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Mo Freitas and April Zilg have taken out the 2017 Rincon Beachboy as 340 paddlers descended upon postcard perfect Puerto Rico for the 9th Annual edition of this classic race.

After just over an hour of paddling, Mo edged out the in-form Josh Riccio in a photo finish as hundreds of spectators lined the beach, while Aussie veteran Kelly Margetts held off young Frenchman Martin Letourneur by a similarly narrow margin in the fight for third; Garrett Fletcher rounded out the top five podium after outlasting Ryan Helm.

The top four guys dominated the race and competed in a tight pack for much of the 8 mile (12km) elite course before Mo and Josh broke away in the latter stages following an uncustomary fall from Margetts. Meanwhile North Carolina’s finest, April Zilg, was in a race of her own on the women’s side of the draw, hitting the line more than five minutes clear of runner-up Victoria Burgess.

It’s been a big couple of weekends for Mo, Josh and Kelly, who have shared around the top three spots in three separate races in the span of just 8 days.

Kelly and Josh swapped 1-2 finishes at the two-day Coconut Cup on the island of St. Croix last weekend, while this time Mo got some revenge and flipped the results. All three of these guys appear to be in good form heading into the first major of the year in two weeks, the Carolina Cup, where they’ll be joined by the rest of the world’s best, and I’m particularly interested to see how the supremely talented but lesser-known Riccio performs in NC after a couple of years on the fringes as a journeyman athlete.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BSpZAIEgj2u/

Apart from the big elite field and massive open race, this year’s Rincon Beachboy also featured a couple of dozen future stars in the specialty junior race. 13-year-old Gian Xavier Medina Gomez beat the big boys to claim line honours, while Valeria Salustri was the top girl and beat almost all of the boys while she was at it.

Looks like it was another great edition of this beloved race, which seems to attract 300+ participants every year without any of the fanfare or fuss of some of the world’s better known events. To top it all off, the Rincon Beachboy is dedicated to raising money for charity and once again delivered thousands of dollars to a good cause.

I hear the after party isn’t too bad either, so perhaps you should pencil the 2018 Rincon Beachboy into your calendars. SUP Racer already has, and considering it’s going to be the 10th anniversary of the event I’m betting it’ll be the biggest one yet.

Full results down below the photos (jump straight to the results), while there’s more updates over on the official Facebook group.

You can also watch a replay of the live GPS tracking to see how the ants spread out along the course.

All photos by Angelo Cordero

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Rincon Beachboy: Elite Men’s Results

#	Athlete	Time	Age	Division
1	Mo Freitas	1:05:57	19	Elite 14'
2	Josh Riccio	1:05:57	27	Elite 14'
3	Kelly Margetts	1:07:33	44	Elite 14'
4	Martin Letourneur	1:07:33	21	Elite 14'
5	Garrett Fletcher	1:10:20	25	Elite 14'
6	Ryan Helm	1:12:24	42	Elite 14'
7	Bill Kraft	1:14:40	48	Elite 14'
8	Christopher Norman	1:15:46	28	Elite 14'
9	Franck Fifils	1:15:53	41	Elite 12'6
10	Jeramie Vaine	1:16:37	37	Elite 12'6
11	Jorge Quintana	1:16:53	34	Elite 14'
12	Fielding Pagel	1:17:02	30	Elite 14'
13	Pito Maldonado	1:17:11	45	Elite 14'
14	Eric Bednorz	1:17:14	40	Elite 14'
15	Dave de Armas	1:17:50	15	Elite 12'6
16	Greg Jaudon	1:17:58	56	Elite 14'
17	Bryan Alvarez	1:18:16	15	Elite 12'6
18	Luis Lopez	1:18:49	30	Elite 12'6
19	Carlos Rivera	1:19:45	41	Elite 14'
20	Alberto Colon	1:21:59	48	Elite 14'
21	William Cruz	1:22:04	15	Elite 12'6
22	Eric Goss	1:22:14	28	Elite 12'6
23	Russ Scuzzy	1:22:30	47	Elite 14'
24	Jan Porrata	1:22:35	50	Elite 14'
25	Manuel Neifa	1:22:58	34	Elite 12'6
26	Jomar Santos-Corujo	1:23:18	30	Elite 12'6
27	Miguel Ferrer	1:24:33	35	Elite 14'
28	Kristopher Lugo	1:25:12	21	Elite 14'
29	Ricardo Avila	1:25:43	15	Elite 12'6
30	Enrique Padro	1:26:08	41	Elite 14'
31	Caleb Clark	1:26:16	16	Elite 12'6
32	Brian Schmid	1:27:53	28	Elite 14'
33	Tito Loffitte	1:29:03	56	Elite 14'
34	Xavier Lay	1:29:30	44	Elite 14'
35	Miguel Beltran	1:29:54	42	Elite prone
36	Andrew Kellar	1:30:21	41	Elite prone
37	Mark De Armas	1:31:31	51	Elite 14'
38	Gilberto Natal	1:31:47		Elite 12'6
39	Pedro Martinez	1:32:22	46	Elite 14'
40	Guillermo De Pedro	1:33:06	39	Elite 14'
41	Stanley Comas	1:33:46	50	Elite 14'
42	Adam Clark	1:33:52	46	Elite 14'
43	Jay Karpinski	1:37:21	42	Elite surf
44	Kenneth Pastor	1:38:00	45	Elite 14'
45	Victor Pina	1:38:58	41	Elite 14'
46	Jose Martinez	1:39:17	51	Elite surf
47	Jeffrey Owen	1:39:45	51	Elite surf
48	Ramon Mercado	1:39:51	42	Elite 14'
49	Viktor Milev	1:41:47	36	Elite 14'
50	Rob Overstreet	1:41:58	16	Elite 12'6
51	Adam Nussen	1:43:50	29	Elite prone
52	Luis Rivera	1:46:26	31	Elite surf
53	Maximo Diaz-Rolon	1:46:35	23	Elite 14'
54	John Buckley	1:51:27	57	Elite surf
55	Jose J Pomales	1:55:14	48	Elite 14'
56	Juanma Jordan Saiz	2:03:36	42	Elite prone
57	Alex Gaebler	2:03:48	54	Elite 14'
58	Joe Bechtold	2:08:36	57	Elite 14'

