Heat 1 – October 30
Heat 2 – October 31
This year, the Joe Bruno Golden Gate swim was performed over two days: heat 1, October 30, was for the slower swimmers, and heat 2, October 31 was for the faster swimmers. October 30 featured two experiments: an A group who swam with swim aids, and a B group who swam with swim buoys. The C group swam the classic way, with no aids and no swim buoys. Those in group A were separated from the rest, because of the advantage aids bring to swims. Groups B and C were timed and placed together, since there does not appear to be an advantage or disadvantage to the swim buoys: they do provide greater visibility to both the pilots and to other swimmers.
One swimmer in group A, Phil Gaal, swam his first Golden Gate swim 70 years ago. Way to go, Phil.
October 31, heat 2, was swum with 2 groups, group B with swim buoys, and classic group C, with no buoys or aids.
The consolidated list of all the group B and C swimmers in both heats contains the official results. The detail for each day is listed separately below.
On October 30, we had a good day to swim, the swimmers jumped west of Fort Point, and swam with a dying flood across to the finish boat stationed off Lime Rock, where the swimmers collected their place sticks and then climbed back aboard the Adventure Cat for the ride back. The swim was accompanied by harbor porpoises, always a thrill.
October 31 was no less good for the swim, which was performed the same way as the day before, though without the harbor porpoises making their presence known.
Thanks to all the pilot and help volunteers who made both day successful, special thanks to Elaine Van Vleek and Tom Neill, the Swim Commissioners, and Tim Kreutzen, the Pilot Captain. Special thanks also to Nanda Palmieri and John Thorpe for holding the finish line double in place. Thanks to the test swimmers, who swam on October 29.
Consolidated Heat 1 and 2, groups B and C results:
| Over-All Place | Heat | Place | First Name | Last Name | Group | Time | Ladies Cup |
| 1 | 2 | 1 | Catherine | Breed | C | 00:19:36 | 10 |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | Ben | Chun | C | 00:22:12 | 9 |
| 3 | 2 | 3 | Suzanne | Heim | C | 00:23:02 | 8 |
| 4 | 2 | 4 | Ryan | Utsumi | C | 00:23:03 | 7 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Justin | Hughes | C | 00:23:43 | 6 |
| 6 | 1 | 2 | Erik | Peterson | C | 00:24:00 | 5 |
| 7 | 2 | 5 | Andrea | Amato | C | 00:24:00 | 4 |
| 8 | 2 | 6 | John | Renko | C | 00:24:39 | 3 |
| 9 | 1 | 3 | Devan | Nielsen | B | 00:24:53 | 2 |
| 10 | 2 | 7 | David | Holscher | C | 00:24:59 | 1 |
| 11 | 1 | 4 | Kate | Mapstone | C | 00:25:12 | |
