August 13th, 2024
ÖTILLÖ SWIMRUN Casco Bay 2024
ÖTILLÖ Makes a Splash in the US with Casco Bay
ÖTILLÖ Makes a Splash in the US with Casco Bay
| ÖTILLÖ WORLD SERIES CASCO BAY – AUGUST 11TH On August 11, over 400 athletes were treated to the eighth edition of the Casco Bay Islands Swimrun—America’s original Swimrun. This year, Casco Bay operated under the ÖTILLÖ banner for the first time. A day of island-hopping on Maine’s picturesque coast unfolded under clear blue skies. Athletes enjoyed warm summer temperatures, ocean swims, and ran courses that ranged from easy to technical across the three separate course distances offered. In the World Series event, which featured 17 miles of running and 7940 meters of swimming, team “Chum Brothers” Adrian Cameron and Justin Arnosky took first in the men’s team division. The “Boston Wet Sox” secured their place as the unbeatable mixed team of Bronwen and Gregory Price-Dierksen. “As Is NYC,” made up of Nargus Harounzadeh and Tara McWilliams took first in the women’s team division. “It was a beautiful day out there today,” said Adrian Cameron of the Chum Brothers. “Vail Island is always the most memorable—those rocks are unique in terms of the American courses,” he added. The Chum Brothers have ÖTILLÖ, The Swimrun World Championship in Sweden coming up and used Casco Bay as a chance to dial in their nutrition, teamwork, and equipment. “We wanted to make sure we had the right wetsuits and shoes, something comfortable that we can wear all day,” said Arnosky. “Casco Bay is a little bit more technical, especially Vail Island,” said Harounzadeh, echoing Cameron above. “But it’s a really nice introduction to swimrun for folks who haven’t done one before. It was my first one—it definitely hooked me.” In the World Series solo division, 31-year-old James Crabb of Chesterfield, VA took first in his first ever swimrun, while Shea DeWald of Seattle, Wash. took first woman. “You just gotta do the work. There’s no special sauce or secret way around it. The only way to get through it is by doing it. If you want to get comfortable doing 5000 plus meters of swimming, you have to get the volume in on your shoulders,” said Crabb, who works as a full-time swim coach at Nova of Virginia Aquatics. In the Sprint event, which featured 8.5 miles of running and 3230 meters of swimming, team “2 Clams” Ksen and Olga Golovkina took first in the women’s team division (and overall), and team “Tiger Sharks” took first in the men’s. Team “Early Risers”, Kendra Emery and Nicholas Citriglia took first in the mixed division. Brian Tsua took first in the Sprint solo men’s division, with Olivia Lutkevich as first female. The day also featured a shorter Experience distance, with team “Sister, Sister” of Eva and Julia Estrada taking the women’s division and Team Raki of Finn and Marko Zatylny taking the men’s. Michelle McCarthy took the female (and overall) women’s Experience solo division, with Dodd Loomis taking first among men. We look forward to welcoming athletes to ÖTILLÖ North America’s next event in Mackinac Island, Michigan on August 25th, 2024. |
| RACE RESULTS MEN 1. Adrian Cameron & Justin Arnosky / Chum Brothers – 4:20:17 2. David Lipke & Stephen Banister / Tall Dads Run Club – 4:37:27 3. Corbyn Jahn & Todd Jackson / Alaska Endurance Project – 4:39:09 MIXED 1. Gregory Dierksen & Bronwen Price-Dierksen / Boston Wet Sox – 4:24:21 2. Jacob Gilden & Liz Gilden / BatmansParents – 5:02:30 3. Andrew Hewitt & Mara Tynan / CALIFORNIA SWIMRUN – 5:07:04 WOMEN 1. Nargus Harounzadeh & Tara McWilliams / As Is NYC – 5:01:43 2. Kelly Donatell & Sarah Booth / KB & Bananas – 5:09:36 3. Lexa Rijos & Mari Iwakura / Dash n’ Splash – 5:57:00 SOLO MEN 1. James Crabb – 4:50:05 2. Bill Guddeck – 4:51:04 3. Thomas Volper – 5:11:23 SOLO WOMEN 1. Shea DeWald – 7:17:17 Find the official race results here. |
| RACE IMAGES Official images here. (please credit photographer / ÖTILLÖ) |
| ABOUT ÖTILLÖ AND SWIMRUN Swimrun is an endurance sports where you alternate trail-running and open-water swimming on a marked course. ÖTILLÖ is the leading brand and the origin of the sport. ÖTILLÖ, The Swimrun World Championship (ÖTILLÖ meaning island to island in Swedish) is the original swimrun race, renowned as one of the toughest one-day races in the world. |
| ÖTILLÖ SWIMRUN WORLD SERIES ÖTILLÖ World Series Casco Bay is part of the ÖTILLÖ Swimrun World Series and a qualifier to ÖTILLÖ, The Swimrun World Championship in the Swedish archipelago. In 2024, there are the following qualifying races to ÖTILLÖ, The Swimrun World Championship 2025: – ÖTILLÖ® World Series Utö, Sweden, 08 June – ÖTILLÖ® World Series Engadin, Switzerland, 29 June – ÖTILLÖ® World Series Whistler, Canada, 07 July – ÖTILLÖ® World Series Gothenburg, Sweden, 03 August – ÖTILLÖ® World Series Casco Bay, USA, 11 August – ÖTILLÖ® World Series Mackinac, USA, 25 August – ÖTILLÖ® World Series Orcas Island, USA, 15 September – ÖTILLÖ® World Series Cannes, France, 14 October – ÖTILLÖ® World Series Austin, USA, 03 Novmeber At each World Series event an EXPERIENCE & SPRINT race is also organized. |
| ÖTILLÖ, THE SWIMRUN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP – 18th edition on September 2nd, 2024 – 160 teams from all over the world – 70 km over and between 24 islands in the Stockholm Archipelago – Renowned as one of the toughest one-day races in the world |
