Poverty To Cove 2.4 Mile Swim
About this race
Poverty To Cove 2.4 Mile Swim
The fastest point-to-point 2.4 mile swim on the east coast. This has always been a 'rite of passage' for local swimmers "in the know," and now we've made it official!
Swimmers will swim around the southernmost point of New Jersey WITH THE CURRENT!
Join us in Victorian Cape May for an instant classic!
What can swimmers expect at this event?
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SAFE. The Cape May Beach Patrol has you covered.
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FAST. Swim WITH THE CURRENT and record your fastest 2.4mi swim ever!
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UNIQUE. There is nothing quite like swimming the shore line of Historic Cape May
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CHARITY. Portions of the proceeds will benefit the CMBP Clete Cannone Scholarship Fund
Pick your distance
Swimming
2.4 Mile Swim
Typical race-day weather
Based on 6 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Cape May, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 5:49 AM and sets at 8:22 PM local time (EDT) in Cape May on July 18, 2026 — 14h 33m of daylight.
Course
No course map published yet.
The organizer hasn't released a route for this event, and we don't publish guesses. If you're the organizer, send us a GPX file and we'll draw the profile.
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2026 results — Poverty To Cove 2.4 Mile Swim
2.4 Mile Swim · 143 finishers
| Place | Name | Time | Pace |
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| 1 | Max Seidel | 36:43 | 9:30 /km |
| 2 | Luke Samuel | 38:23 | 10:00 /km |
| 3 | Ryan Cornell | 39:15 | 10:10 /km |
| 4 | Eamonn McCullough | 39:18 | 10:10 /km |
| 5 | Paul Morrissey | 39:37 | 10:20 /km |
Every finisher is on the results page, filterable by distance, gender and age group.
All results by year
Other races near Cape May
Different organizers, within 40 miles, in the next three months
Always Ready 5K
Run the Vineyards - Down the Shore 5K
Cape May Hallowed Half Marathon
5-Mile Beach at Wildwood Crest: Half Marathon, 10K and 5K
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, 8 Cape May events
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