This year is Save The Bay's 50th year and I am so excited to swim the 2.0 miles acrsoss the East Passage to raise funds and awareness again in 2026 in support of Save The Bay's mission to protect and improve Narragansett Bay. In these 50 years, devoted athletes raised nearly $7,000,000 swimming more than a total of 24,000 miles. This year is also special because a team of swimmers will be swimming in memory of long time ocean and cold water swimmer, Jon Cooper. Jon motivated so many of us to keep coming back to the ocean, and this year, we swim in memory of him.