Campbell\u2019s Trevor Gillis and San Francisco\u2019s Stephanie Blankley swam to victories in the non-wetsuit division at the Cruz Cruise in Santa Cruz on Sunday to cap 2026 Open Water Weekend.<\/p>\n
The 2-mile swim started at Main Beach, had swimmers go around the wharf and several bouys, and end on Cowell Beach.<\/p>\n
Gillis, 51, finished in 41 minutes, 7 seconds. San Francisco\u2019s Jon Christensen \u00a036, took second in 42:12, and was followed by Oakland\u2019s Zebron Lemke, 46, in 42:23. Santa Cruz\u2019s David Lederman, 60, was the top local in 42:42. He took first in his age group and fifth overall.<\/p>\n
Blankley, 28, won the women\u2019s title in 45:26. Pleasanton\u2019s Lissi Knell, 32, took second in 46:59, and Menlo Park\u2019s Nancy Prouty, 55, took third in 47:46.<\/p>\n
Santa Cruz produced the top three finishers in the men\u2019s wetsuit division. Joel Brennan, 46, won in 44:41. Stefano Profumo, 48, followed in 46:04, and Luc Vantalon, 61, was third in 46:51.<\/p>\n
Oakland\u2019s Jeanine Sidran, 52, took first in the women\u2019s wetsuit division in 53:38. Oakland\u2019s Jivana Nagpal, 23, took second in 56:46, and Santa Cruz\u2019s Martha Seaver, 71, took third in 57:15.<\/p>\n
Oakland\u2019s Eric Wright and\u00a0Davis\u2019 Kim Elsbach earned wins in the inaugural \u00a0V\u2019s Sea Star half mile swim.<\/p>\n
Wright, 53,\u00a0 finished in 17:29. Santa Cruz\u2019s Dietrich Brandt, \u00a052, took second in 18:19, and San Rafael\u2019s Chris Greiner, 45, was third in 19:55.<\/p>\n
Elsbach, 63, took first among the women in 17:54. San Jose\u2019s Brenda Shanahan, 29, took second in 18:37, and Davis\u2019 Jane Russel, 63, followed in 18:42 for third. Santa Cruz\u2019s Avery McDaniel, 23, was the top local finisher in 19:56.<\/p>\n
Rodney Cahill and Samantha Forde, both from Santa Cruz, were the fastest swimmers wearing setsuits.<\/p>\n
Cahill, 51, finished in 27:39, and was followed by Danville\u2019s Brian Stansell, 74, in 27:48, and Pacific Grove\u2019s Bill Clausen, 81, in 32:04. Clausen, 81, was the oldest competitor in the field.<\/p>\n
Forde, \u00a054, was the fastest woman in 21:58. Emilie Cate, 52, followed in 29:49, and Santa Cruz\u2019s Cecilia Shin, 52, took third in 40:26.<\/p>\n
51st annual 1-mile Roughwater Swim:\u00a0Campbell\u2019s Trevor Gillis, 51, took first out of 189 swimmers in no wetsuit division in 18:33 at the 51st annual 1-mile Roughwater Swim on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Clark Wakeland, 26, of Austin Texas, was second in 18:49. Davis\u2019 Brad Winsor, 55, was third in 19:13.<\/p>\n
Menlo Park\u2019s Nancy Prouty, 55, took first among the women in no wetsuit division in 21:07. Pleasanton\u2019s Lissi Knell, 32, took second in 21:15, and\u00a0Saratoga\u2019s Lisa Hazen, 62, was third in 21:22.<\/p>\n
Santa Cruz\u2019s Stefano Profumo, 48, took first out of 73 swimmers in wetsuit division in 20:47. Los Altos\u2019 Tatsuya Arai, 46, took second in 22:25, and Santa Cruz\u2019s Mike Welles, 76, was third in 23:32.<\/p>\n
Megumi Masuda, 53, of Tokyo, Japan, took third overall and was the top female in 22:46. Campbell\u2019s Emily Luehrs, 42, was fourth overall and took second to Masuda in 22:58. Allison Mulliken, 43, took sixth and was the third fastest woman in 23:48.<\/p>\n
European Swimming Championships: Aptos native Caspar Corbeau, a Dutch-American competing for Team Zwemfed, earned silver in the men\u2019s 200-meter breaststroke at the European Swimming Championships at Paris Aquatic Centre in Paris on Thursday.<\/p>\n
Corbeau completed the final in 2:07.78. Great Britain\u2019s Filip Nowacki earned gold with his 2:07.70 finish. Austria\u2019s Luka Mladenovic touched the wall in 2:08.91 for bronze.<\/p>\n
Corbeau took second in 2:09.00 behind Mladenovic (2:08.85) in the second semifinal on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Corbeau also took eighth in the 100 breast final (59.48) on Tuesday and ninth in Heat 5 of 50 breast qualifying (27.35) on Friday.<\/p>\n
Corbeau grew up in Aptos until he was 5 1\/2, when his family relocated to Oregon. He still has plenty of relatives in the coastal town and visits often.<\/p>\n
His mom, Shannon (Hocom), was a four-time Santa Cruz Coast Athletic League MVP in swimming and competed for UCLA. His father, Jim, swam for Cal and presented his wife into Aptos\u2019 Athletics Hall of Fame in 2003.<\/p>\n
Running<\/p>\n
Race Thru The Redwoods:\u00a0Los Gatos\u2019 Alex Prushynskyy, 38, and Portola Valley\u2019s Clara Leupold, 28, earned wins at the 56th Race Thru The Redwoods 10K on Sunday morning.<\/p>\n
Prushynskyy took first out of 260 runners in 46:25. Aptos\u2019 Brian Flight took second in 46:35, and Boulder Creek\u2019s Elad Magidish was third in 46:56.<\/p>\n
Leupold was fourth overall in 47:33 to secure the women\u2019s title.\u00a0Felton\u2019s Azalea Groleau (47:57) took second, and San Jose\u2019s Savannah Kari was third in 51:21.<\/p>\n
Santa Cruz\u2019s Lucas Crick, 10, repeated as the champion in the kids\u2019 1-mile race, which featured 55 runners, in 6:25. Santa Cruz\u2019s Allan Cornejo Kelley, 11, took second in 6:38, and Felton\u2019s Rio Groleau, 11, was third in 6:44.<\/p>\n
The SF Mile:\u00a0San Francisco\u2019s Vanessa Fraser and her dog, Gigi, took first out of 33 teams in the dog mile at the THE SF Mile in the Presidio on Sunday morning.<\/p>\n
Fraser, 31, a Scotts Valley High and Stanford University alumna, and her dog, Gigi, finished in 4:31. They finished more than 45 seconds ahead of the next team.<\/p>\n
MMA<\/p>\n
A1 Combat, Prospect Series 3: Ben Lomond\u2019s Grady Cloyd, who trains at American Kickboxing Academy in San Jose, fights in Urijah Faber\u2019s A1 Combat Prospect Series 3 at DoubleTree Sacramento on Friday.<\/p>\n
Cloyd (3-0), a former San Lorenzo Valley High lineman and wrestler, takes on Sacramento\u2019s Lamir Mitchell (1-0) in a three-round light heavyweight bout on the main card.<\/p>\n