2020 Epic Swim

Congratulations to Axel Wohlfarth and Camille Gulick who were awarded the Epic Epic trophy this year. The fastest male and female swimmer to complete the Epic Epic, which is a 17.5 km race combining the 5k, 2.5km, and 10km Epic races.

Axel came 1st in the Open 5km and 10km swims then placed 4th in the 2.5km. Under his age category of 40-49 years, Axel came 1st in all three swims. He swam a total accumulated time of 3:56.01 seconds. In the 10km, he swam an impressive 2:15.24 seconds.

Camille Gulick won the Epic Epic for the Women. Camille swam an accumulated time of 4:52.31 seconds for the 10km, 5km and the 2.5km.

Second in the 10km was Donal Barry in the Age 50-59 category with a time of 2:23:20s. Emma Moore won it for the women swimming 2:47.38s, Gulick coming in behind at 2nd.

Charlize Tordoff took the win in the epic 5km, just in front of Christina Harris in 2nd and Carol Prop, who is one of our Epics Honours members, came 3rd.

The event that showed the most numbers was the Epic 2.5km race. Over 200 swimmers competed and it was 2012 Olympian Steven Kent who took the title, Steven swam the 2.5km in a time of 32:29 seconds. Madison Keightley won the women’s event in a time of 36:24.

We had almost 30 children sign up and race in our Mini Epic 100m, which ranged from 7-10-year-olds. It’s great to see our junior swimmers get involved and have so much fun doing so!

Relay numbers continue to increase each year, with 4 more entries this year compared to last.

Team Towel-Poe won the Epic 4x1km Relay Team for the men with all swimmers making a lap time approximately between 11 and 12 minutes. St Pauls won it for the women!

Steven Kent also made up the fourth member to the Swimming New Zealand Team Relay alongside CEO Steve Johns, Amber Piggott and Holly Fletcher. The team came 2nd in the mixed category. 1st place was Jjll1.

One of our honourable Epic attendees, Sue Duffell from Auckland attended her 11th Epic event this year. Sue swam her first-ever Epic Epic at this year’s event and placed 4th overall in the Open category and 2nd in the female aged 50-59 years, just behind Christina Harris.

Below is an updated Epic Swim Honours List:

11 Completed events:
Susan Duffel, Marty Finch, Anna Marshall, Heather Osborne, Pauline Mills, Carol Prop, Andrew Stevens

10 Completed Events:
Brett Bradley and Lindsay John

9 Completed Events:
Mark Krynen