When and where is the 2026 P.O.W.E.R. Challenge?

Saturday, September 5, 2026 at the Pompano Beach Pier, 222 North Pompano Beach Blvd, Pompano Beach, FL 33062. Check-in opens 6:30 AM and the first race starts at 9:00 AM. The race was rescheduled from April 11, 2026.

How much does it cost to enter?

The 0.5 KM Around the Pier is $40 and the 1.5 KM Pompano Mile is $65. Late onsite entry, if available, is double. The field is limited to 300 swimmers.

Is there a minimum age to swim the P.O.W.E.R. Challenge?

There is no fixed minimum age. All swimmers are welcome, and the 0.5 KM race starts at the 10 & Under age group, so it suits youth and developing open water swimmers. A coach or guardian certifies on the release form that the swimmer can complete the distance, and swimmers under 18 need a parent or guardian signature on the waiver.

Is the P.O.W.E.R. Challenge good for a first open water race?

Yes. The 0.5 KM course is designed for developing open water swimmers and youth competitors. It is a short, clearly marked buoy course close to shore with lifeguards on kayaks and paddleboards throughout.

What safety support is on the course?

Eight City of Pompano Beach Ocean Rescue lifeguard towers cover the beach, professional lifeguards patrol the course on kayaks and paddleboards, jet skis and safety craft monitor the water, and medical personnel and paramedics are on site with Pompano Beach Fire Department support. A safety meeting before racing is mandatory.

Can spectators watch the race?

Yes, and pier access is free. Both courses are laid out so that most of the racing happens in clear view of the Pompano Beach Pier, which makes this one of the few open water races where family can watch the whole swim.

Wetsuits are permitted for all distances, but early September ocean temperatures at Pompano Beach normally sit in the mid 80s Fahrenheit, so most swimmers race without one.

What do winners receive?

In each race, trophies go to the top 3 overall male and female swimmers, and medals go to the top 3 male and female in every age group. Timing is by MyLaps ankle strap chip.

Power Challenge 2026 | Piranhas Open Water Extreme Race

Fastest 1.5K

87 finishers

1Reid, Luke J1519:41.70

2Espinosa, Janiel1319:42.60

3Mendez, Geronimo1520:00.70

Fastest 500m

68 finishers

1Menacho, Becket176:38.50

2Trentadue, Kaan L146:44.60

3Conlan, Sydney146:57.00

Showing 155 of 155 finishes

1.5K

Boys 14&U

23 finishers

Pl	Name	Age	Club	Time
2	Espinosa, Janiel	13	Azura Florida Aquatics	19:42.60
4	Trentadue, Kaan L	14	Pompano Beach Piranhas	20:33.60
10	Dominguez, Jared R	14	Plantation Swim Team	21:12.40
12	Favre, Nico	13	Pompano Beach Piranhas Masters	21:43.50
13	Tiani, Michael S	13	Pompano Beach Piranhas	21:52.90
14	Ramirez, Marcelo B	13	Pompano Beach Piranhas	22:40.70
17	Meicher, Aidan M	14	Saint Andrew's Aquatics	23:02.60
19	Rowe, Zachary W	13	Plantation Swim Team	23:13.70
20	Tiani, Matias G	13	Pompano Beach Piranhas	23:29.20
23	Rutkovsky, Eli Alexander	11	Saint Andrew's Aquatics	23:35.70
24	Novikov, Milhail	12	Florida Aquatic Academy	23:36.30
25	Balog, Lucas	14	Pompano Beach Piranhas	25:09.80
26	Stojanovski, Alex	11	Pompano Beach Piranhas	25:23.70
27	Richon, Benjamin C	12	Pompano Beach Piranhas	25:25.10
28	Wehrs, Evan E	14	Pompano Beach Piranhas	25:25.90
29	Ibragimov, Yaroslav	11	Florida Aquatic Academy	25:27.60
31	Clark, Harvey S	11	Pompano Beach Piranhas	26:20.80
32	Graham, Tanner	11	Pompano Beach Piranhas Masters	26:27.30
34	Banks, Dylan J	14	Pompano Beach Piranhas	26:53.20
35	Hill, Jeffrey Robert	10	Saint Andrew's Aquatics	27:21.50
36	Gonzalez, Cameron	14	Sunrise Swim Team	28:27.10
39	Bello, Frank N	14	Florida Elite Swim Club	29:38.60
41	Gomez, Goómez Rendoón	14	Florida Elite Swim Club	29:44.50

