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Manteca man is oldest to swim SF to Alcatraz
MAKING A SPLASH AT 87
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Chuck Cantoni (center) along with his swim buddy Steve Haney (left) battled the unpredictable currents of the bay to complete the trek from Alcatraz to San Francisco on Aug. 13. At 87, the resident of Del Webb-Woodbridge is one of the oldest to do the swim.
Chuck Cantoni appears to be the oldest person ever to complete the swim from Alcatraz Island to San Francisco. At 87, the resident of Del Webb-Woodbridge in Manteca conducted research online only to discover that a Florida man did likewise but on his 87th birthday. “I had him by four months,” he said on Wednesday.