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Since it\u2019s founding in 1987, SAAs charity swim program has granted over $80 million to its mission of funding cancer research and clinical trials.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c364 days a year we compete with each other,\u201d said Providence College head coach <strong>John O\u2019Neill<\/strong> at the Swim Across America\u2014Rhode Island charity swim. \u201cBut today, we all wear the same swim cap. We\u2019ve all been touched by cancer and we swim in honor of survivors and those we\u2019ve lost so that others may have hope.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>O&#8217;Neill was awarded the College Swim Coaches Association of America community service award in 2016 for his support of Swim Across America.<\/p>\n<p>The college programs that participated and volunteered at an SAA charity swim include Assumption College, Boston University, Bryant University, Brown University, Cal\u00a0Catawba College,\u00a0College of Holy Cross, Colorado School of Mines, East Carolina University, Emory, Harvard, Johns Hopkins, Loyola University, Maryville University, McKendree University, Northeastern University, Penn State, Providence College, Queens University, Roger Williams University, Seattle University, SMU, St. Louis University, TCU, Truman State, Tufts University, University of California, University of Connecticut, University of Georgia, University of Idaho, University of Illinois-Chicago, University of Missouri,\u00a0University of Missouri-St. Louis, University of North Texas, University of\u00a0Texas, Ursuline College, Villanova and Wesleyan University.<\/p>\n<p>The 2019 Swim Across America calendar will include charity swims in Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, Charleston-Kiawah, Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas, Detroit, Denver, Fairfield County (CT), Houston, Long Island, Nantucket, Nassau (NY), Richmond, Rhode Island, San Francisco, Seattle, St. Louis and Tampa.<\/p>\n<p>Olympian <strong>Craig Beardsley<\/strong> heads up Swim Across America\u2019s college program. 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