Charter Academy grad Whiting finishes first at Cd'A Crossing

COEUR d’ALENE — Defending champion Tristan Whiting was at it again Sunday morning, completing a 2.4-mile swim across Lake Coeur d’Alene in 48 minutes, 27 seconds to win the Coeur d’Alene Crossing event.

Whiting, a 2018 Coeur d’Alene Charter Academy graduate who will be swimming in college at Wisconsin-Whitewater, trains year round with the Coeur d’Alene Area Swim Team and won the fundraising race in 2016. The 2017 race was canceled due to weather conditions.

There were 190 participants in Sunday’s swim from Arrow Point to the finish chute, just west of the floating green at Coeur d’Alene Resort Golf Course.

Second place and first in the female division was Sakaiya McCoy from Spokane in 50 minutes, 33 seconds. Rounding out the top three for the boys was Ethan Downing (51 minutes, 41 seconds) of Spokane Valley, who will be a senior at East Valley this year, and Karter Rasmussen (51:58), a senior at CHS this year. Both boys train with the Coeur d’Alene Area Swim Team.

Second place for the women’s division was Abbey Whiting, who will be a sophomore at CHS this year and is another CDA Area Swim Team member, with a time of 53 minutes, 22 seconds. Third place for women went to Beth Knight from Carlsbad, Calif.

A complete list of results is available at swimcast.com.

Proceeds from the race benefit the North Idaho College Booster Club, the Coeur d’Alene Area Swim Team (CAST) and Union Gospel Mission.