2nd Annual Bonaire Eco Swim
December 7, 2002
It was a beautiful day with light winds when 31 enthusiastic swimmers entered the crystal-clear waters of Bonaire. The conditions turned to white capped waves and moderate wind as they churned across the channel while navigating the 5K course in the second annual Bonaire EcoSwim. The winner of the event was Vincent Van Rutten from Curacao who finished with a large lead in a time of 1:11.21. The 15 year old ace also won last years event. Exhausted from the waves and wind, Van Rutten commented "It's like the perfect storm". Behind Van Rutten was Jill Gellatly, who posted a time of 1:15.21. She came out the water talking about the sea turtles and fish that she watched while she bounced over the spectacular coral reefs. Gellatly was also the winner of the 1-mile swim that she used as a warm up before the 5K race. In third place, Carol Carr finished with a time of 1:16.57 seconds and in fourth place was Tim Kennedy with a time of 1:22.06, both seasoned open-water swimmers. Fifth place was taken by Brian Furlong who barely made it to the swim from Philadelphia due to the severe winter storm that swept through the day before the race. A few swimmers were pulled from the water because they swam so far off course due to the strong currents and waves. One swimmer, Doug Hellerson, who went off course but managed to stay in the race commented "I think I went to Aruba and back"! As the last swimmers exited the water, the skies opened up to a drenching sun shower, which was, indeed, the perfect storm. For more information on next years EcoSwim and other open-water events, contact the race organizer at info@randynutt.com or visit the website at www.RandyNutt.com.
- 1 Mile - Solo Swimmer OVERALL Results Place: Time: Swimmer Name City/State Age: 1 25:24 Jill Gellatly Houston, TX 35 2 25:34 Timothy Kennedy St. Petersburg, FL 46 3 29:35 Preter Zweers Bon Aire, NA 45 4 31:25 Terri Pyle Cassellberry, FL 38 5 33:04 Lynn Scott Cleveland, OH 39 6 33:06 Erica Moffett New York, NY 33 7 35:20 Scott Murphy Elmhurst, IL 37 8 36:25 Simone Sweers Bon Aire, NA 39 9 38:40 Christian Vergara Brooklyn, NY 44 10 45:32 Mieke Franssen Bon Aire, NA 23 11 45:39 Doug Brogan Bay Village, OH 70 12 45:51 Marianne Brogan Bay Village, OH 67 13 45:59 Dirk-Jan Methorst Bon Aire, NA 34 14 54:59 Patricia Sener New York, NY 38 15 64:21 Lisa Schut Bon Aire, NA 12 16 64:35 Wes Benedict Austin, TX 34 1 Mile - Solo Swimmer MALE Results Place: Time: Swimmer Name City/State Age: 1 25:34 Timothy Kennedy St. Petersburg, FL 46 2 29:35 Preter Zweers Bon Aire, NA 45 3 35:20 Scott Murphy Elmhurst, IL 37 4 38:40 Christian Vergara Brooklyn, NY 44 5 45:39 Doug Brogan Bay Village, OH 70 6 45:59 Dirk-Jan Methorst Bon Aire, NA 34 7 64:35 Wes Benedict Austin, TX 34 1 Mile - Solo Swimmer FEMALE Results Place: Time: Swimmer Name City/State Age: 1 25:24 Jill Gellatly Houston, TX 35 2 31:25 Terri Pyle Cassellberry, FL 38 3 33:04 Lynn Scott Cleveland, OH 39 4 33:06 Erica Moffett New York, NY 33 5 36:25 Simone Sweers Bon Aire, NA 39 6 45:32 Mieke Franssen Bon Aire, NA 23 7 45:51 Marianne Brogan Bay Village, OH 67 8 54:59 Patricia Sener New York, NY 38 9 64:21 Lisa Schut Bon Aire, NA 12 1 Mile - FIN Swimmer MALE Results Place: Time: Swimmer Name City/State Age: 1 30:08 Jose Gruart Seattle, WA 44 1 Mile - FIN Swimmer FEMALE Results Place: Time: Swimmer Name City: ST: Age: 1 32:08 Chris