Announcing the Winner of AI’s June Summer Lifeguard Challenge!

Watch the winning team's entry and read what resident lifeguarding expert Pete DeQuincy has to say about how they met - and beat - the challenge, along with overall team and individual results.

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The June Summer Lifeguard Challenge brought several past champion teams (Town of Davie, 2017 winner; City of Chandler, 2016 winner) and forced last year’s champion, City of Temecula, to defend their crown.

The Blue team from Temecula, Calif. stepped up and captured first in the June challenge. Watch their winning entry:

Town of Davie, Fla. tied with the Town of Breckenridge, Colo. team for second.

Team Purple and Gold from Temecula secured a three-way tie with City of Bloomington, Ind.’s Mills Blue team, while Arizona’s City of Chandler teams, Mesquite Grove and Nozomi, participated strong and placed fourth and fifth.

Some of the difficulties that rescue teams encountered were sealing the mask effectively while in the water and not allowing the one-way valve on the rescue mask to completely submerge underwater in between ventilations.

Here are the overall team results:
1. City of Temecula, CA. Blue Team
2. Town of Breckenridge, CO.
2. Town of Davie, FL.
3. City of Temecula, CA. Purple Team
City of Temecula, CA. Gold Team
City Bloomington, IN, Bryan Black Team
4. City of Chandler, AZ. Team Mesquite Grove
5. City of Chandler, AZ. Team Nozomi

Top Male:
Bryce Crowther, Temecula Blue
Josh Growth, Breckenridge
Lazaro Alvarez, Davie

Top Female:
Daylee DeWitt, Temecula
Jenna Kelemen, Davie
Baily Baldwin, Breckenridge

Great job, everyone! Keep training, and remember to send me your submissions for the July and August challenges!

About the Author

Pete DeQuincy

Pete DeQuincy is aquatics manager at East Bay Regional Park District in Oakland, Calif. He is an American Red Cross Instructor Trainer in water safety, lifeguarding, and emergency medical response. He serves on the Association of Aquatic Professionals board, and enjoys training lifeguards all over the country.

Pete DeQuincy is an aquatic supervisor for the East Bay Regional Park District in Oakland, Calif. He is president of the Bay Area Public Pool Operators Association and the Aquatic Section of the California Parks & Recreation Society. DeQuincy is a lifeguard instructor for the American Red Cross and the United States Lifesaving Association.