Photo Gallery: Junior Lifeguards’ Monster Mile
The boys’ group D start their run during the annual monster mile event for the Newport Beach junior lifeguards at the Balboa Pier on Thursday, July 30. (Kevin Chang / Daily Pilot)
The boys’ group C start their run during the annual monster mile event for the Newport Beach junior lifeguards at the Balboa Pier on Thursday, July 30. (Kevin Chang / Daily Pilot)
Girls with mermaid face paint wait at the starting line for the girls’ group D run during the annual monster mile event for the Newport Beach junior lifeguards at the Balboa Pier on Thursday, July 30. (Kevin Chang / Daily Pilot)
Bella Khamseh, 15, is the first girl out of the water for group A during the annual monster mile event for the Newport Beach junior lifeguards at the Balboa Pier on Thursday. Khamseh completed the event in 29 mins. (Kevin Chang / Daily Pilot)
The boys’ group B, top, make their way toward 10th Street, followed by the girls, before heading into the water during the annual monster mile event for the Newport Beach junior lifeguards at the Balboa Pier on Thursday, July 30. (Kevin Chang / Daily Pilot)
The boys’ group B swim to shore to the finish line during the annual monster mile event for the Newport Beach junior lifeguards at the Balboa Pier on Thursday, July 30. (Kevin Chang / Daily Pilot)
The girls’ group C run along the coast toward 10th Street during the annual monster mile event for the Newport Beach junior lifeguards at the Balboa Pier on Thursday, July 30. (Kevin Chang / Daily Pilot)
The boys’ group B run out toward 10th Street during the annual monster mile event for the Newport Beach junior lifeguards at the Balboa Pier on Thursday, July 30. (Kevin Chang / Daily Pilot)
The girls’ and boys’ group D start their run during the annual monster mile event for the Newport Beach junior lifeguards at the Balboa Pier on Thursday, July 30. (Kevin Chang / Daily Pilot)
Bella Khamseh, 15, and Nick Baljeu, 14, were the first group A girl and boy out of the water for during the annual monster mile event for the Newport Beach junior lifeguards at the Balboa Pier on Thursday, July 30. Baljeu finished with a time of 27 minutes, and Khamseh in 29 minutes. (Kevin Chang / Daily Pilot)