| 12 | 2 | 8 | Michael | Tschantz-Hahn | C | 00:25:29 | |
| 13 | 1 | 5 | Erika | Kettleson | B | 00:25:37 | |
| 14 | 2 | 9 | Lauren | Au Brinkmeyer | C | 00:25:41 | |
| 15 | 1 | 6 | Mike | Walsh | C | 00:27:18 | |
| 16 | 1 | 7 | Justin | Fisch | C | 00:27:40 | |
| 17 | 2 | 10 | Steve | Carlson | C | 00:27:49 | |
| 18 | 2 | 11 | Cesar | Manzano | C | 00:28:04 | |
| 19 | 2 | 12 | Tor | Lundgren | B | 00:28:09 | |
| 20 | 1 | 8 | Lindzy | Bivings | C | 00:28:20 | |
| 21 | 1 | 9 | Victor | Jakubiuk | C | 00:28:28 | |
| 22 | 2 | 13 | John | Stassen | C | 00:28:33 | |
| 23 | 2 | 14 | Chris | Kelly | C | 00:28:39 | |
| 24 | 2 | 15 | Jaron | Ness | C | 00:29:06 | |
| 25 | 1 | 10 | Kathleen | Seccombe | C | 00:29:15 | |
| 26 | 1 | 11 | Chris | Kawaja | C | 00:29:18 | |
| 27 | 1 | 12 | Alfred | Seccombe | C | 00:29:20 | |
| 28 | 1 | 13 | David | O’Reilly | C | 00:29:24 | |
| 29 | 1 | 14 | Augusta | Hopkins | C | 00:29:27 | |
| 30 | 1 | 15 | Kerry | LaBelle | C | 00:29:33 | |
| 31 | 1 | 16 | Bianca | Liederer | C | 00:29:35 | |
| 32 | 1 | 17 | Jeanne | Hallacy | C | 00:29:42 | |
| 33 | 2 | 16 | Zach | Curtis | C | 00:29:52 | |
| 34 | 1 | 18 | Eileen | Buckley | C | 00:29:58 | |
| 35 | 2 | 17 | Sean | McFadden | C | 00:30:03 | |
| 36 | 1 | 19 | Dean | Badessa | C | 00:30:15 | |
| 37 | 1 | 20 | Ken | Coren | C | 00:30:24 | |
| 38 | 1 | 21 | Elizabeth | Ozer | C | 00:30:29 | |
| 39 | 1 | 22 | Tommaso | Trionfi | C | 00:30:31 | |
| 40 | 2 | 18 | Donald | Thornburg | C | 00:30:35 | |
| 41 | 1 | 23 | Lewis | Haidt | C | 00:30:39 | |
| 42 | 1 | 24 | Laura | Grubb | C | 00:30:55 | |
| 43 | 2 | 19 | Elspeth | Farmer | C | 00:31:03 | |
| 44 | 1 | 25 | Nancy | Hornor | C | 00:31:12 | |
| 45 | 1 | 26 | John | Hornor | C | 00:31:20 | |
| 46 | 1 | 27 | Keith | Nelson | C | 00:31:26 | |
| 47 | 1 | 28 | Zachary | Walton | B | 00:31:30 | |
| 48 | 1 | 29 | Janine | Corcoran | B | 00:31:34 | |
| 49 | 1 | 30 | Hal | Offen | B | 00:31:37 | |
| 50 | 2 | 20 | Morgan | Kulla | C | 00:32:10 | |
| 51 | 1 | 31 | Nancy | Booth | B | 00:32:18 | |
| 52 | 1 | 32 | Andy | Stone | c | 00:32:33 | |
| 53 | 1 | 33 | Joni | Beemsterboer | C | 00:32:48 | |
| 54 | 1 | 34 | Emily | Silverman | B | 00:32:59 | |
| 55 | 2 | 21 | Michael | O’Connell | C | 00:33:02 | |
| 56 | 1 | 35 | Anne | Barbaret | C | 00:33:04 | |
| 57 | 1 | 36 | Lisa | Domitrovich | B | 00:33:11 | |
| 58 | 2 | 22 | Thomas | Reynolds | C | 00:33:15 | |
| 59 | 2 | 23 | Fasica | Alemayehu | C | 00:33:25 | |
| 60 | 2 | 24 | Derrick | Rebello | C | 00:33:43 | |
| 61 | 1 | 37 | Michael | Thoresen | C | 00:34:24 | |
| 62 | 2 | 25 | David | O’Reilly | C | 00:34:25 | |
| 63 | 2 | 26 | John | Gibbon | C | 00:34:35 | |
