The top professional marathon swimmers in the world including Shelley Taylor-Smith, Diego Degano, Greg Streppel, Claudio Plit, Chad Hundeby, Karen Burton, David Alleva, Annie Granison, Marianne Cassidy, and Silvia Dalotto compete in the 1993 Swim Across The Sound, starting in Port Jefferson across the rough water conditions across the Sound, a race won by Hundeby in 5 hours 56 minutes followed by Streppel and Taylor-Smith.