“Swim With Mike” Hits the $3 Million Mark

By Jenny Keens

LOS ANGELES, April 25. "SWIM with Mike," USC's annual fund-raiser for physically challenged former athletes, surpassed the $3 million mark last weekend.

The unique event, which was established to provide physically challenged former athletes with tuition, room and board, books, on-campus housing and emotional support, raised $375,000 last Saturday, April 21, in the 21st renewal of the fund-raiser.

This year's swim had its share of great highlights. Kevin Allman, a young swimmer from Atlanta, traveled all the way to the swim with his family to help raise money for the Physically Challenged Athletes Scholarship Fund. Swimmer Dan Redden raised a record $10,000 on his own, while John Chavez, a blind athlete, swam 200 miles.

USC Olympians Klete Keller, Lindsay Benko, Erik Vendt, Bruce Furniss and John Naber held an Olympian Swim Clinic under the guidance of former USC Olympic coach, Peter Daland.

USC was joined in its efforts to raise money for physically challenged athletes by swimmers from Columbia and Princeton University.

The most exciting highlight of the day was the presentaion of the "People Helping People" award to USC alum and Giants cornerback Jason Sehorn. Sehorn's commitment to helping single-parent families through his foundation, Sehorn's Corner, was the reason the "Swim with Mike" committee chose him as this year's recipient. Sehorn was accompanied by his fiancee, Angie Harmon, of the TV show, "Law and Order."

Many of the recipients were star athletes who lost their scholarships due to a physically disabling injury. With the help of the money raised at "Swim with Mike," the Physically Challenged Athletes Scholarship Fund allows these students to return to school.

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