Who Won Ocean City’s Winter Warrior Festival?

Ocean City held its inaugural Winter Warrior Festival on Saturday, Feb. 17, with obstacle course races and team challenges staged outside the Ocean City Civic Center, where an indoor festival featured sales from local merchants and food vendors. The event also featured a non-competitive obstacle course for kids.

For more information on the festival, visit ocnj.us/OCNJWinterWarrior. The following are the top three finishers from the team and individual challenges.

Winter Warrior Team Challenge

Male:

1. Upper Township Beach Patrol: Michael Dickinson, Robert Edwards, Mike Parsons, William Schlucter
2. Upper GSD: Andrew Baird, Shawn Carr, Evan Weissman, Matthew Wira
3. Marmora Fire: John Barlow, John Chester, Bruce Kratz, Jeff Taccarino

Co-ed

1. Goldcoast: Pete Madden, Tom Tyrell, Lauren Crowley, Ruslan Yatskiv
2. Branch Davidian Track and Field: Amber Adoranto, Louis Diluzio, John Dupont, Ryan Lutz
3. Exodus: Jen Domsic, Allegra Wilhelm, Chad Gallagher, Rob Skeels

Winter Warrior Challenge Course

Male

1. Richard Garvey, 33, Ocean City, 21:11.11
2. Matteo Jernee, 26, Somers Point, 21:45.39
3. Farrik Barnard, 41, Ocean City, 23:03.48

Female

1. Meghan McMahon, 39, Ocean City, 22:53.23
2. Ashley Schmid, 39, Ocean City, 25:40.38
3. Kelly Fitzpatrick, 34, Harleysville, Pa., 32:29.11