Timeline of Events
7:30 a.m. Volunteers Arrive
8:00 a.m. Participant Registration
8:45 a.m. Event Begins
12:15 p.m. Awards Ceremony
12:30 p.m. Event Ends
Will your team be #1 in 2009? The lifeguard team from San Marcos, “The Garrrds,” took first place overall at the 2008 Red Cross Lifeguard Games, which was hosted at the Carlsbad Community Swim Complex. Second place went to the city of Coronado and the team from Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center took third place. The city of San Marcos took home the Ethan Von Darr Inspirational Award for demonstrating the most team spirit.
Lifeguard teams from San Diego and Imperial Counties will demonstrate their skills in a series of team and individual events, including submerged victim towing, shallow water backboarding, two-person CPR, 50-yard crawl swim with rescue tube, 10-pound brick carry, a first aid test and an inner tube relay.
New in 2009 will be a series of exciting individual events: 50-yard front crawl, 100-yard breaststroke, brick retrieval and Guard of the Rings. Individual scores will be combined with team event scores to tally an overall score, so swim hard!
Timeline of Events
7:30 a.m. Volunteers Arrive
8:00 a.m. Participant Registration
8:45 a.m. Event Begins
12:15 p.m. Awards Ceremony
12:30 p.m. Event Ends
Will your team be #1 in 2009? The lifeguard team from San Marcos, “The Garrrds,” took first place overall at the 2008 Red Cross Lifeguard Games, which was hosted at the Carlsbad Community Swim Complex. Second place went to the city of Coronado and the team from Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center took third place. The city of San Marcos took home the Ethan Von Darr Inspirational Award for demonstrating the most team spirit.
Lifeguard teams from San Diego and Imperial Counties will demonstrate their skills in a series of team and individual events, including submerged victim towing, shallow water backboarding, two-person CPR, 50-yard crawl swim with rescue tube, 10-pound brick carry, a first aid test and an inner tube relay.
New in 2009 will be a series of exciting individual events: 50-yard front crawl, 100-yard breaststroke, brick retrieval and Guard of the Rings. Individual scores will be combined with team event scores to tally an overall score, so swim hard!