Greenville Splash Masters

Greenville Splash is getting excited for our big community service event: Adult Learn to Swim! Every April we host the Annual Greenville Splash Adult Learn to Swim program. We will be partnering with Aqua Angels to provide free swim lessons to our community. This will take place 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.

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.*

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.

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. There are a few spots left for those that need lessons. Sign up on Aqua Angels website

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. Register as the club South Carolina Current before entering Nationals. Registration is due by April 6. So far we have these swimmers signed up: Noah Cignarale, Susan DeMere, Chris Gibbs, Bill Grawe, Charles Michael, Carolyn Moore, Celeste Schultz, Joe Shake, William Tarr, Sarah Tomashefski

June 6 Beaufort River Swim Open Water Swim and 5k Run. Click here to register:

June 13 Low Country Splash 2.4 & 6 mile open water swim in Charleston. Click here to enter:

September 19 Upstate Splash Charity Open Water Swim at Lake Jocassee. Hosted by Greenville Splash. Registration opens for the event the first week of April. The event fills up fast! Registration can be found here:

For more swim events in the southeast click here:

Congratulations to our swimmers that competed at the Sunbelt meet in Charlotte this past February:

Ryan Cassella, Scott Conklin, Steve Croucher, Mark Kothe, Carolyn Moore, Celeste Schultz, Joe Shake, William Tarr, Michael Templeton, Sarah Tomashefski and John VanSant

Congrats to Mike, Ryan, Steve and Mark for breaking the state record in the 400 Medley Relay!

Kudos to Celeste Schultz and William Tarr for competing in the Maria Thrash Memorial swim meet in Atlanta. Celeste improved her times in the 50 &100 Breast and the 100 IM. William swam awesome times in the 50, 100 & 200 Free!

We are super proud of our swimmers at the Myrtle Beach meet: Barbara Eisele and John VanSant. Barbara swam amazing races and got state records in the 100 & 200 Free, 100 & 200 Back, 100 Breast, 50 Fly, and the100 & 200 IM. John improved his times in the 50 & 100 Back and 50 & 100 Breast.

We want to send out a huge shout out to our swimmers and coaches that helped with the Winter Swim Clinic Sessions for the Greenville Triathlon Club: Lauren Harper, Steve Croucher, Beth Cox, Carolyn Moore, Eric Woods. This wonderful event is organized by Lauren Harper. Thank you for sharing your expertise to the triathlon community.

Thank you so much to these swimmers for participating in Volunteer Night at the Age Group State Championships: Wil Seifreid, Thomas & Brenda Stephens, Beth Cox, Steve Croucher, Sarah Tomashefski, Rox Selbach, Kristi Panaytoff, and Steve & Leslie Scot

We want to wish Olivia Kayye all the best as she moves to Raleigh, North Carolina. We will really miss Olivia and Eloise!

Congratulations to Ben Whittaker in the 5km race called SWIMATHON in Thailand. It was a unique format, 5x1km loops and each loop you had to exit the water, go around a buoy on land, and run back in. They call it the Aussie exit in triathlon circles. There were about 150 people doing the 5km swim, and another 65 doing the 10km swim.

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.

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

We have been passing out team swag at workouts this past month. If you have not received yours, check with a coach to see if it is at the pool. Or check with Coach Leslie

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:

May 1-3 Team Greenville Bring the Heat age group meet ( Closed Friday evening – Sunday)

June 19-21 Team Greenville Splash & Dash age group meet (Closed Friday evening – Sunday)

Pool changes to long course on March 30th at 1:00 pm

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:

Aqua Angels is an amazing organization in our community that helps to provide swim lessons for those in need. They have also begun a program for teaching children with disabilities swim lessons and even had an adaptive swim meet in October. Upstate Splash is proud to partner with them to raise funds and awareness to make our community safer in and around the water. Thank you Aqua Angels for volunteering at the Upstate Splash!

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!

Facebook Links:

Greenville Splash

Upstate Splash Charity

"Make a Splash in Life, Swim!"

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/