Hermosa Beach Man Wins Annual Dwight Crum Pier-to-Pier Swim

HERMOSA BEACH, CA — A Hermosa Beach man was the overall winner of the 55th annual Dwight Crum pier-to-pier swim competition this weekend.

Ryan Bullock, 32, completed the grueling 2-mile swim in 41:18, beating out second place winner Kevin Fink, 20, of San Pedro by 25 seconds.

"I felt really good out there, and was happy to win it again," Bullock told the Daily Breeze. "This is one of the biggest and most intense races in the country and I will definitely come back next year."

Bullock last won the race in 2014 when he finished in 37 minutes and 54 seconds, more than a minute ahead of the second-place finisher.

More than 1,200 people competed in the contest, part of the International Surf Festival, in which participants swim from Hermosa Beach Pier to Manhattan Beach Pier.

"It was an exhausting process trying to register that many people and answer al the questions, but it is labor of love," event organizer Gary Crum, son of the founder, told the Daily Breeze.

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