Greenville Splash Masters

Greenville Splash is ready for an epic year! We have two big community service events coming up. One is the Greenville Splash Volunteer Night at the Age Group State Champs at GCAC. Come and help us be a timer on Feb 15 from 5-7:30 pm. Our other big event is our Annual Greenville Splash Adult Learn to Swim program. We provide free swim lessons to our community, this will be on Tuesday evenings in April from 7-8 pm at GCAC. Let Coach Leslie know if you would like to be a part of this rewarding experience by being a volunteer instructor.

2026 brings United States Master Swimming Spring Nationals to Greensboro, North Carolina. Since it is so close to our area we are looking forward to our swimmers showing off their skills. Let us know if you are planning to attend.

Read More if You are Thinking About Going to Nationals:

After an overwhelming amount of interest, a team was created for South Carolina. Swimmers can join South Carolina Current in order to do relays at Nationals. There is no cost or penalty to change teams for this event. After this event, you can switch back to your normal teams through the same method.

New Team: South Carolina Current, SCC

How to: Login to USMS and go to “My Account”. In the Dashboard there is a section

labeled “Transfer My Membership”, Select South Carolina for LMSC and Select South

Carolina Current under Club.

Next: After you have changed your club, register for Nationals as normal. Price Increase

is February 18th! If you have already signed up for the meet, please email

events@usmastersswimming.org as soon as possible to make that change.

RELAY INTEREST: When signing up for the meet, please put down which relays you are

interested in as well as your split times. This will assist us greatly with creating relays

that are in everyone’s best interest.

IF YOU WANT TO BE ON A RELAY, please complete the google form with your

information so you can join the communication list. Click here:

*Please note that registering under SC Current as your team, any individual or relay records that

are broken will appear with your name and the SC Current team name.*

*If you are swimming in the Charlotte meet or registering for both Myrtle Beach and Nationals, you might want to consider switching your club after the Myrtle Beach Meet.*

Send Leslie results and pictures of your events for our next newsletter. Feel free to email Coach Leslie at greenvillesplash@gmail.com or give me a call if you need any help with anything: 864-283-1328.

Thank you for participating and being a part of Greenville Splash Masters Swimming! We require annual dues for both Greenville Splash and United States Masters Swimming. Click the links above and below.

Feb. 7-8 Sunbelt Charlotte Meet SCY. This is our big team event! Make plans to join the fun! We need you to help us score team points! Click here to enter and for more info: Entries are due by Monday Feb. 2 by noon. Good luck to: Ryan Cassella, Scott Conklin, Steve Croucher, Mark Kothe, Carolyn Moore, Celeste Schultz, Joe Shake, William Tarr, Michael Templeton, Sarah Tomashefski and John VanSant

Feb 15 Greenville Splash Volunteer Night at the State Age Group Champs at GCAC. Join the fun and give back to the sport we love so much! Team Greenville really appreciates our help. We are timers for the last night of finals. It is usually from 4:45 - 7:30 pm. Let Coach Leslie know asap if you can help out!

Feb 27 - March 1 Myrtle Beach Meet SCY. Click here to enter:

South Carolina LMSC Annual Meeting at Hickory Tavern Sat Feb. 28 4-5 pm followed by meet social. All are invited.

March 1 USMS Coach Certification Level 2 & 3 in Atlanta, Georgia. Click here for more information:

April Adult Learn to Swim Month: Greenville Splash Volunteers Teach our Community to Swim for Free. Let Coach Leslie know if you are interested in volunteering for a super rewarding experience. We will be providing lessons on Tuesday evenings at GCAC from 7-8 pm on April 7, 14, 21 and 28.

April 11 Senior Games in Charleston. Click here for more information:

April 30 - May 3 USMS Spring Nationals in Greensboro, NC. Click here for more information:

Since Nationals is close to home this year, many swimmers are planning to go. Let Coach Leslie know if you are going. South Carolina will also register as a club for those that are interested in relays. Register by Feb 18 for lower entry cost.

September 19 Upstate Splash Charity Open Water Swim at Lake Jocassee. Hosted by Greenville Splash

For more swim events in the southeast click here:

Furman alumni swimmers were honored at a recent reunion. Can you believe we have 5 swimmers that swam on the Furman team and now continue to swim with Greenville Splash? We are super proud of Patrick Bridges, Lelia Reynolds, Chris Gibbs, Mark Kothe and Janice Hebel!

We are super excited to have these swimmers complete their certification to become Adult Learn to Swim Instructors: Alec DiBattista, Janine Serell and Alyssa Berry . They completed their training recently in Augusta, Georgia with USMS.

Congratulations to our swimmers that swam at the South Carolina Short Course Meters Meet in December in Charleston: Susan DeMere, Daniel Dietrich, Jeff Dietrich, Barbara Eisele, Charles Michael, Joe Shake, William Tarr and Molly Marrett. Way to go Barbara! Barbara Eisele broke the National USMS Record for the 200 IM in the 95-99 age group for short course meters at this meet. She had previously set this record in yards last fall.

Kudos to Celeste Schultz for competing in the Athens swim meet in December. She improved her times in the 50 fly, 50 breast, 50 free and 100 breast.

Welcome Coach Noah Cignarele as one of our evening coaches at Greenville County Aquatic Complex. Congratulations on becoming a Level 1 Certified USMS Coach! Noah will be coaching on Tuesday evenings 6:30-8:00 pm. Come out and give one of his workouts a try!

We are beyond proud of Steve Leitch! Steve completed the Cook's Straight Open Water Swim in New Zealand in December The Cook Strait swim is a challenging marathon swim across the treacherous, cold, and current-filled channel between New Zealand's North and South Islands, considered one of the world's toughest open-water swims and part of the Oceans Seven. Swimmers face strong tides, unpredictable eddies, marine life like jellyfish and sharks, and chilly water. Steve is on a quest to complete the Ocean's Seven. He has finished 5 of the swims! The Oceans Sevens is a marathon swimming challenge consisting of seven open water channel swims. It was devised in 2008 as the swimming equivalent of the Seven Summits mountaineering challenge. It comprises the North Channel, the Cook Straight, the Moloka'i Channel, the English Channel, the Catalina Channel, the Tsugaru Straight and the Strait of Gibraltar. He does the swims to raise awareness and money for those that are overcoming addiction.

Coach Noah will be coaching Tuesday evenings at Greenville County Aquatic Complex 6:30-8:00 pm. We would love to get some more swimmers in the evenings! If you haven't been in awhile we look forward to seeing you soon!

Swimming is movement that heals from the inside out.

Swimming doesn’t just strengthen your body it reshapes your brain.

Studies show it boosts memory by increasing blood flow to the hippocampus (the brain’s memory center), helps regulate the nervous system, and even improves the depth and quality of your sleep.

The rhythmic motion.

The deep breathing.

The weightlessness in water.

It all sends signals to your brain: you’re safe, you’re present, you can rest.

And unlike many workouts, swimming stimulates both brain hemispheres, supporting neural growth, mood balance, and long-term brain health.

Because sometimes the fastest way to reset your mind…

is to float.

Taken from Digital Creator: Factology

Greenville County Aquatic Complex:

It's Short Course Season! Coached workouts: TuTh 5:30-7:00 am, TuTh 6:30-8:00 pm, Tu 9:00-10:30 am, Fri 7:00-8:30 am & 9:00-10:30 am, Sat 7:00-8:30 am (informal workout)

Veterans Swim Program Mon & Wed 11:30 am - 12:30 pm

Pool closed on these dates:

February 12-15th Team Greenville 14 & Under state meet ( Closed Thursday evening – Sunday)

February 27th – March 1st TG 8 & Under State meet ( Closed Friday evening – Sunday)

Kroc Center:

Coached workouts: MWF 6:00-7:00 am.

Please Note: Due to lane space and safety concerns we require swimmers to circle swim at all workouts at both pools.

Make sure to check our website to see our Greenville Splash workouts that we do every week. Coach Carolyn and Coach Leslie are working hard to post them every week!

Click here for workouts:

Thank you so much to all of our swimmers that volunteer for Greenville Splash! Your efforts help to make our community safer in the water and provide fitness and competition activities for swimmers.

We host several big events every year:
Adult Learn to Swim
The Upstate Splash Charity Open Water Swim
Upstate Veterans Swim

We have taught 520 adults how to swim!
The Upstate Splash has raised money to provide swim lessons for over 3,600 children!

We are proud to be a team that gives back to our community!

Meet the Greenville Splash Advisory Board:

Sara Bopp, Amy Browning, Mark Kothe, Carolyn Moore, and Leslie Scott

Please, reach out to these board members with any suggestions for the future success of your Greenville Splash Masters team. Email: advisoryboard@greenvillesplash.com

Follow us on facebook, twitter, instagram and our website for more information about our USMS club. We also have FB messenger for each of the pools, let us know if you want to be added. We always welcome all swimmers to any of our workouts, events and socials. Join the fun!

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Greenville Splash

Upstate Splash Charity

Email: greenvillesplash@gmail.com
Website: www.greenvillesplash.com
Location: Greenville County Aquatic Complex and Kroc Center
Phone: 864-283-1328 Head Coach Leslie Scott
Facebook: facebook.com/greenvillesplash
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/greenvillesplash/