Posted: Aug 13, 2013
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 13, 2013
Courtesy of Pace Athletics Communications
PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. - Six members of the Pace Swimming and Diving team helped raise $3,000 as they participated in the Swim Across the Sound event on Saturday, August 3.
The team of Alexis Chocianowski, Matt McCann, Nick Targonski, Zacchary Filanova, Thomas Virgona, and Kaitlyn Siriano placed second in the event with the money raised benefitting St. Vincent’s Foundation to use to support cancer patients and their families.
The participants swam 15.5 miles starting in Port Jefferson, N.Y. across Long Island Sound and finishing in Bridgeport, Conn. The swim took them over nine hours and they battled the elements with rainy weather, jellyfish, and 4-5 foot seas.
