Andrew, paddler for Teresa, Molly and her paddler Christian:


From left - Coach Bruce, Tom, Teresa, Katay, Molly, Christian, Ryan, and Andrew:


Teresa and Daughter Molly:


Dan and Coach Bruce before swim:


Dan at finish - his facial expression is a common one for the two-milers - Thank God it's Over:


Glen, Chuck and Dan - it's interesting to note that Glen had the fastest time, then Chuck and Dan (the picture taken was also timely - Glen was still sober):


Chuck with his ISF ocean swim T shirt and second place medal in the old fart group - men over the age of 60:


Chuck with Hammerhead (Bruce's Beach Camp) 2008 Challenge T-Shirt - it should be noted that International Fiber Corporation (IFC - Dan's company listed at the top in green) is the primary sponsor of Hammerhead Beach Camp:

The Muth Family: Frederick, Dan and Charlotte - Frederick processed this photo as well as the previous five pictures. Not shown is the photographer, Dan's wife Gigi: