It might be for the only time this year, but West Coast fans have been given some bragging rights over Fremantle on a record-breaking day for the 2024 Port to Pub swim.

For the first time, the West Coast OWLS beat the Fremantle Dockers Old Salts past the post in the gruelling swim from Leighton Beach in Fremantle to Rottnest Island.

The Old Salts have beaten West Coast every time the two outfits have entered a six-person team, but this year, the combination of Drew Banfield, Mitchell White, Will Schofield, Ashley McIntosh, Jamie McNamara and Nick Stone were too potent.

Matthew Burton, Paul Hasleby, Jamie Merillo, Jason Norrish and Lee Spur represented the Dockers.

In the real action, team Subi Sports Sista’s smashed the female team of four record, completing the 25km challenge in a collective time of 04:05:11.

Hitting the water at 6.40am on Saturday, Chelsea Gubecka, Bianca Monaco, Chantal Liew and Rebekah Weller were among more than 1500 entrants vying for glory.

The men’s solo event was also a competitive category, but ultimately, course record holder Ben Jimmieson went back-to-back.

However, he couldn’t come close to his record time of 04:49:20 set in 2023, finishing in 05:10:25.11.

Amity Campbell took out the solo women’s category in 05:15:21, while Josie Page broke the women’s 25km ultramarathon record with a time of 06:01:03.

Callum Greenshields won the men’s ultramarathon in 05:51:57.

The record was also broken in the female KC Australia Duo event by Jaimee Traeger and Bianca Petite.

In its ninth year, the Port to Pub challenge featured swimmers aged 13 to 75.