{"id":491266,"date":"2021-11-11T13:57:48","date_gmt":"2021-11-11T20:57:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=491266"},"modified":"2021-11-11T13:57:48","modified_gmt":"2021-11-11T20:57:48","slug":"alex-kostich-wins-his-19th-st-croixs-coral-reef-swim-in-25th-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/alex-kostich-wins-his-19th-st-croixs-coral-reef-swim-in-25th-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex Kostich Wins His 19th St. Croix\u2019s Coral Reef Swim in 25th Anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Alex Kostich Wins His 19th St. Croix\u2019s Coral Reef Swim in 25th Anniversary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 25th edition of the Coral Reef Swim off Mermaid Beach, St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands went to a familiar winner in <strong>Alex Kostich<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Kostich won the five-mile race from Buck Island to Mermaid Beach in a time of 1 hour, 47 minutes, 49 seconds. The 51-year-old from Los Angeles <a href=\"http:\/\/www.virginislandsdailynews.com\/sports\/kostich-wins-st-croix-coral-reef-swim-for-19th-time\/article_8fedd11b-6da0-5980-81f4-84e5b25f4063.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">won the event 19 times<\/a> in the 21 years he has entered, finishing second in 2008 and 2019. He last won the race in 2017, having not competed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/the-buccaneer-in-st-croix-reports-record-number-for-coral-reef-swim\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in 2018<\/a>. (The 2020 race was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.)<\/p>\n<p>Kostich first swam in the fourth iteration of the race in 1999. He set the event record of 1:36.12 in 2002.<\/p>\n<p>Second in near perfect conditions was St. Croix native <strong>Kaeden Gleason,<\/strong> the 18-year-old finishing in 1:50.31. <strong>Valdivia Ricardo<\/strong> was third, followed by <strong>Derek Frenzel<\/strong> and <strong>Christian Vanderkaay,<\/strong> the former University of Michigan standout. <strong>Lily Jordan,<\/strong> 15, was the top female swimmer over five miles, finishing in sixth place overall.<\/p>\n<p>The 25th edition of the race celebrated its own history, with five swimmers from the inaugural race back in the field. Among them were five-milers <strong>Todd Newman<\/strong> and <strong>Elizabeth Armstrong,<\/strong> and one-mile swimmers <strong>Kevin Hensley, Scott Hensley, Gilbert Matthew Laban, Josh Laban<\/strong> and <strong>Kieran Locke.<\/strong> Armstrong, who owns the Buccaneer Beach and Golf Resort, co-founded the race in 1996 with <strong>Kim Rice Stanford.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kevin Hensley,<\/strong> a Christiansted native, won the one-mile race in 25:47, ahead of brother Scott and Locke. The two-mile race was won by 13-year-old St. Croix native <strong>Daryan Maynard<\/strong> in 49:57. Second was <strong>Marina Falcone,<\/strong> followed by 14-year-old <strong>Eddie Soltis<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.webscorer.com\/St_Croix_Coral_Reef_Swim?fbclid=IwAR0PKwJOXJc0IAWe7uPZbGvFtZW-WgsYQ_22yUhqiYfjfRZ0nrGVxKLcP3w&amp;_ga=2.236288321.1910261019.1636662642-845161168.1636662642\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Full results are available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alex Kostich Wins His 19th St. Croix\u2019s Coral Reef Swim in 25th Anniversary The 25th edition of the Coral Reef Swim off Mermaid Beach, St. Croix in the U.S. 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