"Rescue 2010, Code Name: Operation Egypt", by Jay "Aquamoose" Butki

"County Recurrent" just received an embroidered and encrypted email from Jay "Aquamoose" Butki, reporting from Alexandria, Egypt, on the first three (3) days of competition and TEAM USA's Results thus far, as follows:

From: Aquamoose Butki
Subject: Rescue 2010 Day 1, 2 & 3 Results so far-*top 16 finishers score points
Date: October 8, 2010 6:43:19 PM PDT
Rescue 2010- Alexandria, Egypt

Day 1 (of 4)

http://results.rescue2010.com/2010/default.asp

US Team Pool Life Saving Competition Results
Women
4 x 50m Rescue Medley Relay: 10th overall, *(2nd in B final) (USA) Lindsay KENNEY, Renee LOCARNINI, Diane GRANER-GALLAS, Alison RIDDLE

100m Manikin Carry with Fins: 10th overall, *(2nd in B final) (USA) Renee LOCARNINI

Men
4 x 50m Rescue Medley Relay: 9th overall, (USA)
*(1st in B final) Kicker VENCILL, Azad AL_BARAZI, Micah CARLSON, Paul MANGEN

Line Throw: 15th overall,- (USA) Brian MURPHY/Micah CARLSON

Technical faults caused DQ's in prelims for both men and women

Day 2- Competition runs even further into the night than yesterday, going past 2100 local time

Women
4 x 50 with Obstacles Relay:12th overall (4th in B final),
(USA) Renee LOCARNINI, Alison RIDDLE, Diane GRANER_GALLAS, Lindsay KENNEY

200m with Obstacles: 12th overall (4th in B final) (USA) Renee LOCARNINI

4 x 25m Manikin Carry Relay: 13th overall (5th in B final)
(USA) Renee LOCARNINI, Alison RIDDLE, Diane GRANER-GALLAS, Lindsay KENNEY

Men
200m with Obstacles: 16th overall (USA) Kicker VENCILL

4 x 50m with Obstacles Relay:10th overall (2nd in B final)
(USA) Kicker VENCILL, Paul MANGEN, Azad AL-BARAZI, Micah CARLSON
*1st-3rd in B final were all within .5 seconds of each other

USA finished in 13th place after the 11 Pool Life Saving events

Day 3-Surf Life Saving Competition Results

Rescue Tube Rescue Race-Men: 6th Place:
(USA) Micah CARLSON, Paul MANGEN, Dan MATTA, Azad AL-BARAZI

Rescue Tube Rescue Race-Women: 3rd Place (USA)
Renee LOCARNINI, Dana MCCREARY, Alison RIDDLE, Brianne JACKOLSKI

Surfski-Men: 10th (USA) Brian MURPHY
Surfski-Women: 10th (USA) Renee LOCARNINI

Beach Flags Semis and Oceanman/woman Heats are done with US Representatives through to the Finals; Brian Murphy, Micah Carlson & Renee Locarnini made it through to the Oceanman/woman finals. Dan Matta & Dana McCreary through to the Flags Finals

USA currently 5th in Surf events point score-behind Australia, New Zealand, France and South Africa Italy leads the current overall point score, with New Zealand 2nd, Australia 3rd.

Also been told that 6'6" Venice Lifeguard and Arabic speaking US Team representative Azad Al-barazi has made friends with everyone everywhere as they travel & compete, is one of the more popular characters at the World Champs, and may single handedly be improving US relations in the middle east & helping end the war on terror...

*** note: Photo below from "County Recurrent" archives shows LACo recurrent beach lifeguard-competitor (and Team USA's Goodwill Ambassador in Egypt), Azad Al-barazi, at this past Summer 2010 USLA Nationals in Huntington Beach, Calif.


Saturday is the Final day of the National Teams Competition-hopefully the team can continue to gather points and break into the top 10.

Jay Butki
Paramedic Rescue Boat Captain
LA County Fire Department, Lifeguard Division

LA County Lifeguard Association-LACOLA Surf Racing Team Manager
California Surf Life Saving Association- 3rd Executive Delegate and Competition Chairman
United States Lifesaving Association- USLA National Team Manager

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*** Many Thanks to Jay Butki for this report ! ***

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Friday, Oct. 8, 2010, morning report:

How about this photo above just in over the web from USA Competitor, Micah Carlson, of the beach competition venue at Momoura Beach in Alexandria, Egypt !

From: micah carlson
Subject: IMG00192.jpg
Date: October 8, 2010 4:05:01 AM PDT

*** Thanks Micah ! ***

AND HOW ABOUT SOME FRESH NEW RESULTS STRAIGHT FROM THE BEACH VENUE !


First of all, check this link on Facebook at the LIFEGUARD COMPETITION group page:

http://www.facebook.com/#!/LifeguardCompetition

This FB Group is hosted by Long Beach Ocean Lifeguard, Skip Prosser. Per Skip, here are a few important and selected results from today, Day #3, the start of the Ocean Events at Momoura Beach:

Surf Ski Final WOMEN - 10th Place - Renee LOCARNINI, Renee (USA)
Surf Ski Final MEN - 10th Place - Brian MURPHY, Brian (USA)

Rescue Tube Race 1 MEN FINAL:Team (USA) 6th Place:
CARLSON, Micah; MANGEN, Paul; MATTA, Dan; AL-BARAZI, Azad

Rescue Tube Race 1 WOMEN FINAL- Team USA 3rd Place:
LOCARNINI, Renee; MCCREARY, Dana; RIDDLE, Alison; JACKOLSKI, Brianne


II. Or check out the Official Results at the 2010 Rescue Website itself (Thanks to Guri Sejzer for the heads up on this !):

http://results.rescue2010.com/2010/

III. We will also try to add each day's results to our continuing day by day blog post right here on "County Recurrent" for your convenience.

