Photo Gallery: Junior Lifeguards Monster Mile
Group C starts their run during the annual monster mile event for the Newport Beach junior lifeguards at the Balboa Pier on Thursday, July 31. (Scott Smeltzer - Daily Pilot) (SCOTT SMELTZER / Daily Pilot)
Tim Thomas, right, high fives a junior guard dressed as a donut during the annual monster mile event for the Newport Beach junior lifeguards at the Balboa Pier on Thursday, July 31. (Scott Smeltzer - Daily Pilot) (SCOTT SMELTZER / Daily Pilot)
Junior lifeguards in the B group start their run during the annual monster mile event for the Newport Beach junior lifeguards at the Balboa Pier on Thursday, July 31. (Scott Smeltzer - Daily Pilot) (SCOTT SMELTZER / Daily Pilot)
Bruce Bennett, left, and Nick Ragatz, have signs honoring Ben Carlson, a lifeguard who died in the line of duty, during the annual monster mile event for the Newport Beach junior lifeguards at the Balboa Pier on Thursday, July 31. (Scott Smeltzer - Daily Pilot) (SCOTT SMELTZER / Daily Pilot)
U.S. Marines with the 1st Battalion - 1st Marine Division out of Camp Pendleton high five a junior guard dressed as Amelia Earhart during the annual monster mile event for the Newport Beach junior lifeguards at the Balboa Pier on Thursday, July 31. (Scott Smeltzer - Daily Pilot) (SCOTT SMELTZER / Daily Pilot)
Stone Fell, 9, dresses as Elvis during the annual monster mile event for the Newport Beach junior lifeguards at the Balboa Pier on Thursday, July 31. (Scott Smeltzer - Daily Pilot) (SCOTT SMELTZER / Daily Pilot)
Daniel Moody, left, high fives junior guards from group B during the annual monster mile event for the Newport Beach junior lifeguards at the Balboa Pier on Thursday, July 31. (Scott Smeltzer - Daily Pilot) (SCOTT SMELTZER / Daily Pilot)
Junior Lifeguards in group A start their run during the annual monster mile event for the Newport Beach junior lifeguards at the Balboa Pier on Thursday, July 31. (Scott Smeltzer - Daily Pilot) (SCOTT SMELTZER / Daily Pilot)
Matt, 14, and Stephen McMillen, 12, dress as Captain America during the annual monster mile event for the Newport Beach junior lifeguards at the Balboa Pier on Thursday, July 31. (Scott Smeltzer - Daily Pilot) (SCOTT SMELTZER / Daily Pilot)
Kate Thomas, 10, center, high-fives U.S. Marines with the 1st Battalion - 1st Marine Division out of Camp Pendleton during the annual monster mile event for the Newport Beach junior lifeguards at the Balboa Pier on Thursday, July 31. (Scott Smeltzer - Daily Pilot) (SCOTT SMELTZER / Daily Pilot)