Ladrigan Swim Races
About this race
Celebrate the end of the summer with the annual Arthur J. Ladrigan Swim Races and Family Fun Day at Bayley Beach. We’ll start the swim races with the Lighthouse Race (a one-mile swim from Green’s Ledge Lighthouse to shore). Check-in for Lighthouse Race swimmers and their kayak escorts will start at 8:30 AM. At 9:30 AM shuttle boats will begin taking swimmers to the light, where they can view the amazing renovations done over the last five years, and enjoy light refreshments. The race will be started by the Lighthouse foghorn promptly at 10:30.
Simultaneous with the Lighthouse Race is the Buoy Race (a swim from the buoy to the shore). Last but certainly not least, are the non-timed Children’s Swim Races, which are grouped by age and run parallel to the beach.
After the awards ceremony, all are invited to join in the traditional beach games, including tug-of-war, a pie-eating contest and an egg toss!
Pick your distance
Swimming
Lighthouse Race
Participants should be able to swim 1 mile in open water, and must provide their own kayak escort.
Buoy Race
Participants swim from the buoy to shore. They must have a kayak escort. They will be dropped off at the buoy on the last shuttle to the light.
Children's Swim Races
Typical race-day weather
Based on 7 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Norwalk, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 6:31 AM and sets at 7:08 PM local time (EDT) in Norwalk on September 12, 2026 — 12h 36m of daylight.
Course
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2026 results — Ladrigan Swim Races
71 finishers across 2 distances · leading places in the Lighthouse Race
| Place | Name | Time | Pace |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ilse Fedoronko | 24:13 | 24:13 /mi |
| 2 | Christopher Calby | 24:41 | 24:41 /mi |
| 3 | Glenn Houck | 26:01 | 26:01 /mi |
| 4 | Torey Saager | 27:51 | 27:51 /mi |
| 5 | M. O'Leary | 28:56 | 28:56 /mi |
Every finisher is on the results page, filterable by distance, gender and age group.
All results by year
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Where this page comes from. Race details were last updated on . We re-check listings regularly and again in the week before race day.
- Entries, prices, waves and inclusions — the event's official registration page
- Temperature and humidity — Copernicus ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)
- Elevation and terrain relief — Copernicus DEM GLO-90, ESA (CC BY 4.0)
- Comparisons and counts — Race Discovery calendar, 10 Norwalk events
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