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Local high school boys win Around The Island Swim

Local high school boys win Around The Island Swim

The 56th Around The Island Swim was rescued Tuesday by four high school boys, plus four masters swimmers averaging 50 years old. Team Thunderdome — namely James Haney and John Sahl of Atlantic City High School and Patrick Armstrong and Gavin Neal of Ocean City —won the 22.75-mile race’s only division, the four-person relay, in 8 hours, 2 minutes, 51 seconds.