 

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Rincon Beachboy: Elite Women’s Results

#	Athlete	Time	Division	Age
1	April Zilg	1:18:19	Elite 12'6	30
2	Victoria Burgess	1:23:22	Elite 12'6	32
3	Mariecarmen Rivera	1:24:31	Elite 12'6	23
4	Stephanie Shideler	1:24:36	Elite 12'6	41
5	Mary Howser	1:35:49	Elite 12'6	27
6	Desiree Hernandez	1:39:27	Elite 12'6	19
7	Lindsay Cook	1:41:32	Elite 12'6	31
8	Alexandra Marshbanks	1:41:44	Elite 12'6	17
9	Evelyn O'Doherty	1:41:57	Elite 12'6	48
10	Teresa Plitt	1:44:20	Elite 12'6	50
11	Michelle Currier	1:50:25	Elite 12'6	45
12	Erika Lane	1:58:20	Elite 12'6	38

 

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Rincon Beachboy: Junior Results

#	Name	Time	Age	Division	#
1	Gian Xavier Medina Gomez	0:37:38	13	Boys 13-14	1
2	Edwin Cornier	0:38:08	14	Boys 13-14	2
3	Valeria Salustri	0:38:13	16	Girls 15-16	1
4	Luis Yadiel Gonzalez	0:38:57	16	Boys 15-16	1
5	Nyra Velazquez	0:39:41	14	Girls 13-14	1
6	Gabriela Nicole Medina Gomez	0:41:24	14	Girls 13-14	2
7	Lara Victoria Abruna	0:41:26	14	Girls 13-14	3
8	Geelliam Cruz	0:42:30	13	Boys 13-14	3
9	Laura Vanessa Lebron	0:42:50	13	Girls 13-14	4
10	Cristian Lopez	0:43:58	15	Boys 15-16	2
11	Alek Ramos	0:45:35	12	Boys 13-14	4
12	Francisco Velez	0:45:51	14	Boys 13-14	5
13	Joyce Lugo	0:50:26	15	Girls 15-16	2
14	Maria Gabriela Diaz	0:50:59	16	Girls 15-16	3
15	Giancarlo Mendez	0:51:55	13	Boys 13-14	6
16	Raelees Robles	0:56:08	15	Girls 15-16	4
17	Ian Sanchez	0:56:38	15	Boys 15-16	3
18	Sergio Rodriguez Vazquez	0:59:05	16	Boys 15-16	4
19	Carolina Carrero	0:59:12	20	Girls 17-21	1
20	Natalia Rivera	0:59:49	14	Girls 13-14	5
21	Javier E Torres Suau	1:15:35	13	Boys 13-14	7

 

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Rincon Beachboy: Open Race Results

