The Shadow
The Lake Moomaw One Mile Swim was held on Saturday August 20th with 64 swimmers participating. The race began and ended at Cole’s Point Beach area of Lake Moomaw.
Top overall male & female winners:
Male: George Sushkoff Female: Erin Kiessling-Wells
Time: 22.02.49 Time: 24:23.46
The Alleghany Highlands Chamber of Commerce & Tourism would like to thank the sponsors of the Lake Moomaw One Mile Swim for their contributions that helped make this event a huge success! They are as follows: ALCOVA Mortgage, Ingevity, Covington-Hot Springs Rotary, Jackson River Community Credit Union, BA Rupert Real Estate, Cucci’s Pizzeria, J&K Electric, Williams Fabrication/JenFab, Highlands Community Bank, Temple Baptist Church, LewisGale Hospital Alleghany, WestRock, Greenbrier Physicians, State Farm, and Sentara.
Thank you to Dave Holland for serving as the event director, Macie Rice and Megan Persinger for assisting with coordination, Chuck Almarez for photographing the event, Bill Uzzell for driving the boat for the photographer, Jessica Harmon for manning the turnaround kayak, the great volunteers and chamber staff that assisted with the event. Most importantly, a special thanks to the Westvaco Water Rescue Team and the Dunlap & Falling Springs Rescue Squads!
“It was a great event with perfect weather and it’s always nice to hear people from outside of the Alleghany Highlands talk about how beautiful our region is and how welcoming the community is of them” said Teresa Hammond, Executive Director of the Chamber. The Lake Moomaw One Mile Swim concludes the outdoor sporting events for the Chamber in 2022. “We would like to thank the volunteers of the community and our wonderful sponsors; without these individuals and businesses our events wouldn’t be successful. We are always excited to host these events so visitors can see and enjoy all that the Alleghany Highlands has to offer” said Chamber Executive Director Teresa Hammond.
