After narrowly winning the LBI Paddle Classic long-course race about a month ago, Toms River’s Ryan Oliver returned to Bayview Park in Brant Beach on Aug. 12 and easily cruised to the Long Beach Township “Pick Your Poison” 5-Mile Race title. Oliver finished the standup-paddleboard race in one hour, 13 minutes, 6.14 seconds, beating second-place finisher Michael Jacobus (1:13:54.90) by more than 48 seconds.
Kenny Balcerski placed third in the standup-board race, which had 26 competitors, followed by Guy Peterson in fourth,…
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