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This Update (10.06.10) is so fresh its still hot !

Just in from Micah Carlson, currently in Egypt, with TEAM USA:

From: micah carlson
Subject: Wed, day 1
Date: October 6, 2010 3:37:37 AM PDT

Sorry so short, Long day
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Rescue 2010
Alexandria, Egypt

Day 1 of 4// pool competition

Men,
9th overall, *(1st in B final) 4x50m rescue medley relay
Vencil, Al-Barazi, Carlson, Mangen

15th overall, Line Throw, Murphy/Carlson

Women
10th overall, *(2nd in B final)
4x50m rescue medley relay
Kenney, Locarnini, Graner, Riddle

10th overall, *(2nd in B final)
100m Manikin carry with fins
Locarnini

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Technical faults caused DQ's in prelims for both men and women

MC
Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile

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The photo above is just in from Egypt from Micah Carlson:

From: micah carlson
Subject: IMG00191.jpg (Swimming Pool Venue)
Date: October 5, 2010 7:04:55 PM PDT
To: Will Maguire

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Just in from USA (LACo) Lifeguard-Competitor, Micah Carlson, now in Egypt with Team USA !

From: micah carlson
Subject: Team USA prepares....
Date: October 4, 2010 9:22:45 PM PDT

"Feel free to re-word and distribute as I'm writing this on the fly on my phone.

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Momoura Beach, Alexandria, Egypt

After 2 days of acclimation and training in Alexandria, the 12 athletes and 2 coaches of Team USA will begin 4 days of the best competition the world can offer tomorrow, October 6th at 9am (1201 am, 10/6, PST).

Day 1 of pool competition will include: 100m Manikin Carry, 4x50m Medley Relay, 100m Rescue Medley, the Line Throw, and 200m Super Lifesaver.

Team USA will face the best lifesaving competitors, from 32 countries, in this grueling Heats-SemiFinals-Finals format stretching 4 days, with each day estimated to run 10+ hours each day.

Pull out your Stars and Stripes! It's time to take on the World!

Rescue 2010, Momoura Beach, Alexandria, Egypt."

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MC
Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile

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As broadcast via County Recurrent's email push technology this past Monday, Sept. 27th,

LACOLA guards to Egypt on Friday

Per County Recurrent Freelance Reporter, Adam Sandler, our lifeguard-athletes will be boarding their plane this friday on their way to Egypt, the land of the Pharaohs, Sphinxes and Cleopatra.

"Hey Will,

Maybe it's a good thing we've had these extreme temperatures this week? The seven LACOLA guards (of a 12-member team) competing in Alexandria, Egypt next week will have to compete in high temps in the region that are expected be in the mid to upper 80's -- with overnight lows in the mid 70s and humidity readings almost as high -- as they represent the United States while competing in the Lifesaving World Championships. As they get in their final workouts in LA this week, perhaps this weather has given them an idea of what to expect.

As you know, the event will take place on Momoura Beach from Oct. 2 to 17.



LIFESAVING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: Rescue 2010

http://www.Rescue2010.com


More than 4,000 athletes have registered from countries such as Australia, Liberia, Argentina and Jamaica.

We should wish them all Save Travel, God Speed, and Good Luck. Btw, they leave on Friday.

-Adam


Team Roster, Agency and Event:

Diane Graner-Gallas -LA County, CA -Swim
Brianne Jackolski -Smith Point, NY -Beach Sprints
Lindsay Kenney -Delray, FL -Board, Swim, Beach Sprints
Renee Locarnini -LA County, CA -Ironwoman
Dana McCreary -Sussex County, DE -Beach Sprints
Alison Riddle -LA County, CA -Ironwoman

Azad Al-Barazi -LA County, CA -Swim
Micah Carlson -LA County, CA -Ironman, Beach Sprints
Dan Matta -Sussex County, DE -Beach Sprints
Paul Mangen -South Jersey, NJ -Swim
Brian Murphy -LA County, CA -Ironman
Kicker Vencill -LA County, CA -Swim

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*** Many Thanks to Adam Sandler for keeping us all in the loop on our brothers and sisters who will be competing on behalf of our Country ! ***

Extra Credit Background and Information, Courtesy of the Research Staff at County Recurrent News:

Google Map:
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=mamoura+beach+alexandria&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wl

X-Ref: New Zealand Surflifesaving Website Link and Information re Rescue 2010;

Lifesaving World Championships | Rescue 2010, Alexandria, Egypt
The Lifesaving World Championships Rescue 2010 will take place in the coastal city of Alexandria in Egypt from 2 to 17 October 2010. Pool Events will take place in the Olympic Swimming Pool of Alexandria and Ocean events will take place in Mamoura Beach...

http://www.surflifesaving.org.nz/Article.aspx?ID=12388

Best Wishes and Good Luck and Massive Quantities of LACo Recurrent Beach Lifeguard KARMA to all of our competitors!

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Until next time.....


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