2026 Rehoboth Beach Lifeguard Tournament

Lifeguards from New York to Virginia gathered in Rehoboth Beach on Wednesday, July 8, to compete in the 2026 U.S. Lifesaving Association Mid-Atlantic Lifeguard Championships. Hosted by the Rehoboth Beach Patrol at its headquarters on Baltimore Avenue and the Boardwalk, the competition began at 9:30 a.m.

The championships showcased the athleticism and lifesaving skills that professional lifeguards use every day to protect beachgoers. Events are designed to simulate real-life rescue situations and include the 4×90-meter beach relay, 2K beach run, landline rescue, 90-meter beach sprint, surf swim, board rescue, rescue tube race, run-swim-run, and the always-popular beach flags competition.

Our guys and girls did quite well this past Wednesday at the tournament:

In Girls landline event, our ladies took 2nd place (Grace, Morgan, Kylie and Maddy) Videl took 1st in 2k Beach Run and Matteo ran away with 10th place finish in the same event.

Our Guys landline ‘B’ Team took 3rd (McCabe, Goldie, Blatt and Shwalm) and our Landline ‘A’ Team took 1st (Scribs, Triani, Varrichio and Perry)

In girls’ distance swim, Eva took 11th overall and she also took 10th in the Run-Swim-Run. In guys’ distance swim Dean took 11th overall and he also took 8th in Run-Swim-Run.

In rescue race event; Kylie, Teagan, Plummer and Brooke took 5th place overall. Beaudry and Hise managed 9th place paddle pick up finish. And, Kylie and Teagan took 7th place in the same event for the girls.

In our staple event Beach Flags; Koch secured 2nd place finish and Horn took 6th!

Way to go Smith Point!