Chuck Beatty

Chuck Beatty is an American open water swimmer and event director from Akron, Ohio.

Open Water Swimming Highlights

On 26 July 2017, he crossed Lake Erie by swimming 39.1 km in 11 hours 48 minutes 51 seconds from Long Point in Ontario, Canada to Freeport Beach, Pennsylvania, USA observed by Thomas Spence and piloted by Dave Runser with Kevin McCardle, Mark Schenk, Kristen Bergmann as support crew members.
In July 2016, he completed a 36-mile relay crossing of Lake Erie from Point Pelee to Vermilion in 17 hours 25 minutes with Kristen Bergmann, Jay DeFinis, Ashley Braniecki, Kevin Kelley, and C.C. Skoch as a fundraiser for the Swimming Saves Lives Foundation of U.S. Masters Swimming. Kevin McCardle and Mark Schenk served as escort kayakers with Michael Bergmann and Joe Colling as escort boat pilots with Josselyn Verry as the observer. US$8,600 was raised for the Swimming Saves Lives Foundation.
He serves as the event director of the Brogan Open Water Classic.