HONOLULU (KHON2) — Swimmers, take your marks! On Sept. 1, a total of 817 swimmers participated in the 54th annual Roughwater Swim at Waikiki.
This swim has been a Labor Day tradition in Hawaii since 1970.
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The race is almost 2.4 miles. It started at 8:30 a.m. on Kaimana Beach and ended in front of the Hilton Hawaiian Village.
Seventeen-year-old Kona Flanagan is one of the many swimmers who turned out for the event. Flanagan has been participating in this race since she was 10.
She finished at 46:11 as second overall female.
“I think the conditions were pretty good. It was one of the fastest times I’ve ever done it,” Flanagan said. “It was smooth going out, going in I caught a wave, so it was pretty fun.”
Duke Weiland, a swimmer from Australia, was the first overall male with a time of 43:54.
“I think this is my fourth year. I love it every year, it gets better,” Weiland said.
His name will be engraved on the Alexander Hume Ford trophy.