Nite Moves and this year’s new Reef & Run series completed the 12th of 20 installments in the weekly swim/run event season that runs until September 8.
The Nite Moves 5k run was its busiest since June 24, with 264 runners participating. The top echelon had a major teenage presence as 18-year-olds Chris Braden and Matthew Bailey finished 1 and 2 respectively. Braden’s winning time was 16 minutes and 21 seconds.
Last week’s winner, Ricky Ho, 33, finished in third but another 18 year old, Eddie Mezian, placed fourth.
In the aquathon, Chris Arntz bested second-place finisher Taj Hudson and 80 others with a time of 38:15 for the combined 1k swim and 5k run.
Norbert Hoehne and Jim West broke 15 minutes in the 1k swim and 12-year-old Walker Bell was close behind with a time of 15:18, good for third-place overall.
Stepan Paul handily beat the field in the Reef & Run 1k swim/2m run duathlon with a time of 34:37. Rachel Murillo, the top female performer and second overall, was the only other competitor under 40 minutes at 39:12.
Matthew Black averaged 6:16 a mile en route to easily winning the 4-mile run.
Reef & Run convenes on Tuesday evenings at the Cabrillo Bath House and Nite Moves is Wednesday at Leadbetter Beach.
