The Great Chesapeake Bay Swim
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About this event
The Great Chesapeake Bay Swim (GCBS) is one of America’s premier open water swim challenges. The annual event is scheduled for the second Sunday of June and consists of a 4.4 mile swim across Maryland’s Chesapeake Bay.
The race starts from the shores of Sandy Point State Park, which is about 5 miles northeast of Annapolis. The course extends eastward between the two spans of the William Preston Lane, Jr., Memorial Bridge (U.S. Highway 50) and finishes at a small sandy beach on Kent Island immediately south of the Bridge eastern-shore causeway adjacent to Libbey’s Coastal Kitchen Restaurant.
Join the other swimmers for an iconic race in the waters of Chesapeake Bay
The Great Chesapeake Bay Swim Races
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