Teens Dominate Independence Day Bay Swim

Teenagers took 45 of the top 50 spots in the annual Independence Day Bay Swim on Friday night off Kennedy Park in Somers Point.

Some of the top age-group teams in the region — including the Jersey Wahoos of Mount Laurel — participated in the one-mile swim in the Great Egg Harbor Bay. The 2012 field of 179 swimmers was far bigger than the field of 114 in 2011, and for the first time, the event included a separate half-mile swim with another 48 swimmers (including several Special Olympics athletes).

The event raises money for the Ocean City C-Cerpants age-group swim team.

The top 10 finishers in the mile swim are as follows:

1. STEVEN SHEK           MT LAUREL NJ     15
2. ROBBIE DICKSON      GREENWICH NJ   15
3. RYAN RICHARDS        HADDONFIELD NJ   17
4. COLIN FISHER          MARLTON NJ       17
5. LEIGH ANNE PATTERSON  CHERRY HILL NJ   21
6. ALEXANDER FLICK       BRYN MAWR PA     18
7. GRANT PROCTOR         HADDONFIELD NJ   17
8. ANNE MARIE MCCOTTER   CHERRY HILL NJ   17
9. ZACHARY FONG          MOORESTOWN NJ    14
10. ISABEL OBREGON        MARLTON NJ       15

The top 10 finishers in the half-mile swim are as follows:

1. MARIE DICKSON         GREENWICH NJ     10 
2. GABRIELLA STOCKETT    MEDIA PA         13
3. HEIDI DICKSON         GREENWICH NJ     11
4. JOEY DICKSON          GREENWICH NJ     12 
5. UNKNOWN               UNKNOWN         
6. STEPHEN BARNARD       GALLOWAY NJ      11
7. VAL BERGMAN           OCEAN CITY NJ    35 
8. MICHAEL RUFFU W/S     SOMERS POINT NJ  36
9. DALTON MEALS          GROVE CITY PA    14 
10. JULIE BOND            CRANBURY NJ      15

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