Congratulations Team Saint-Amour!

The fortitude of the Microsoft capital markets team was on display in the English Channel on July 13, when Craig Saint-Amour, director of U.S. Capital Markets swam across the channel as part of a relay team with his daughters Melissa Saint-Amour and Roberta Saint-Amour, both of whom also have careers in the financial industry.

The trio were the first father/daughter team to swim across the channel, and they completed the trip in 11 hours, 10 minutes and 51 seconds as certified by the Channel Swimming and Pilot Federation.

Saint-Amour is a six-time All American swimmer. The three spent two-and-a-half years planning and conditioning in the cold water of the Long Island beaches, mostly at 5 a.m. on weekends. Saint-Amour’s son is also a swimmer but was unable to join in the swim because he had just begun a pediatric residency program.