Students from the High School South swim team held a swim-a-thon to raise money for those affected by Typhoon Haiyan. The student swimmers raised more than $1,000 to help the relief efforts in the Philippines. The money was donated to the American Red Cross and will be used to send food supplies, provide clean drinking water, and distribute items to help make shelters in the Philippines. The team’s head coach is Anthony Bartolone.
The team members include Jennifer Birkland, Sydney Bornstein, Justin Chao, Saagar Chitale, Amogh Chitnis, Vincent Curatolo, Richard Deng, Cole Ding, Kyle Dixon-Anderson, Adam Druckman, Madeleine Ferguson, Brianne Giambagno, Nada Hanna, Alex He, Jessica Holmgren, Bill Yan Huang, Emma Huang, Claire Kartoz, Eashaan Kumar, Kat Kyuchukova, Sarah Lattime, Jessica Lewinson, Brian Li, Allison Lin, Nalini Madhavan, Annie Menninger, Anahita Mohopatra, Gabriel Monteiro, Ary Pathania, Daniela Portilla, Anish Puligilla, Manish Rachamallu, Christina Roder, Adviti Sarang, Aly Sayed, Rishi Singh, Alex Slater, Rabia Syed, Ashley Thayaparan, Alex Vogen, Kurt von Autenried, Allan Wang, Anna Xeinis, Jack Yang, David Yin, Sharon Zhang, Michael Zhong, and Rachel Zhou.