1.5K

Boys 15-19

11 finishers

Pl	Name	Age	Club	Time
1	Reid, Luke J	15	Saint Andrew's Aquatics	19:41.70
3	Mendez, Geronimo	15	Pompano Beach Piranhas Masters	20:00.70
5	Menacho, Becket	17	Pompano Beach Piranhas	20:42.60
6	Johnson, Reef H	16	Sunrise Swim Team	20:43.20
8	Martini, Maxime P	15	Pompano Beach Piranhas	21:09.40
9	De Jesus, Luis C	15	Azura Florida Aquatics	21:10.80
11	Machado, Marcos A	15	Pompano Beach Piranhas	21:43.30
15	Kimpel, Hudson D	16	Pompano Beach Piranhas	22:49.20
16	Moore, Kiefer B	16	Pompano Beach Piranhas	22:49.30
18	Rodriguez, Christian	16	Sunrise Swim Team	23:08.60
22	Karey, Sean	15	Pompano Beach Piranhas Masters	23:29.70

1.5K

Boys 20-29

1 finisher

Pl	Name	Age	Club	Time
21	Moran, Bryan	27	Azura Florida Aquatics	23:29.50

1.5K

Boys 30-39

1 finisher

Pl	Name	Age	Club	Time
37	Shields, Ryan	35	Pompano Beach Piranhas Masters	28:37.30

1.5K

Boys 40-49

5 finishers

Pl	Name	Age	Club	Time
40	Anez, Jesus	43	Pompano Beach Piranhas Masters	29:39.80
43	Hill, Christopher	47	Pompano Beach Piranhas Masters	30:54.90
46	Bird, Jason	41	Pompano Beach Piranhas Masters	35:11.30
47	Gatjens, Hugo C	47	Azura Florida Aquatics	36:00.10
51	Polk, Todd	49	Polk County Aquatics	43:00.10

1.5K

Boys 50-59

1 finisher

Pl	Name	Age	Club	Time
44	Montilla, Jonathan	54	Coral Springs Swim Club	32:38.90

1.5K

Boys 60-69

4 finishers

Pl	Name	Age	Club	Time
7	Valdivia, Ricardo	61	Pompano Beach Piranhas Masters	20:57.80
30	Cox, Bill	62	Pompano Beach Piranhas Masters	25:33.10
45	Kolb, Karl	65	Pompano Beach Piranhas Masters	34:14.20
49	Sonenshein, Roy	68	Pompano Beach Piranhas Masters	37:33.60

1.5K

Boys 70-79

6 finishers

Pl	Name	Age	Club	Time
33	Kerns, Hubie	77	Swim Fort Lauderdale	26:48.80
38	Boaz, Ed	72	Pompano Beach Piranhas Masters	28:54.60
42	Lloreda, Carlos	72	Pompano Beach Piranhas Masters	30:11.60
48	Vosilla, Steve	72	Pompano Beach Piranhas Masters	37:12.10
50	Perez, Tomas	72	Plantation Swim Team	41:16.80
52	Markovich, Edward	71	Pompano Beach Piranhas Masters	43:09.70

1.5K

Girls 14&U

13 finishers

Pl	Name	Age	Club	Time
2	Machado, Mishka	14	Pompano Beach Piranhas	21:13.80
5	Ward, Raelynn	14	Pompano Beach Piranhas	21:51.00
6	Conlan, Sydney	14	Pompano Beach Piranhas Masters	22:02.80
10	Ukah, Bianca S	13	Pompano Beach Piranhas	23:30.90
11	Horan, Temperance	14	Pompano Beach Piranhas Masters	23:31.40
13	Zapata, Vanessa V	13	Florida Elite Swim Club	24:09.40
14	Bello, Elizabeth V	12	Florida Elite Swim Club	24:44.50
15	Fletcher, Emyleen	14	Swim Fort Lauderdale	25:48.20
18	Porritt, Claire	14	Swim Fort Lauderdale	26:26.80
19	Cavaretta, Sienna G	13	Pompano Beach Piranhas	26:39.50
20	Raimondi, Giuliana M	11	Pompano Beach Piranhas	27:27.40
22	Covault, Sadie J	13	Plantation Swim Team	28:59.60
29	Polk, Shiloh	11	Polk County Aquatics	33:00.70

