Doing just swimmingly

Converse swim team finishes undefeated in dual-meet season, has national qualifiers

FEBRUARY 10, 2011 1:49 p.m. (0)

Jess Mason could have gone to an established collegiate swimming program but she decided she to be a part of building a championship-caliber program at Converse College.

“I wanted to help build something special,” she said.

And the freshman who swam for Mauldin High and Team Greenville is.  Continue reading...

 

It's swimming season

New volunteer program aims to help kids learn water skills

MAY 27, 2011 10:42 a.m. (0)

More than 200 children drown in pools or spas between Memorial Day and Labor Day each year, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.

Drowning Prevention Foundation reported that 19 percent of them occur in public pools with certified lifeguards present.

Cory Satterfield has been in the water as long as she can remember, but while working as a lifeguard at Caine Halter Family YMCA, she realized that not all children have had the privilege to learn to swim.  Continue reading...

 

Swimmers SAIL into summer

Competitive swim organization has been around since 1964

JUNE 7, 2012 10:07 a.m. (0)

Those long lines of cars wrapping around your neighborhood pool on Thursday nights mean two things: school’s out and SAIL – the Swim Association Invitational League – is in session.

SAIL has been introducing Greenville County kids to competitive swimming since 1964, and has become a rite of passage for many area children – and now, their children. Bob Knight, president of the SAIL executive board, says he expects the league to feature more than 4,200 swimmers on 38 neighborhood teams this year.  Continue reading...