New Yorker beats record for swimming around Staten Island: 'Celebration of the journey'

“I had all my hopes and dreams pinned on this day,” Chris Solarz said.

Chris Solarz officially broke the record on Aug. 5 for the fastest swim around Staten Island, finishing the 36-mile jaunt in 14 hours and 24 minutes,

He had a team supporting his endeavor, including math teacher Captain Francis Laros, who created a mathematical model to estimate his swim time based on the height of the river and the flow rates.

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