VIDEO, PHOTOS: Harvey Cedars lifeguard wins Point challenge for record sixth time

Posted: August 1st 2024

Participants get set to begin the run-paddle swim Cape May Point Women's Lifeguard Challenge

CAPE MAY POINT – Jenna Parker did it again.

The Harvey Cedars lifeguard and experienced triathlete won the Cape May Point Women’s Lifeguard Challenge race Wednesday for a record sixth time in the 16th annual competition.

JENNA PARKER

Parker, 40, who finished second in last year’s event, completed the race in 25 minutes, 27 seconds. The competition consists of a 1.3-mile soft-sand run, one-mile ocean paddle and half-mile ocean swim.

Parker also led Harvey Cedars to the team championship, joining forces with Maggie Shaw, who placed 12th overall in 30:06.

Sea Girt’s Ivy Slavinsky placed second in 25:30 and Katie Zgorski of Ocean City, Md., was third in 25:45. Lexi Santer of Ocean City, N.J., last year’s champion, finished fourth in 27:03 and Wildwood Crest’s Maddie Priest rounded out the top five in 28:21.

Cape May A placed second in team scoring, thanks to a sixth-place finish by Emma DeMario in 28:52 and an eighth-place effort by Madi Bickford in 29:02.

This year’s race featured a record 54 competitors representing a total of 18 beach patrols, also a Cape May Point Women’s Lifeguard Challenge record.

(Photos and videos by David Weinberg.)