The City of Santa Barbara’s Junior Lifeguards captured the team title at the annual Fiesta Competition at East Beach last Thursday, edging out a strong team from Avila Beach.
Avila won the competition last year.
Eight teams from the tricounties along with a group from Newport Beach participated in the competition, which included a variety of ocean and beach events, including the paddle board relay, taplin race, beach flags contest, and run-swim-run relay. Each team included three age-group divisions of competitors.
The final overall team standings: Santa Barbara, Avila Beach, Carpinteria, UCSB, Hendry’s, Pismo Beach, Oceano, Newport Beach and Port Hueneme.
Brandon Rogers anchored the Carpinteria Junior Lifeguards boys B Division paddleboard relay team to second place. (JC Corliss / Noozhawk photo)