Lifeguard Lollapalooza

Clockwise from top: Seven Presidents lifeguards Michelle Kantor and Dustin Pescatore dig deep while rowing back to shore in the surfboat relay. Seven Presidents lifeguard Steve Bauer races to land in an ocean kayak during the surf medley event. Kantor and Pescatore are launched into the surf during the surfboat relay. Monmouth Beach lifeguard Billy George races to the beach on a rescue board in the surf medley. Seven Presidents lifeguard Tim Chambrovich carries lifeguard Elizabeth Luick in the landline event. The Seven Presidents women's lifeguard team recently won the All-Female National Lifeguard Championship held at Sandy Hook/Gateway National Recreation Area.

Lifeguards at Seven Presidents Oceanfront Park in Long Branch were among the squads that competed in the Monmouth County Park System's annual Surf Relay Invitational held Aug. 4 in Long Branch.

PHOTOSBYCHRIS KELLY staff