Courtesy of WOWSA, Huntington Beach, California.

The Epic Swim Festival attracted over 650 swimmers, racing in the Mini Epic 100m, Minor Epic 500m, Mid Epic 1 km, Epic 2.5 km, Masters 2.5 km Classic, Epic 5 km, New Zealand 5 km Open Water Championships, New Zealand 10 km Open Water Championships, Epic 10 km and The Epic 17.5 km.

Reece Southall and Chloe Harris won the men’s and women’s Epic 17.5 km in 4:12:53 and 4:33:23 respectively.

The Epic 17.5 km Results:
1 Reece Southall 4:12:53
2 Steven Prescott 4:19:15
3 Chloe Harris 4:33:23 (1st female)
4 Samuel Mann 04:39:00
5 Holly Cassin 04:48:48 (2nd female)
6 Paul Feltoe 04:54:23
7 Stuart Whitney 05:00:51
8 Anna Marshall 05:01:13 (3rd female)
9 Laura Tippett 05:02:18 (4th female)
10 Nathan Milner 05:03:52
11 Jillian Walker 05:04:42 (5th female)
12 Kim Sherwen 05:05:59 (6th female)
13 Tessa Sherwen 05:19:39 (7th female)
14 Rebecca Hollingsworth 05:23:28 (8th female)
15 Mike Cochrane 05:30:22
16 Sarah Poplar 05:39:18 (9th female)
17 Katrina Price 05:41:58 (10th female)
18 Susan Sherwen 05:51:37 (11th female)
19 Vicky Tate 06:13:07 (12th female)
Simon Olliver DNF

Mark Lenaarts DNF

Rosie Sharman DNF

Pauline Mills DNF

Steven Kennedy DNF

Tracey Mckinstry DNF

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