The 2022 Texas Water Safari came to a close on Wednesday at 1 p.m. at Bill Sanders Memorial Park in Seadrift.
High temperatures and low water marks took a toll on many of the paddlers in the already-rugged 260-mile race — of the 138 teams that cast off from the Meadows Center in San Marcos on Saturday, just 71 reached the finish line.
The six-man team “Black Flag,” made up of racers Andrew Condie, Clay Wyatt, Gaston Jones, Ian Rolls, Logan Mynar and Weston Willoughby, and team captains Jill Wyatt and Fred Mynar, took first place overall and in the Unlimited class, completing the Water Safari in 40 hours and 56 minutes.
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