31 medals home from
San Diego trip
Local lifeguards bring
31 medals home from
San Diego trip
By chris kelly
Staff Writer
Pacific Beach in San Diego, Calif., was the site for a national lifeguard tournament recently, featuring many of the top teams from throughout the county. And the team from Monmouth County ranks up there with the best of them.
Of 44 teams, including 15 slated in Division I, the Monmouth County team captured the third-place team title, while earning eight national crowns and a total of 31 medals.
Leading the field of local Jersey Shore competitors were Matt Nunnally, Andreas Roestenberg, Megan Harris and Michelle Davidson.
The quartet finished inside the top 10-point scorers, with Nunnally and Harris placing second with 50 and 31.5 points, respectively, while Roestenberg took fourth with 33 points, and Davidson 10th with 18 points.
Out of 95 women who competed in the West Coast tournament, nine Monmouth County representatives earned points.
In addition to Harris and Davidson, Missy Capone placed 15th with 14.50 points; Kim Ferrara 43rd with 5 points; Andrea Perger 48th with 3.75 points; and Dejay Spadaro, Erin Freel and Sierra DeJoseph finished 62nd, 63rd, and 64th with 1.75 points.
On the men’s side of the tape, Team Monmouth had 19 representatives earn points while facing 153 competitors.
After Nunnally and Roestenberg, acquisitions were made by Joshua Arden (25th, 8.5 points), Bill George (30th, 8 points), Ryan Matthews (36th, 5.5 points), Warren Towns and Alexander King (39th and 40th, 5 points), Todd Sudol (51st, 4 points), Wes Donnelly (56th, 4 points), Johnny Rodriguez (61st, 3.25 points), Mark Racioppi and Benjamin Hinds (64th and 68th, 3 points), Matthew Johnson (113th, 1.25 points), Michael Tomaino (118th, 1 points), Ross O’Neill, A.J. Colarton and Brian Bigos (113rd, 113th and 137th, .5 point), and John Quinn and Kyle Lomax (139th and 140th, .25 point).