July 2010

New York Athletic Club Gears Up For 6th Annual Swim Across America

Swim Across America of Long Island Sound (SAALIS) will celebrate the 6th annual New York Athletic Club (NYAC) Pool Swim in Pelham on Saturday, July 11th. The NYAC will host swimmers, open to the public, between 6:30 am – 9:30 am. Swimmers may participate individually or as a part of a team in memory or honor of a loved one.

Olympic swimmer Nikki Dreyden will join swimmers at the NYAC as they complete one mile and half-mile swims in support of the fight against cancer. Dreyden swam for Canada in the 1992 and 1996 Olympic games and was a finalist in two events. She has also won 21 Canadian national titles and is a Pan American Games medalist. All are welcomed for some swimming tips and autographs.

SAALIS is a Westchester-based non-profit that enters its 18th season with six outstanding swim events. Over the past years, these Long Island Pool and Sound swims have raised over $9,000,000 in the fight against cancer.

Proceeds from these swims go to the Cancer Support Team serving lower Westchester, the Tommy Palazzo Fellowship at Columbia University, the Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital of New York-Presbyterian Medical Center, the DeMatteo Research and Swim Across America Laboratories at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. Through the generosity, energy and commitment of the swimmers, sponsors and volunteers, these charities provide vital research and leading treatments and services to conquer cancer.

To register, donate and/or sponsor a swimmer, visit SAALIS website www.swimacrossamerica.org/long_island click to New York Athletic Club. For donations, make checks payable to Swim Across America, PO Box 217 Larchmont, NY 10538

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