Local Ocean It’s History
Ocean City Beach Patrol Reunion BY FRED MILLER
Tom Oves
Dylan Kosten
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AUGUST 2022
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HE Ocean City Beach Patrol will be celebrating its 124th year as a city-paid squad at the 84th annual Reunion/Hall of Fame party Saturday, August 13, at 6pm on the lawn of the Bayside Center, 520 Bay Avenue, Ocean City. The reunion is always held the day after the South Jersey Lifeguard Championships. This summer the 82nd annual rowing and swimming tournament will be held on Friday, August 12, 6:30pm on the 33rd Street beach in Longport. The first South Jersey championship was held in 1924. The OCBP has dominated the tournament winning 34 times. The Ventnor City Beach Patrol is a distant second with 16 wins. Ocean City rowers and swimmers have won the most individual titles. This year Dylan Kosten (rookie 2006) and Lexi Santer (rookie 2013) will be the 112 and 113 lifeguards to be inducted into the OCBP Hall of Fame since 1975. Dylan was the fastest rower in South Jersey from 2008