#	Name	Time	Age	Division	#
1	Omelv Garcia	0:33:35	14	Men - 12'6	1
2	Amador Perez	0:34:52	43	Men - 14'	1
3	Jan Roman	0:35:03	41	Men - 14'	2
4	Sergio Rosa Rosario	0:35:18	16	Men - 12'6	2
5	Jose Leclerc	0:35:34	49	Men - 14'	3
6	Patrick Lopez	0:36:18	46	Men - 14'	4
7	John Flynn	0:36:23	48	Men - 14'	5
8	Carlos Colon	0:36:51	39	Men - 14'	6
9	Alejandro Garcia	0:37:25	30	Men - 12'6	3
10	Alexis Rosario	0:37:46	37	Men - 14'	7
11	Roberto Pagan	0:37:57	36	Men - 14'	8
12	Fernando Avilez	0:38:17	17	Men - 12'6	4
13	Nimsay Garcia	0:38:47	16	Women - 12'6	1
14	Enrique Paoli	0:38:52	50	Men - 12'6	5
15	Roberto De Felix	0:39:04	41	Men - 14'	9
16	Joel PadrÑ	0:39:07	30	Men - 14'	10
17	Chass Begg	0:39:17	44	Men - Surfboard	1
18	Kevin Haigis	0:39:31	28	Men - Surfboard	2
19	Eduardo Martinez	0:39:47	44	Men - 14'	11
20	Dario Catala	0:39:53	42	Men - 12'6	6
21	Gerald Oppenheimer	0:40:03	20	Men - 14'	12
22	Scotty Scott	0:40:03	41	Men - 14'	13
23	Pedro Seda	0:40:08	50	Men - 14'	14
24	Matyas Szorenyi	0:40:11	47	Men - 12'6	7
25	Naishalee PiÐeiro	0:40:19	18	Women - 12'6	2
26	Susette Velez	0:40:29	41	Women - 12'6	3
27	Ibrahim Cordero	0:40:36	55	Men - Surfboard	3
28	Guy Peterson	0:40:47	60	Men - Surfboard	4
29	Sergio Rodriguez	0:41:18	45	Men - Surfboard	5
30	Carlos Gonzalez	0:41:49	49	Men - 14'	15
31	Elliot Berg	0:41:56	59	Men - 12'6	8
32	Carlos Valverde	0:42:17	50	Men - 12'6	9
33	Harold Cornier	0:42:26	40	Men - 12'6	10
34	Victor Abru–o	0:42:34	46	Men - Surfboard	6
35	Pedro Frontera	0:42:38	50	Men - 14'	16
36	Amanda Rivera	0:42:45	11	Women - 12'6	4
37	Juan Carlos Rosa Ramos	0:42:48	44	Men - 12'6	11
38	Jota Corchado	0:43:10	53	Men - 12'6	12
39	Doreingelly Nunez	0:43:19	19	Women - 12'6	5
40	Ernesto Yunes	0:43:41	46	Men - 14'	17
41	Jorge Quinones	0:43:55	40	Men - 12'6	13
42	Juan Cabrera	0:44:03	51	Men - 12'6	14
43	Raymond Crespo	0:44:05	21	Men - 12'6	15
44	Paola Berrios	0:44:12	28	Women - 12'6	6
45	Maria Elias	0:44:15	50	Women - 12'6	7
46	Kedrick Fonseca Terron	0:44:28	17	Men - Surfboard	7
47	Albert Matos	0:44:49	46	Men - 14'	18
48	Cesar Irrizary	0:44:49	54	Men - Surfboard	8
49	Alexis Santiago	0:44:54	46	Men - 12'6	16
50	Melissa Hernandez	0:44:55	35	Women - 12'6	8
51	Gilberto Rivera	0:45:10	44	Men - 12'6	17
52	Tomas Ramirez	0:45:12	17	Men - 14'	19
53	Yamil Morales	0:45:20	35	Men - 12'6	18
54	Fernando Bejarano	0:45:30	42	Men - 12'6	19
55	Kiara Alvarez	0:45:39	20	Women - 12'6	9
56	Esteban Lorenzo	0:46:03	16	Men - 14'	20
57	Waldemar Centeno	0:46:14	40	Men - 14'	21
58	F M Lendor	0:46:17	45	Men - 14'	22
59	Juan Carlos Arocho	0:46:19	38	Men - 12'6	20
60	Mario Perez	0:46:33	34	Men - 12'6	21
61	Gustavo Toro	0:46:46	35	Men - 12'6	22
62	Mark Sanfacon	0:46:49	47	Men - 12'6	23
63	Sarah Nelson	0:46:52	30	Women - Surfboard	1
64	Jose Luis Noriega	0:46:58	37	Men - 12'6	24
65	Carlos Martinez	0:47:08	52	Men - 14'	23
66	Chrristopher Pizarro	0:47:16	33	Men - Surfboard	9
67	Andrew Gasparro	0:47:23	47	Men - 12'6	25