| 64 | 1 | 38 | Eliana | Agudelo | B | 00:34:38 | |
| 65 | 1 | 39 | Will | Kushner | C | 00:34:46 | |
| 66 | 2 | 27 | Gina | Rus | B | 00:34:55 | |
| 67 | 1 | 40 | Ken | Miller | C | 00:35:03 | |
| 68 | 2 | 28 | John | Haymaker | C | 00:35:17 | |
| 69 | 1 | 41 | Crissa | Williams | C | 00:35:25 | |
| 70 | 1 | 42 | Jim | Frew | C | 00:35:27 | |
| 71 | 1 | 43 | Kathleen | Duffy | C | 00:35:35 | |
| 72 | 2 | 29 | Kristofer | Milonas | C | 00:35:37 | |
| 73 | 2 | 30 | Lawrence | Remstedt | C | 00:35:44 | |
| 74 | 1 | 44 | Peter | Neubauer | C | 00:35:45 | |
| 75 | 2 | 31 | George | Morris | C | 00:35:53 | |
| 76 | 2 | 32 | Ted | Tilles | C | 00:36:05 | |
| 77 | 2 | 33 | Kaitlin | Talley | C | 00:36:22 | |
| 78 | 2 | 34 | Karin | Christenson | C | 00:36:28 | |
| 79 | 1 | 45 | Scott | Cauchois | B | 00:36:40 | |
| 80 | 2 | 35 | Maggie | Lonergan | C | 00:36:40 | |
| 81 | 2 | 36 | Paul | Chong | C | 00:36:52 | |
| 82 | 2 | 37 | Jonathan | Wright | C | 00:37:00 | |
| 83 | 1 | 46 | Jamie | Robinson | C | 00:37:01 | |
| 84 | 1 | 47 | Rory | Enke | C | 00:37:32 | |
| 85 | 2 | 38 | Bobby | Lu | C | 00:37:35 | |
| 86 | 1 | 48 | Robin | Rome | C | 00:37:54 | |
| 87 | 2 | 39 | Sean | Lavelle | B | 00:38:03 | |
| 88 | 2 | 40 | David | Nosrati | C | 00:38:04 | |
| 89 | 2 | 41 | Mickey | Lavelle | B | 00:38:14 | |
| 90 | 2 | 42 | Robert | Blum | C | 00:38:46 | |
| 91 | 1 | 49 | Alix | Marduel | C | 00:38:50 | |
| 92 | 1 | 50 | Carolyn | Hui | C | 00:39:10 | |
| 93 | 2 | 43 | Terry | Huwe | C | 00:39:10 | |
| 94 | 2 | 44 | Brandon | Esenther | C | 00:39:18 | |
| 95 | 2 | 45 | Peter | Cullinan | C | 00:39:42 | |
| 96 | 2 | 46 | Marcy | Michael | C | 00:39:59 | |
| 97 | 2 | 47 | Margaret | Keenan | C | 00:40:41 | |
| 98 | 1 | 51 | Scott | Halsted | C | 00:40:47 | |
| 99 | 2 | 48 | Holly | Reed | B | 00:40:55 | |
| 100 | 1 | 52 | Sheila | Gleeson | C | 00:41:50 | |
| 101 | 1 | 53 | Sarah | Roberts | C | 00:41:57 | |
| 102 | 2 | 49 | Richard | Wallace | C | 00:42:34 | |
| 103 | 1 | 54 | Bob | Tandler | C | 00:45:20 | |
| 104 | 1 | 55 | Michael | Barber | B | 00:45:25 | |
| 105 | 1 | 56 | Will | Powning | C | 00:46:04 | |
| 106 | 1 | 57 | Lorna | Newlin | C | 00:47:08 | |
| 107 | 1 | 58 | Stuart | Gannes | B | 00:47:21 | |
| 2 | NS | Jean | Allan | C | |||
| 2 | NS | Marlin | Gilbert | B | |||
| 2 | NS | Jonathan | Sip | C |
Heat 1
place f.name l.name group time
1 Justin Hughes C 00:23:43
2 Erik Peterson C 00:24:00
3 Devan Nielsen B 00:24:53
4 Kate Mapstone C 00:25:12
5 Erika Kettleson B 00:25:37
6 Mike Walsh C 00:27:18
7 Justin Fisch C 00:27:40
8 Lindzy Bivings C 00:28:20
9 Victor Jakubiuk C 00:28:28
10 Kathleen Seccombe C 00:29:15
11 Chris Kawaja C 00:29:18
