Wildwood Navy Seal Challenge
About this race
The 8th Annual Wildwood Navy Seal Challenge Hosted by The Wildwood Beach Patrol will be held on in conjunction with Wildwood Beach Patrol and Even Kiel Racing his event will have several different types of individual and team events. Races will involve swimming, running, and an obstacle course. The obstacle course will consist of sand and water obstacles.
The swim is a 1 mile ocean swim.
The run is a 5k.
The run obstacles consist hills of sand to run over and water to run through.
For the team challenge you compete as a team. You will be all holding a pipe and completing the obstacles together.
PARKING: ALL Event Parking will be provided at Baker Avenue Parking Lot $ – There will be no Schellenger Avenue Access at this event.
SCHEDULE:
- 4:00PM Registration & Check-In Opens
- 6:00PM Kids Challenge Race Starts
- 6:30PM Individual/Team/Land Run Challenges Start
Pick your distance
Obstacle race
Wildwood Navy Seal Individual Challenge (Swim/Run Obstacle)
Wildwood Navy Seal 4 Person Team Challenge (Swim/Run Obstacle)
Wildwood Navy Seal Land Run Only Challenge (Run Obstacle)
Wildwood Kids Run Challenge (Run Obstacle)
Typical race-day weather
Based on 7 years of Open-Meteo archive data for this event's race dates in Wildwood, plus the 3 days either side.
The sun rises at 6:07 AM and sets at 8:02 PM local time (EDT) in Wildwood on August 9, 2026 — 13h 54m of daylight.
Course
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2026 results — Wildwood Navy Seal Challenge
133 finishers across 4 distances · leading places in the Wildwood Navy Seal Individual Challenge (Swim/Run Obstacle)
| Place | Name | Time | Pace |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anthony Gargani | 32:35 | — |
| 2 | Luke Francis | 33:48 | — |
| 3 | Lyric Brown | 35:59 | — |
| 4 | Nicholas Ricci | 36:30 | — |
| 5 | Colin Russell | 36:52 | — |
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, 9 Wildwood events
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