The 2014 Saipan Swim Club Meek and Might Ocean Swim in the waters off Pacific Islands Club turned out to be a family affair.<\/p>\n
Father and daughter, father and son, mother and daughter, sisters, brothers, grandmother and grandson, husband and wife, and even an entire family joined last Saturday\u2019s early morning swim. <\/p>\n
The Goodwins, mother Tina, father Tim, and siblings Steven and Milan, led the nearly 50 participants in the annual race. Tim topped the 800-meter swim, completing one loop of the race in 15:17, while Steven finished ninth after clocking in at 17:55. Tina and Milan came out of the water together before the latter beat her mother on the way to the finish line. Milan submitted 21:03 against Tina\u2019s 22:19.<\/p>\n
In the same one-loop race, Richard Villagomez accompanied his daughter Susana, who made it to the shore at the 22:28 mark. Richard stayed in the water a bit and checked in at 23:24. Susana\u2019s brother Richard Jr. finished earlier, clocking in at 19:23, while her sister Nieves joined the shortest race in the day (about 200m) and logged 5:51.<\/p>\n
Wataru Kadokura and Dino Sato were also in the 200m race, submitting 5:27 and 5:42, respectively, while their siblings Akira Kadokura and Ayaka competed in the 800m swim. Akira timed in at 15:53 and was fourth overall behind Tim Goodwin, co-second placers Rintaro Miyawaki (15:27) and Taiyo Akimaru (15:27), and Sami Nimura (15:45), while Ayaka was ranked seventh after registering 16:28.<\/p>\n
Jinie Thompson also raced in the 800m swim and recorded 20:14 (No. 14 place), while older sister Jinju participated in the three-loop, 2.4-K race and made it to the Top 10 with her ninth-best time of 49:36.<\/p>\n
Other 800m finishers were Leo Takahashi (15:54), Kaitlin Mattos (16:33), R.J. Pierce (18:49), Miku Torres (18:54), Steven Johnson (19:05), Jun Lee (20:44), and Kenneth Cave (20:57).<\/p>\n
In the 2.4K swim, mother and daughter Conatsu and Ayumi Kaga completed the event with the former having a better time than her mother, 48:17 to 57:27. Husband and wife Joshua and Mamiko Berger were in the same race and logged 51:09 and 59:25, respectively. <\/p>\n
Gary De Guzman, one of SSC\u2019s coaches, had the fastest time in the three-loop race, submitting 42:45, while Suzy Kindel came in at second with her 46:28. Youth swimmers Rinto Takahashi (48:06), David Boyer (48:07), and Jinnosuke Suzuki (48:13) rounded out the Top 5. Other finishers were Rinto\u2019s father Kaoru Takahashi (48:38), Kanae Quinn (49:29), Atsuko Sato (50:57) Manny Sitchon (53:94), Hyun Tae Choi (57:43), Danny Calvo (57:50), Tomomi Sato (57:59), Kimiko McKagan (58:55), and Ricky Castro (1:03:01).<\/p>\n
In the longest race of the day, a five-loop swim (nearly 5K), Taiyo Akimaru\u2019s older brother Kento posted the best time (59:45). Kento was the lone swimmer to complete five loops in less than an hour, as second placer Victoria Chentsova submitted 1:00:00.02. Christian Villacrusis was third after registering 1:06:16, while Taiga Sato (1:06:17) and Lennosuke Suzuki (1:09:13) came in at fourth and fifth. R.J. Pierce\u2019s grandmother Carol Lynn completed the finishers\u2019 list after timing in at 1:16:51.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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