12 Alfred Seccombe C 00:29:20
13 David O’Reilly C 00:29:24
14 Augusta Hopkins C 00:29:27
15 Kerry LaBelle C 00:29:33
16 Bianca Liederer C 00:29:35
17 Jeanne Hallacy C 00:29:42
18 Eileen Buckley C 00:29:58
19 Dean Badessa C 00:30:15
20 Ken Coren C 00:30:24
21 Elizabeth Ozer C 00:30:29
22 Tommaso Trionfi C 00:30:31
23 Lewis Haidt C 00:30:39
24 Laura Grubb C 00:30:55
25 Nancy Hornor C 00:31:12
26 John Hornor C 00:31:20
27 Keith Nelson C 00:31:26
28 Zachary Walton B 00:31:30
29 Janine Corcoran B 00:31:34
30 Hal Offen B 00:31:37
31 Nancy Booth B 00:32:18
32 Andy Stone C 00:32:33
33 Joni Beemsterboer C 00:32:48
34 Emily Silverman B 00:32:59
35 Anne Barbaret C 00:33:04
36 Lisa Domitrovich B 00:33:11
37 Michael Thoresen C 00:34:24
38 Eliana Agudelo B 00:34:38
39 Will Kushner C 00:34:46
40 Ken Miller C 00:35:03
41 Crissa Williams C 00:35:25
42 Jim Frew C 00:35:27
43 Kathleen Duffy C 00:35:35
44 Peter Neubauer C 00:35:45
45 Scott Cauchois B 00:36:40
46 Jamie Robinson C 00:37:01
47 Rory Enke C 00:37:32
48 Robin Rome C 00:37:54
49 Alix Marduel C 00:38:50
50 Carolyn Hui C 00:39:10
51 Scott Halsted C 00:40:47
52 Sheila Gleeson C 00:41:50
53 Sarah Roberts C 00:41:57
54 Bob Tandler C 00:45:20
55 Michael Barber B 00:45:25
56 Will Powning C 00:46:04
57 Lorna Newlin C 00:47:08
58 Stuart Gannes B 00:47:21
Pilots:
Nathaniel Berger, Jon Bielinski, George Chamales, Barry Christian, KC Crowell, Peter Depenaloza, James Dilworth, Quinn Duffy, Tony Foe, John Grunstad, Steve Hanson, Terry Horn, Davis Ja, Diane Jackson, Margaret Keenan, Brian Kiernan, Timothy Kreutzen, Mickey Lavelle, Dominic Lusinchi, Sean Marshall, Tim McElligott, Joseph Omran, Donald Osborne, Nanda Palmieri, Holly Reed, John Renko, Gina Rus, Eric Shackelford, Deborah Sherwood, Antonio Signorelli, Scott Stark, John Thorpe
Helpers:
Susan Allen, Michael Barber, Nancy Booth, Steve Carlson, Andrew Cassidy, Karin Christenson, Peter Cullinan, John Davis, Kathleen Duffy, Nancy Friedman, Susan Garfield, Anne Hamersky, John Henderson, Krist Jake, Heather Kremer, Andrea McHenry, Helen McKinley, David O’Reilly, Hal Offen, Beth Ohanneson, George Robin, Polly Rose, Emily Savinar-Nogue, Eric Shupert, Andy Stone, Kaitlin Talley, Michael Tschantz-Hahn, Spring Utting, Zachary Walton, Ramsey Williams, Rebecca Wolski, Janice Wood
Heat 2
place f.name l.name group time
1 Catherine Breed C 00:19:36
2 Ben Chun C 00:22:12
3 Suzanne Heim C 00:23:02
4 Ryan Utsumi C 00:23:03
5 Andrea Amato C 00:24:00
6 John Renko C 00:24:39
7 David Holscher C 00:24:59
8 Michael Tschantz-Hahn C 00:25:29
9 Lauren Au Brinkmeyer C 00:25:41
10 Steve Carlson C 00:27:49
11 Cesar Manzano C 00:28:04
12 Tor Lundgren B 00:28:09
