In September, the Rhode Island swimming and diving team participated in the Swim Across America Rhode Island event to raise money for the American Cancer Society and Women & Infants Hospital.

It was the fifth year the Rhody swimmers participated in the event, which was held in Narragansett Bay at Roger Wheeler State Beach. The Rams were among 400 college students taking part, joining swimmers from Providence College, Roger Williams University, the University of Connecticut and Wesleyan University.

In our lifetimes, one in two men and one in three women will be diagnosed with cancer. The Rams are doing their part to change that: They raised more than $6,000 through the event.