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Local Lifeguard Competitions Schedule

Click on the name of the state for information on competitions:

CALIFORNIA

Fourth Annual Lifeguard Games
Date of Competition: Saturday, August 2, 2008 from 4:30 p.m. – 8:30 a.m.
Host Aquatic Facility: Carlsbad Swim Complex, Carlsbad, CA
Host Chapter: San Diego Imperial Counties Chapter
Contact: Heidi Papachristos
Telephone: (858) 309-1473
Fax: (858) 309-1287
Email: heidi.papachristos@sdarc.org

Registration Information
Registration Fee: $40 per team
Registration Deadline: July 18th 
Team Composition: Teams of 2 / No co-ed requirement

Team Events Include: 

  • Inner Tube Relay (Opening Event)
  • Submerged Victim Relay
  • Backboard/Spinal
  • CPR/AED
  • Written Test/Photographic Eye Quiz
  • Tug of War (Closing Event)

Individual Events Include: 

  • First Aid
  • Front Crawl/Breaststroke Race
  • Brick Carry
  • Obstacle Course: Ring Buoy Toss, Logical Order Puzzle, Cold Water Swim, Climbing Wall/Diving Board Entry

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FLORIDA

USFSP Lifeguard Games 2008
Date of Competition: Sunday, August 10, 2008 from 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Host Aquatic Facility: University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, FL
Host Chapter: Tampa Bay Chapter
Contact: Teresa Przetocki
Telephone: (727) 873-4421
Fax: (727) 873-4015
Email: przetock@spadmin.usf.edu
www.stpt.usf.edu/watefront/events

Registration Information
Registration Fee: $50 per team
Registration Deadline: July 31st  
Team Composition: Teams of 4 – 6 (plus 1 alternate) / Co-ed requirement

Events Include: 

  • Active Victim Rescue
  • First Aid Scenario
  • Spinal Injury Scenario
  • Submerged Victim Rescue
  • Brick Race

MISSISSIPPI

Fall 2008 South Central Lifeguard Competition,

Date of Competition: Saturday, November 22 from 8:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Host Aquatic Facility: MC Johnson Natatorium in the Payne Center, Department of Recreational Sports The University of Southern Mississippi , Hattiesburg, MS
Host Chapter: South Central Mississippi Chapter
Contact: Bill Powe, Director of Preparedness or Dewey Case, Health and Safety Committee Chairman
Email: PoweW@usa.redcross.org or deweycase@megate.com
Telephone: (601) 582-8151
www.redcross-scms.org

Registration Information
Registration Fee: $30.00 per team
Registration Deadline: July 16th
Team Composition: Teams of 4 / Co-ed requirement

Events Include:

  • First Aid Scenario
  • Written Testing
  • Brick Relay
  • Spinal Management
  • Recovery Submerged Victim Rescue (with extraction and CPR/AED Scenario)  
  • Approach Stroke Relay 

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