1.5K

Girls 15-19

9 finishers

Pl	Name	Age	Club	Time
1	Rodriguez, Alina	16	Pompano Beach Piranhas	21:06.50
3	Giuliano, Ornella	17	Azura Florida Aquatics	21:42.90
4	Silva, Bree E	16	Pompano Beach Piranhas	21:44.27
7	Potter, Brielle M	17	Pompano Beach Piranhas	22:09.30
8	Balog, Charlotte V	16	Pompano Beach Piranhas	22:12.50
9	Reid, Erin Glorianne	17	Saint Andrew's Aquatics	22:26.60
12	Ordonez, Lucia	16	Azura Florida Aquatics	23:36.90
16	Chaison, Molly A	17	Pompano Beach Piranhas	25:54.80
17	Spencer, Mimi M	16	Pompano Beach Piranhas	25:58.40

1.5K

Girls 20-29

2 finishers

Pl	Name	Age	Club	Time
28	Villaran, Alessia	28	Palm Aquatics	32:58.20
31	Troutman, Callie	24	Pompano Beach Piranhas Masters	33:21.40

1.5K

Girls 30-39

2 finishers

Pl	Name	Age	Club	Time
23	Yasianovich, Volha	38	Lighthouse Point YMCA	29:28.70
25	Barr, Erika	32	Pompano Beach Piranhas Masters	30:19.80

1.5K

Girls 40-49

4 finishers

Pl	Name	Age	Club	Time
26	Bolado, Caroline	44	Florida Elite Swim Club	30:59.90
32	Carter, Rachael	42	Pompano Beach Piranhas Masters	35:10.10
33	Raimondi, Stephanie	40	Pompano Beach Piranhas Masters	43:05.50
35	Charnova, Victoria	41	Lighthouse Point YMCA	50:20.20

1.5K

Girls 50-59

1 finisher

Pl	Name	Age	Club	Time
27	Briggs, Christine	50	Pompano Beach Piranhas Masters	31:43.90

1.5K

Girls 60-69

2 finishers

Pl	Name	Age	Club	Time
21	Woodburn, Andrea	62	Pompano Beach Piranhas Masters	27:42.70
34	Drum, Carolyn	65	Pompano Beach Piranhas Masters	46:52.10

1.5K

Girls 70-79

2 finishers

Pl	Name	Age	Club	Time
24	La Fountain, Darcy	71	Pompano Beach Piranhas Masters	29:53.50
30	Mancino, Cathy	76	Pompano Beach Piranhas Masters	33:17.10

500m

Boys 10&U

8 finishers

Pl	Name	Age	Club	Time
20	Kolodny, Allen	10	Pompano Beach Piranhas Masters	8:32.00
26	Melin, Owen	9	Swim Fort Lauderdale	9:20.10
27	Clarke, Keathon	9	Pompano Beach Piranhas Masters	9:23.10
28	Arnoldsson, Oliver G	8	Florida Elite Swim Club	9:30.80
31	Soli, Benhamin	8	Pompano Beach Piranhas	11:04.60
32	Yildirim, Karahan	9	Swim Fort Lauderdale	12:11.70
35	Kimpel, Daniel	9	Pompano Beach Piranhas	12:20.60
36	Kohase, Paxton H	8	Plantation Swim Team	12:24.00

500m

Boys 11-12

12 finishers

Pl	Name	Age	Club	Time
12	Gawrys, Michael	11	Swim Fort Lauderdale	7:58.90
13	Arnoldsson, Axel G	11	Florida Elite Swim Club	8:00.90
15	Skuza, Benjamin	11	Swim Fort Lauderdale	8:05.40
16	Stojanovski, Alex	11	Pompano Beach Piranhas	8:10.60
17	Richon, Benjamin C	12	Pompano Beach Piranhas	8:17.80
18	Violante, Luca	12	Florida Elite Swim Club	8:18.60
21	Clark, Harvey S	11	Pompano Beach Piranhas	8:37.40
22	Kohase, Noah S	12	Plantation Swim Team	8:42.70
23	Ramraj, Steve R	12	Sunrise Swim Team	8:50.00
24	McCafferty, JD D	12	Pompano Beach Piranhas	8:59.30
25	Kohase, Taka T	12	Plantation Swim Team	9:02.80
29	Yildirim, Alihan	11	Swim Fort Lauderdale	10:31.10

500m

Boys 13-14

8 finishers

Pl	Name	Age	Club	Time
2	Trentadue, Kaan L	14	Pompano Beach Piranhas	6:44.60
6	Ramirez, Marcelo B	13	Pompano Beach Piranhas	7:12.40
7	Tiani, Michael S	13	Pompano Beach Piranhas	7:20.10
8	Sweizer, Ziggy	14	Pompano Beach Piranhas Masters	7:25.20
10	Tiani, Matias G	13	Pompano Beach Piranhas	7:36.30
11	Balog, Lucas	14	Pompano Beach Piranhas	7:53.00
14	Wehrs, Evan E	14	Pompano Beach Piranhas	8:04.40
19	Banks, Dylan J	14	Pompano Beach Piranhas	8:25.80

