Yearly
Results
 |
Click on the YEAR (below) for the results. |
List of Winners; GCBS Difficulty Rankings;
Basic GCBS Statistics
Event # |
YEAR |
Sunday,
June |
Start
Time |
# of
Waves |
Course* |
Approx. $
to Charity |
| 29th |
2011 |
12 |
11:30
a |
2 |
A |
$500,000 |
| 29th |
2010 |
13 |
8:00
a |
2 |
A |
$500,000 |
| 28th |
2009 |
14 |
10:20
a |
2 |
A |
$500,000 |
| 27th |
2008 |
8 |
10:00
a |
2 |
A |
$500,000 |
| 26th |
2007 |
10 |
9:30
a |
2 |
A |
$500,000 |
| 25th |
2006 |
11 |
10:00
a |
2 |
A |
$500,000 |
| 24th |
2005 |
12 |
10:30
a |
2 |
A |
$300,000 |
| 23rd |
2004 |
13 |
9:30
a |
2 |
A |
$250,000 |
|
22nd |
2003 |
8 |
12:30
p |
2 |
A |
$150,000 |
|
21st |
 2002 |
16 |
11:00
a |
2 |
A |
$150,000 |
| 20th |
2001 |
10 |
10:30
a |
2 |
A |
$100,000 |
| 19th |
2000 |
11 |
9:45
a |
2 |
A |
$50,000 |
| 18th |
1999 |
13 |
7:19
a |
2 |
A |
$50,000 |
| 17th |
1998 |
14 |
10:50
a |
2 |
A |
$39,500 |
| 16th |
1997 |
8 |
10:00
a |
2 |
A |
$20,000 |
| 15th |
1996 |
9 |
8:30
a |
2 |
A |
$20,000 |
| 14th |
1995 |
11 |
1:00
p |
2 |
A |
$20,000 |
| 13th |
1994 |
12 |
10:00
a |
2 |
A |
$20,000 |
| 12th |
1993 |
13 |
9:15
a |
2 |
A |
$12,000 |
| 11th |
1992 |
28 |
8:30
a |
2 |
A |
$2,500 |
| 10th |
1991 |
9 |
8:05
a |
9 |
A |
$30,000 |
| 9th |
1990 |
10 |
8:00
a |
1 |
A |
$30,000 |
| 8th |
1989 |
11 |
8:00
a |
1 |
A |
$30,000 |
| 7th |
1988 |
12 |
8:00
a |
1 |
A |
$25,000 |
| 6th |
1987 |
14 |
8:00
a |
1 |
A |
$20,000 |
| 5th |
1986 |
15 |
10:00
a |
1 |
B |
$5,000 |
| 4th |
1985 |
9 |
12:00
p |
1 |
C |
$3,000 |
| |
Hanks Event |
16 |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
0 |
| 3rd |
1984 |
10 |
n/a |
1 |
C |
$2,000 |
| |
Hanks Event |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
0 |
| 2nd |
1983 |
12 |
12:15
p |
1 |
C |
$2,000 |
| 1st |
1982 |
n/a |
n/a |
1 |
C |
$800 |
Total
dollars to charities (1982-2010): |
$3,830,000 |
* Course:
A - Sandy Point State
Park to Hemingways
B - Westinghouse to
Hemingways
C - Kent Island to
Sandy Point State Park |
| n/a - Information Not
Available (bayswim@writeme.com if you have
information) |
1992-2011 |
Race Organizer: Charles
J. Nabit (also w/Lyn Brooks; Robert D. Vigorito) - Charity: March of Dimes |
1984-1991 |
Race Organizer: Fletcher
Hanks - Charity: American Diabetes Association (1986 - 1991) |
| |
- In 1986, the
Earley event and the Hanks event, which were conducted separately in 1984 and 1985,
merged. |
1982-1985 |
Founder: Brian Joseph
Earley - Charity: American Diabetes Association |
Summary
Brian J. Earley started what is now the Great
Chesapeake Bay Swim (GCBS) with his first annual swim across the Bay on Sunday, June
13, 1982, in memory of his father, Joseph Earley, who died of diabetes complications in
1981. Brian used the swim to raise donations for the American Diabetes Association, which
continued through the 1991 event. Brian's initial swims (1982-1985) were from Kent
Island to Sandy Point State Park.
Race organizer Fletcher Hanks began a separate Bay Swim event, entitled
the "Chesapeake Bay Bridges Swim Race," which attracted 2 swimmers** the
first year and about 60 the second year. On June 15, 1986, the Hanks and Earley
events merged when 211 swimmers successfully swam from Westinghouse (south of the bridges
on the western shore) to Hemingway's Restaurant. The
following year, the event started at Sandy Point State
Park, which established its present course.
The June 14, 1992, event scheduled by Fletcher Hanks was canceled.
The 1992 event was rescheduled for June 28th as a charity event, entitled
the "Great Chesapeake Bay Swim," for the March of Dimes. Since 1992,
Director Chuck Nabit has orchestrated an impressive set of volunteers and sponsors to
provide a safe and popular sporting event for the benefit of the March of Dimes.
** In
1984, Alan Dean Parsons was one of the two "Hanks" finishers; he also finished
the '86 and '87 Bay Swims. |
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