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YMCA of Greenville Splash Masters Swimming

Our Coaches


The YMCA Master coaches have many years of Masters coaching experience and are dedicated to the success of every level of swimmer.



Masters Coach Leslie Scott

Director of the YMCA Masters program
Leslie Scott

Hometown: Daytona Beach, Florida

College: Stephen F. Austin State University, BS; National University, MS

Career: Special Education Teacher

Noteworthy in Swimming:

  • -All American Open Water Swimmer
  • -Swam 221 miles in one month and placed first in a workout race
  • -Swam a 10-mile ocean race from Seal Beach to Long Beach

Coaching Experience: Coached for many different teams in four states. Coached summer league, USS age group swimming, high school, Special Olympics, a deaf swim team, and Masters. Aquatic Director for a master planned community. Currently the coach for Hillcrest High School and Poinsettia Summer League.

Favorite Stroke: Breaststroke




Masters Coach Jim Keogh

Jim Keogh

Hometown: Norwalk, CT

College: Colgate University, undergraduate; Clemson University, M Ed.

Career: 27-years as a coach on the high school, club and university level, primarily as a Senior Coach, but coached all age groups at sometime in career.

Noteworthy in Swimming:

  • -7th US Long Distance National Champion- Open Water 4-mile (1969)
  • -Mutli-state and regional champion and record holder, Connecticut and Region I
  • -Freshman record holder in the 500 Freestyle (Colgate University)
  • -2nd Place: 400IM Puerto Rico National Championship (1976)

Coaching Experience: Have produced at least one Senior National qualifier in every job held as a club coach. Trained six first-time Olympic trial qualifiers. Interned with Paul Bergen and Eddie Reese (Longhorn Swim Camp, 1978). 2-Time Coach of the Year (USA Swimming in South Carolina, 2000 & 2001).

Favorite Stroke: Varies from meet to meeet, practice to practice




Masters Coach Sarah Long

Sarah Long

Hometown: St. Charles, ILL

College: Auburn University

Career: Physical Education teacher at Abner Creek Elementary School

Coaching Experience:

  • -Current coach of Byrnes High School Swim Team
  • -Wheaton Sport Center Stingrays for 2 summers (Wheaton, IL)

Favorite Stroke: Long distance freestyle and butterfly