| Red Cross - 3rd Annual Lifeguard Games |
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| Written by American Red Cross | |
| Saturday, 18 August 2007 | |
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Chula Vista, California - July 29, marked the date of our Third Annual Lifeguard Games. Poway team took first place overall at the 2007 Red Cross Lifeguard Games, which was hosted at the Loma Verde Aquatics Center in Chula Vista, yesterday.
Robin Bellach, Jacki Johnson, Zac Naiman, and Kiley Rogers won by accumulating the most points overall in skills tests against 16 other teams from San Diego and Imperial Counties. Second place went to City of National City. Team “Villas Guardavidas” from the City of Escondido won third place.
Teams of four lifeguards demonstrated their skills in a series of team and individual events, including submerged victim towing, shallow water backboarding, two-person CPR, throw bag, 100-yard crawl swim with rescue tube, 100-yard breaststroke with rescue tube, 10-pound brick carry, a written skills test, a first aid test, and an inner tube relay. Each team participated in all team events and each member participated in one individual event.
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