13 John Stassen C 00:28:33
14 Chris Kelly C 00:28:39
15 Jaron Ness C 00:29:06
16 Zach Curtis C 00:29:52
17 Sean McFadden C 00:30:03
18 Donald Thornburg C 00:30:35
19 Elspeth Farmer C 00:31:03
20 Morgan Kulla C 00:32:10
21 Michael O’Connell C 00:33:02
22 Thomas Reynolds C 00:33:15
23 Fasica Alemayehu C 00:33:25
24 Derrick Rebello C 00:33:43
25 David O’Reilly C 00:34:25
26 John Gibbon C 00:34:35
27 Gina Rus B 00:34:55
28 John Haymaker C 00:35:17
29 Kristofer Milonas C 00:35:37
30 Lawrence Remstedt C 00:35:44
31 George Morris C 00:35:53
32 Ted Tilles C 00:36:05
33 Kaitlin Talley C 00:36:22
34 Karin Christenson C 00:36:28
35 Maggie Lonergan C 00:36:40
36 Paul Chong C 00:36:52
37 Jonathan Wright C 00:37:00
38 Bobby Lu C 00:37:35
39 Sean Lavelle B 00:38:03
40 David Nosrati C 00:38:04
41 Mickey Lavelle B 00:38:14
42 Robert Blum C 00:38:46
43 Terry Huwe C 00:39:10
44 Brandon Esenther C 00:39:18
45 Peter Cullinan C 00:39:42
46 Marcy Michael C 00:39:59
47 Margaret Keenan C 00:40:41
48 Holly Reed B 00:40:55
49 Richard Wallace C 00:42:34
NS Jean Allan C
NS Marlin Gilbert B
NS Jonathan Sip C
ns = no stick
Pilots:
Eliana Agudelo, Susan Allen, Julie Ask, Marcus Auerbuch, Nathaniel Berger, Scott Cauchois, Thomas Davis, James Dilworth, Brian Dineen, Chris Germain, Julia Hechanova, Simao Herdade, Augusta Hopkins, Libbie Horn, Terry Horn, Carolyn Hui, Brian Kiernan, Timothy Kreutzen, Eric Lam, Grant Mays, Tom McCall, Tim McElligott, Mikhail Melnikov,Nanda Palmieri, Will Powning, John Robiola, Maile Smith, Arnie Thompson, John Thorpe, Nihan Tiryaki, Radha Tomassetti, Lisa Weaver, Eliana Agudelo, Susan Allen, Julie Ask, Marcus Auerbuch
Helpers:
Andrea Allen, Susan Allen, Anne Barbaret, Nathaniel Berger, Steve Carlson, Andrew Cassidy, Karin Christenson, Janine Corcoran, Peter Cullinan, Benjamin Dai, John Davis, Susan Garfield, Deirdre Golani, Lewis Haidt, Anne Hamersky, Suzanne Heim, Carolyn Hui, Erika Kettleson, Jean Lamming, Mark Lenz, Karin McClune, Andrea McHenry, Marcy Michael, Kristofer Milonas, Jaron Ness, David O’Reilly, Hal Offen, Derrick Rebello, Lawrence Remstedt, George Robin, Aaron Rosenthal, Sona Sondhi, Andy Stone, Monica Towers, Ryan Utsumi, Crissa Williams, Ramsey Williams, Syd Williams
Test swim:
Peter Cullinan, Peter Depenaloza, James Dilworth, Chris Germain, Justine Juson, Hal Offen, Sona Sondhi, Nathaniel Berger, Scott Cauchois, Duke Dahlin, Augusta Hopkins, Terry Horn, Elizabeth Kantor, Brian Kiernan, Timothy Kreutzen, Will Kushner, Tim McElligott, Tom Neill, John Robiola, Emily Silverman, Nobuya Takahashi
Group A swimmers:
Julie Ask, George Carvalho, Phil Gaal, Ann-Kathrin Koch, Emily Savinar-Nogue, David Wagner, Katherine Wendelsdorf