68	Joselin Ramos	0:47:32	45	Men - 12'6	26
69	Francis Torres	0:48:20	28	Men - Surfboard	10
70	Chris Mays	0:48:21	58	Men - Surfboard	11
71	Jose Javier Ramirez	0:48:44	46	Men - Surfboard	12
72	Eric Torres	0:48:47	44	Men - 12'6	27
73	Carlos Comas	0:48:49	46	Men - Surfboard	13
74	Ivan J Nieves	0:48:50	31	Men - 12'6	28
75	Giovanni Crespo	0:48:57	29	Men - Surfboard	14
76	Norberto Marchany Lopez	0:49:05	35	Men - Surfboard	15
77	Mackenzie Rawls	0:49:05	24	Women - Surfboard	2
78	Jd Lewis	0:49:16	51	Men - Surfboard	16
79	Rafael Robles	0:49:18	41	Men - 14'	24
80	Pedro Rivera	0:49:29	41	Men - Surfboard	17
81	Yarimar Vargas	0:49:30	32	Women - 12'6	10
82	Waleska Salaberry	0:49:32	44	Women - Surfboard	3
83	Paola Andrea Rodriguez	0:49:37	18	SUP Monster	1
84	Omar Ramos	0:49:39	39	SUP Monster	2
85	Jessica Del Valle	0:49:39	40	Women - Surfboard	4
86	Javier Vazquez	0:49:43	41	Men - 14'	25
87	Gabriel Torres	0:49:47	27	Men - 12'6	29
88	Emil Rivera	0:49:49	23	Men - Surfboard	18
89	Arturo Quinones	0:49:50	34	Men - 12'6	30
90	Mari Sallaberry-Mallicote	0:49:57	50	Women - 12'6	11
91	John McGeehan	0:50:01	66	Men - Surfboard	19
92	Omar Silva	0:50:02	38	Men - 12'6	31
93	Margarita Fernandez Vivo	0:50:03	55	Women - Surfboard	5
94	Jose Carlos Gonzalez	0:50:07	42	Men - Surfboard	20
95	Richardo Byrne	0:50:18	69	Men - Surfboard	21
96	Antonio Ramirez	0:50:34	56	Men - Surfboard	22
97	Angel Duran	0:50:35	43	Men - Surfboard	23
98	Jorge Flores	0:50:41	45	Men - Surfboard	24
99	Maniliz Segarra	0:50:41	51	Women - 12'6	12
100	Salvador Ayende	0:50:56	41	Men - 12'6	32
101	Lymary Santos	0:50:56	39	Women - 12'6	13
102	Manuel Aleman	0:50:59	43	Men - 12'6	33
103	Oscar A Martinez Pagan	0:51:11	47	Men - Surfboard	25
104	Jesus Rivera	0:51:18	24	Men - 12'6	34
105	Magne Sandrine	0:51:37	35	Women - Surfboard	6
106	Lizandra Baez	0:51:41	41	Women - Surfboard	7
107	Ian Gonzalez	0:51:53	15	Men - Surfboard	26
108	Beatriz Vega	0:52:04	41	Women - Surfboard	8
109	Hector Rios	0:52:10	41	Men - 12'6	35
110	Yaxira Rodriguez	0:52:18	40	Women - Surfboard	9
111	Johanna Pacheco	0:52:32	40	Women - Surfboard	10
112	Juan Morales	0:52:48	18	Men - Surfboard	27
113	Hector Ramirez	0:52:57	39	Men - Surfboard	28
114	Kathy McRae	0:53:07	56	Women - 12'6	14
115	Keila Cruz	0:53:15	32	Women - Surfboard	11
116	Roberto De Jesus	0:53:31	32	Men - Surfboard	29
117	Erica Baker	0:53:36	26	Women - Surfboard	12
118	Paul Green	0:53:45	58	Men - Surfboard	30
119	Ysbeth Hernandez	0:53:47	21	Women - Surfboard	13
120	Jorge Cruz	0:54:09	46	Men - 14'	26
121	Gianni Bartunek	0:54:13	15	Men - Surfboard	31
122	Evan Rabin	0:54:20	51	Men - 12'6	36
123	Cassandra Carbia	0:54:29	42	Women - Surfboard	14
124	Enrique Ruiz	0:54:32	23	Men - 14'	27
125	Maria Vargas	0:54:41	48	Women - Surfboard	15
126	Yuany Fernandez	0:55:04	38	Men - Surfboard	32
127	Luis Sevillano	0:55:10	26	Men - 14'	28
128	Nicolle Vazquez	0:55:18	22	Women - Surfboard	16
129	Javier J Torres Acevedo	0:55:23	44	Men - 14'	29
