Potomac River Swim June 2, 2018

Director:
  • Cheryl Wagner
  • Conditions:
  • water temperature 75 degrees, overcast, air temp 76 - 84 degrees, waves minimal, wind: 4 mph (WNW)
  • Benefactors:
  • Chesapeake Bay Foundation
  • Southern Maryland Sierra Club
  • Potomac Riverkeeper
  • Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin
  • The Potomac Conservancy
  • West Virginia Rivers Coalition
  • Eastern Shore Land Conservancy
  • Ridge Rescue
  • St. Mary's River Watershed Association
  • Friends of the Shenandoah River
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    Top Finishers

    Male No Wetsuit
    1. Rob Jones 3 hr 47 min
    2. Ryan McCabe 3 hr 53 min
    3. James Loreto 4 hr 40 min
    Male Wetsuit
    1. Russell Shiels 3 hr 51 min
    2. David Speier 4 hr 14 min
    3. Alan Hoberg 4 hr 43 min
    Female No Westuit
    1. Melissa Burroughs 4 hr 48 min
    2. Traci McNeil 4 hr 51 min
    3. Melanie Kaplan 5 hr 1 min
    Top Fundraisers
    1. Daniel Weiss - $12,100 +
    2. Rob MacDougall - $1,500 +
    3. Melissa Burroughs - $1,000 +

     

    All Finishers

    Place Name Time Wetsuit Home Age
    Photo
    1 Rob Jones
    Kayaker: Lloyd Timberlake
    3 hr 47 min no wetsuit Charlottesville, VA 53
    2 Russell Shiels
    Kayaker: Scott Ortel
    3 hr 51 min wetsuit Cockeysville MD 57
    3 Ryan McCabe
    Kayaker: Debra Anderson
    3 hr 53 min no wetsuit Washington DC 33
    4 David Speier
    Kayaker: Pete Ropshaw
    4 hr 14 min wetsuit Bishopville, MD 62
    5 James Loreto
    Kayaker: Al Hunt
    4 hr 40 min no wetsuit Bethesda, MD 45
    6 Alan Hoberg
    Kayaker: Kemp Dawson
    4 hr 43 min wetsuit Keedysville, MD 53
    7 Edward Riley
    Kayaker: Agnes Michalek
    4 hr 46 min no wetsuit New York, NY 59
    8 Melissa Burroughs
    Kayaker: MaryAnne Cliff
    4 hr 48 min no wetsuit Washington, DC 25
    9 Traci McNeil
    Kayaker: Bruce Johnson
    4 hr 51 min no wetsuit Riva MD 41
    10 Melanie Kaplan
    Kayaker: Tara Siegel
    5 hr 1 min no wetsuit Washington DC 28
    11 John Whelan
    Kayaker: Jared Dieffenbach
    5 hr 4 min no wetsuit Waynesboro, PA 52
    12 Brendan Garvin
    Kayaker: Nicolas Bergman
    5 hr 8 min no wetsuit Washington, DC 38
    13 Michele Walters
    Kayaker: Rob Pearlman
    5 hr 9 min no wetsuit Washington, DC 42
    14 Eric Schall
    Kayaker: Katie Ortel
    5 hr 12 min no wetsuit Kingston, PA 57
    15 Herve Hamon
    Kayaker: Patrick Hamon
    5 hr 25 min wetsuit New York, NY 55
    16 Laura Jones
    Kayaker: Mary Jo Moon
    5 hr 28 min no wetsuit Charlottesville, VA 52
    17 Andrew Westbrook
    Kayaker: David Dafashy & Bob Byrne
    5 hr 28 min no wetsuit Hopkinton NH 53
    18 Matt Durante
    Kayaker: Earl Blackwell
    6 hr 3 min no wetsuit Bel Air, MD 43
    19 Doug Cannell
    Kayaker: Joseph E Clark
    6 hr 7 min no wetsuit West Bloomfield, MI 60
    20 Mary Stabinsky
    Kayaker: Al Posey
    6 hr 27 min no wetsuit Plains, PA 41
    21 George Rohrer
    Kayaker: Mark Woodside
    5 hr 39 min (swim interrupted) wetsuit Greencastle, PA 64 photo coming soon
    22 Robert D MacDougall
    Kayaker: Kelly Jacobs & Tom Savino
    5 hr 45 min (swim interrupted) wetsuit Washington, DC 70
    23 Daniel Shub
    Kayaker: Bob Justice
    6 hr 25 min (swim interrupted) wetsuit Baltimore, MD 69
    24 Philip Schuyler Mullenix
    Kayaker: Dave Lincoln
    6 hr 26 min (swim interrupted) wetsuit Chevy Chase, MD 50
    25 Daniel Weiss
    Kayaker: Thomas Suppan
    6 hr 26 min (swim interrupted) no wetsuit Tel Aviv, Israel 41
    26 David Sugar
    Kayaker: Eric Knutsen
    6 hr 27 min (swim interrupted) no wetsuit Baltimore, MD 39