500m

Boys 15-19

5 finishers

Pl	Name	Age	Club	Time
1	Menacho, Becket	17	Pompano Beach Piranhas	6:38.50
3	Kimpel, Hudson D	16	Pompano Beach Piranhas	7:00.50
4	Martini, Maxime P	15	Pompano Beach Piranhas	7:05.10
5	Machado, Marcos A	15	Pompano Beach Piranhas	7:08.50
9	Moore, Kiefer B	16	Pompano Beach Piranhas	7:27.10

500m

Boys 40-49

2 finishers

Pl	Name	Age	Club	Time
30	Pastore, Luca	46	Pompano Beach Piranhas Masters	10:33.70
34	Porritt, Ben	46	Pompano Beach Piranhas Masters	12:16.10

500m

Boys 50-59

1 finisher

Pl	Name	Age	Club	Time
33	Estades Saez, Angel Javier	58	Lighthouse Point YMCA	12:14.00

500m

Boys 70-79

1 finisher

Pl	Name	Age	Club	Time
37	Mitchel, Neal H	72	Pompano Beach Piranhas Masters	16:50.70

500m

Girls 10&U

6 finishers

Pl	Name	Age	Club	Time
15	Esteban, Valentina	10	Saint Andrew's Aquatics	9:12.10
20	Raimondi, Vera M	7	Pompano Beach Piranhas	11:44.40
21	Raimondi, Emilia M	9	Pompano Beach Piranhas	12:02.10
22	Trentadue, Selin N	7	Pompano Beach Piranhas	12:03.50
23	Kimpel, Carolina	8	Pompano Beach Piranhas	12:03.50
29	Richon, Piper M	8	Pompano Beach Piranhas	17:49.00

500m

Girls 11-12

5 finishers

Pl	Name	Age	Club	Time
8	Gayle, Neilia	11	Sunrise Swim Team	8:00.30
13	Raimondi, Giuliana M	11	Pompano Beach Piranhas	8:25.70
14	Corredero, Brianna R	11	Florida Elite Swim Club	8:39.00
18	Gordillo, Eva M	11	Pompano Beach Piranhas	11:12.60
26	Hale, Vivian	11	Florida Elite Swim Club	14:26.20

500m

Girls 13-14

7 finishers

Pl	Name	Age	Club	Time
1	Conlan, Sydney	14	Pompano Beach Piranhas Masters	6:57.00
2	Machado, Mishka	14	Pompano Beach Piranhas	7:01.40
5	Ward, Raelynn	14	Pompano Beach Piranhas	7:13.00
9	Ukah, Bianca S	13	Pompano Beach Piranhas	8:06.90
10	Stolk, Julieta	14	Saint Andrew's Aquatics	8:13.90
11	Cavaretta, Sienna G	13	Pompano Beach Piranhas	8:20.30
17	Kennicott, Abry	14	Pompano Beach Piranhas Masters	11:02.80

500m

Girls 15-19

5 finishers

Pl	Name	Age	Club	Time
3	Silva, Bree E	16	Pompano Beach Piranhas	7:09.40
4	Rodriguez, Alina	16	Pompano Beach Piranhas	7:13.00
6	Potter, Brielle M	17	Pompano Beach Piranhas	7:21.20
7	Balog, Charlotte V	16	Pompano Beach Piranhas	7:33.20
12	Chaison, Molly A	17	Pompano Beach Piranhas	8:24.80

500m

Girls 30-39

1 finisher

Pl	Name	Age	Club	Time
16	Yasianovich, Volha	38	Lighthouse Point YMCA	10:00.70

500m

Girls 40-49

6 finishers

Pl	Name	Age	Club	Time
1	Tiani Gomez, Belem	49	Swim Fort Lauderdale	11:05.78
2	Kolodny, Ekaterina	42	Pompano Beach Piranhas Masters	11:14.98
3	Kimpel, Heather	48	Pompano Beach Piranhas	11:56.07
4	Mata, Abigail	45	Pompano Beach Piranhas Masters	11:57.66
5	Raimondi, Stephanie	40	Pompano Beach Piranhas Masters	14:18.75
6	Richon, Kristina	45	Lighthouse Point YMCA	18:14.60

500m

Girls 70-79

1 finisher

Pl	Name	Age	Club	Time
28	Bor, Ellen	71	Pompano Beach Piranhas Masters	15:08.90