130	Rafael Garden	0:55:23	43	Men - Surfboard	33
131	Mary Zarcone	0:55:40	52	Women - Surfboard	17
132	Delianny Jimenez	0:55:42	43	Women - 12'6	15
133	Edwardo Noriega Carrero	0:55:44	53	Men - 12'6	37
134	Christopher Manus	0:55:50	32	Men - Surfboard	34
135	Maida Gomez	0:55:53	37	Women - 14'	1
136	Jim Nilsen	0:55:57	45	Men - Surfboard	35
137	Luzanne Wirshing	0:56:02	59	Women - 12'6	16
138	Francisco Toledo	0:56:10	46	Men - Surfboard	36
139	Luis Santiago	0:56:20	37	Men - Surfboard	37
140	Allyson Green	0:56:40	57	Women - Surfboard	18
141	Carlos Lebron	0:56:44	30	Men - Surfboard	38
142	Iris Figueroa	0:56:51	36	Women - Surfboard	19
143	Marisol Pineda	0:57:00	43	Women - Surfboard	20
144	Greg Huba	0:57:10	66	Men - Surfboard	39
145	John Noll	0:57:20	59	Men - Surfboard	40
146	Santiago Irrizary	0:57:26	16	Men - 14'	30
147	Zoidariam Dardiz	0:57:43	42	Women - 12'6	17
148	Zachary Pearson	0:57:44	27	Men - 12'6	38
149	Rolando Rivera	0:58:02	44	Men - Surfboard	41
150	Michael Hayes	0:58:12	56	Men - Surfboard	42
151	Edward Huffnagel	0:58:17	75	Men - 12'6	39
152	Silvia Mascarell	0:58:21	43	Women - 12'6	18
153	Roland Quinones	0:58:35	51	Men - 12'6	40
154	David Matos	0:58:47	59	Men - 12'6	41
155	Cesar Enrique Cardona	0:58:54	17	Men - Surfboard	43
156	Evelyn Pabon	0:59:06	47	Women - 12'6	19
157	Yinavel Marin	0:59:32	26	Women - 12'6	20
158	Beth Travers	0:59:46	52	Women - Surfboard	21
159	Erin Austin	0:59:46	37	Women - Surfboard	22
160	Kimberly Valverde	1:00:22	24	Women - Surfboard	23
161	Zulmarie Ortiz	1:00:34	36	Women - 12'6	21
162	Thaira Gomez	1:01:20	40	Women - 12'6	22
163	Sandra Perez	1:02:04	43	Women - 12'6	23
164	Eileen Murphy	1:02:09	59	Women - 12'6	24
165	Cesar Cardona	1:02:24	52	Men - 12'6	42
166	Jose Perez	1:02:27	35	Men - 12'6	43
167	Ovidmarie Garcia	1:02:47	31	Women - Surfboard	24
168	Jose Perea	1:03:12	34	Men - Surfboard	44
169	Cassandra Talavera	1:03:18	26	Women - Surfboard	25
170	Shelby Kotthoff	1:03:23	33	Women - Surfboard	26
171	Ida Rosario	1:03:41	47	Women - Surfboard	27
172	Velia Ortiz	1:03:43	52	Women - 14'	2
173	Frances Alicea	1:03:48	28	Women - Surfboard	28
174	Angel Vazquez Alvarez	1:04:22	64	Men - 14'	31
175	Elliot Rivera	1:04:35	53	Men - Surfboard	45
176	Catherine Colberg	1:04:56	49	Women - 12'6	25
177	Janet Ascione	1:05:00	47	Women - Surfboard	29
178	Jeff Sanfacon	1:06:28	47	Men - 12'6	44
179	Alejandra Thomas	1:06:46	41	Women - 12'6	26
180	Walter De Jesus	1:07:14	67	Men - 14'	32
181	Sherileen Rivera	1:07:51	38	Women - Surfboard	30
182	Gabriela Berg	1:11:58	17	Women - Surfboard	31
183	Susan Vancaeseele	1:13:26	58	Women - Surfboard	32
184	Yalitza Candelaria	1:14:48	34	Women - Surfboard	33
185	Ailyn Santiago	1:18:09	43	Women - Surfboard	34
186	Jeanne W. McKinnon	1:21:17	65	Women - Surfboard	35
187	Jazmine Ortiz	1:24:40	26	Women - Surfboard	36
188	Fran Waldmann	1:29:57	59	Women - Surfboard	37
189	Teresa Neiding	1:46:57	45	Women - Surfboard	38

 

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