About 200 swimmers showed up on the sand Sunday to participate in the 40th annual Rough Water Swim in Seal Beach.

Supporters gathered on the sand and along the pier to cheer the swimmers on. There was little wind, making conditions ideal for swimmers.

“There was a little bit of a chip, a little bit of wind. But it was warm and the water was clear,” said Mark Steenhausen, of  Rossmoor, who ended up finishing 10th.

The water was a toasty 65 degrees for swimmers, up from a numbing high 50s just last week.

“Last week, we would have had to worry about hypothermia,” said announcer Scott Weir. “Today, it wasn’t a problem. It was really warm out, we lucked out.”

Aaron Nicholas and Cameron Rehm, of Chino Hills, brought some fun to the event, sporting tuxedo Speedos they made for their high school swim team.

“I did better than I thought I would,” said Nicholas.

Check this Website for more info: www.sealbeachswimclub.org. The times won’t be in until later tonight, but here’s who came in at the top for their divisions:

1-mile Male:

1. Logan Redondo

2. Alex Morrill

3. Alec Baumann

1-mile Womens:

1. Alison Godbe

2. Victoria Andreas

3. Audrey INgerson

3-mile Male:

1. Andy Bray

2. Kevin Sellers

3. Simon Miller

3-mile Women’s:

1. Kelsie Cummings

2. Shelby Elmore

3. Jenny Cook

You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.