Gilligan Sarasota, FL 59 2 35:11 Pam Teitel Bon Aire, NA 40 3 44:59 Kathleen Gruart Seattle, WA 41 1 Mile - Solo Swimmer OVER 39 MALE Results Place: Time: Swimmer Name City/State Age: 1 25:34 Timothy Kennedy St. Petersburg, FL 46 2 29:35 Preter Zweers Bon Aire, NA 45 3 38:40 Christian Vergara Brooklyn, NY 44 4 45:39 Doug Brogan Bay Village, OH 70 1 Mile - Solo Swimmer OVER 39 FEMALE Results Place: Time: Swimmer Name City/State Age: 1 45:51 Marianne Brogan Bay Village, OH 67 2nd Annual Bon Aire Eco Swim 2002 - 5 Kilometer 5K - Solo Swimmer OVERALL Results Place: Time: Swimmer Name City/State Age: 1 1:11:21 Vincent Van Rutten Bon Aire, NA 15 2 1:15:21 Jill Gellatly Houston, TX 35 3 1:16:57 Carol Carr Franklin, TN 39 4 1:22:06 Timothy Kennedy St. Petersburg, FL 46 5 1:22:35 Brian Furlong Philadelphia, PA 25 6 1:28:45 Bob Halk St. Croix, VI 30 7 1:31:24 Greg Welch Bend, OR 33 8 1:31:38 Mike Tennant Bend, OR 49 9 1:38:43 Doug Hellerson Nashville, TN 56 10 1:41:18 David Schmidt Anchorage, AK 56 11 1:46:08 Holly Sherwin Franklin, TN 44 12 1:48:04 Jeff Schultenover Big Sky, MT 39 13 1:50:28 Terri Pyle Cassellberry, FL 38 14 1:50:29 Erica Moffett New York, NY 33 15 1:55:10 Frank Bohm Bon Aire, NA 44 16 1:59:32 Elizabeth Armstrong St. Croix, VI 36 17 1:59:37 Wendy Weirman North Wales, PA 42 18 2:00:33 Christian Vergara Brooklyn, NY 44 19 2:01:03 Gaylee Gillim Louisville, KY 48 20 2:04:42 Jim Bennett Chicago, IL 38 21 2:22:59 John Steed Newport Beach, CA 31 22 2:29:37 Phyllis Syres Windham, CT 49 23 2:44:43 Ronald Daal St. Martin NA 52 5K - Solo Swimmer MALE Results Place: Time: Swimmer Name City/State Age: 1 1:11:21 Vincent Van Rutten Bon Aire, NA 15 2 1:22:06 Timothy Kennedy St. Petersburg, FL 46 3 1:22:35 Brian Furlong Philadelphia, PA 25 4 1:28:45 Bob Halk St. Croix, VI 30 5 1:31:24 Greg Welch Bend, OR 33 6 1:31:38 Mike Tennant Bend, OR 49 7 1:38:43 Doug Hellerson Nashville, TN 56 8 1:41:18 David Schmidt Anchorage, AK 56 9 1:48:04 Jeff Schultenover Big Sky, MT 39 10 1:55:10 Frank Bohm Bon Aire, NA 44 11 2:00:33 Christian Vergara Brooklyn, NY 44 12 2:04:42 Jim Bennett Chicago, IL 38 13 2:22:59 John Steed Newport Beach, CA 31 14 2:44:43 Ronald Daal St. Martin NA 52 5K - Solo Swimmer FEMALE Results Place: Time: Swimmer Name City/State Age: 1 1:15:21 Jill Gellatly Houston, TX 35 2 1:16:57 Carol Carr Franklin, TN 39 3 1:46:08 Holly Sherwin Franklin, TN 44 4 1:50:28 Terri Pyle Cassellberry, FL 38 5 1:50:29 Erica Moffett New York, NY 33 6 1:59:32 Elizabeth Armstrong St. Croix, VI 36 7 1:59:37 Wendy Weirman North Wales, PA 42 8 2:01:03 Gaylee Gillim Louisville, KY 48 9 2:29:37 Phyllis Syres Windham, CT 49 5K - FIN Swimmer FEMALE Results Place: Time: Swimmer Name City/State Age: 1 2:29:07 Helen Geoffrion Santa Monica, CA 63 2 2:48:39 Anne Adams Aliso Viejo, CA 74 5K - Solo Swimmer OVER 39 MALE Results Place: Time: Swimmer Name City/State Age: 1 1:22:06 Timothy Kennedy St. Petersburg, FL 46 2 1:31:38 Mike Tennant Bend, OR 49 3 1:38:43 Doug Hellerson Nashville, TN 56 4 1:41:18 David Schmidt Anchorage, AK 56 5 1:55:10 Frank Bohm Bon Aire, NA 44 6 2:00:33 Christian Vergara Brooklyn, NY 44 7 2:44:43 Ronald Daal St. Martin NA 52 5K - Solo Swimmer OVER 39 FEMALE Results Place: Time: Swimmer Name City/State Age: 1 1:46:08 Holly Sherwin Franklin, TN 44 2 1:59:37 Wendy Weirman North Wales, PA 42 3 2:01:03 Gaylee Gillim Louisville, KY 48 4 2:29:37 Phyllis Syres Windham, CT 49 |