Seven Saipan Swim Club swimmers survived the \u201cBandelin Over-and-Back\u201d 5K Ocean Swim as weather cooperated in last Sunday\u2019s race.<\/p>\n
The Magnificent 7 include young swimmers Andrew and Grace Kimball, Carol Lynn Calobong-Pierce, Maimi Shimizu, Florian Braig, Hiroaki Nishio, and SSC coach Michael Blasberg.<\/p>\n
The group left Micro Beach at 6:30am, and arrived at Managaha Island in less than one hour, joining kayakers\/guides Steve McKagan and Derek Chambers on the shore.<\/p>\n
Swimmers and kayakers took a short break before completing the second part of the race, which is from Managaha Island back to Micro Beach.<\/p>\n
Ten-year-old Andrew Kimball surprised the group when he led the swim back to Micro Beach. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt was a great race. Other than a brief rain, the weather and visibility were great,\u201d said Blasberg, who thanked the support crew for ensuring the safety of the swimmers.<\/p>\n
\u201cSSC would like to thank the support staff and boating safety crew for providing escort for the team while swimmers crossed the channel,\u201d Blasberg said.<\/p>\n
The 5K ocean swim is one of the events in SSC\u2019s calendar for the 2008-2009 season.<\/p>\n
Former SSC coach Michael Stewart named the race after SSC senior swimmer Rachel Bandelin, who wanted to swim from Micro Beach to Managaha and vice versa. <\/p>\n
Next month, SSC swimmers will be back at the Kan Pacific Swimming Pool in Marpi for a mutual meet with the Tsunami Saipan Swimming Center.<\/p>\n
In November, SSC will host another ocean swim with the Eagle Ray 7K kicking off in mid-November. The Eagle Ray race will start from PauPau Beach to Managaha Island.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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