Nearly 1,000 swimmers competed at the Swim Miami (@swim.miami) events today in southern Florida including one of the most prolific masters swimmers in America, Melodee Liegl, who competed in the 10 km race. She said, “It was a nice event that had so much fun. Conditions were good, a little windy.  Water was 77°F.“

Defending champion Sandra Frimerman-Bergquist (@sandraf_b_ows) won the women’s 10 km race while Jeison Rojas of Costa Rica won the 10 km overall by nearly 5 minutes over perennial podium finisher Maximiliano Paccot.

Swim Miami 10 km Race – Top 26 Finishers

1. Jeison Rojas 2:02:42
2. Maximiliano Paccot 2:07:13
3. Dilanka Bandisaththamge 2:12:19
4. Army Pal 2:16:43
5. Manual Baldacci 2:19:30
6. Ricardo Valdivia 2:25:33
7. Kevin Scott 2:42:00
8. Robert Makatura 2:45:00
9. Juan Gonzalez 2:48:07
10. Roger Ermuth 2:49:53
11. Mark Hammes 2:52:15
12. Sandra Frimerman-Bergquist, 42, 2:53:35 – first woman
13. Wendy Peterson, 52, 2:54:19 – second woman
14. Adrian Zeh 2:54:58
15. Laura Nuudi, 45, 2:55:58 – third woman
16. Christopher Allshouse 2:56:00
17. Eryan Erdmann 2:56:27
18. Maria Tupayachi, 46, 2:57:20 – fourth woman
19. Regan Billingsley, 49, 2:59:58 – fifth woman
20. Sara Trohaugh, 45, 3:06:45 – sixth woman
21. Tom Cassidy 3:07:31
22. Jennifer Stringer, 50, 3:08:44 – seventh woman
23. Sean Stringer 3:08:44
24. Jeremy Grosvenor 3:09:33
25. Sofia Figueredo, 16, 3:10:02 – eighth woman
26. Melodee Liegl, 59, 3:11:34 – ninth woman

Eric Jackwin and Corinne Capodanno won the 5 km in 1:14:26 and 1:23:05, respectively. Luke Reid and Erin Reid won the 1-mile swim in 20:46 and 24:34, respectively. Herman Fen and Isabella Hernandez won the 800m swim in 11:57 and 12:10, respectiveiy.

For more race results, visit here.

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