Eastside High Swimming

10/14/2026

Congratulations to our Eagle Quinn Beason for his commitment to The University of South Carolina to continue his academic and athletic career! We are so proud of Quinn and look forward to watching him soar! Congrats, Quinn! 💪🏼 🎉 💙

10/13/2026

Vote for Will! He had a perfect score in the 5A State meet with FIVE gold medals- 2 individual, 2 relays, + 1 team gold! + 4 school records + 2 state records! 🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇

Voting opens Monday at 7 p.m. for the GreerNews.com Athlete of the Week.

10/12/2026

Congratulations to our Aqua Eagle Ana Ballinger for her commitment to Centre College to continue her academic and athletic career! We are so proud of Ana and look forward to watching her soar! Congrats, Ana! 💪🏼 🎉 💙

10/12/2026

🔥8 Eastside school records were broken at the 5A State meets this week! And 2 of them were also SC state records! (In meet order…)

🔹 Lauren York broke the 100 butterfly record from 2023 with a 56.52! Go, Lauren! 👏🏻
🔹 The Boys’ 200 Medley Relay broke the record from 2025 with a 1:31.40! That’s Will Bridges, Cooper Hughes, Collin Brickner, & Ben York! 👏🏻 🚨 This is also a new SC State record!!
🔹 Harper Church broke the 200 free record from 2024 with a 1:41.08! Go, Harper! 👏🏻
🔹 Ben York broke the 50 free record with a 20.98! Go, Ben! 👏🏻
🔹Will Bridges broke the 100 free record with a 46.02! Go, Will! 👏🏻
🔹Will Bridges broke his own 100 back record from 2025 with a 49.77! 👏🏻Go, Will!
🔹Cooper Hughes broke his own 100 breast record from 2025 with a 57.63! Go, Cooper! 👏🏻
🔹 The 400 free relay broke the record from 2025 with a 3:06.69. That’s Ben York, Thompson Haff, Harper Church, and Will Bridges. 👏🏻 🚨 This is also a new SC State record!!

10/11/2026

📣Congratulations to the 2026 5A State Champions — the Eastside men’s swim team! — their 12th consecutive State title!! 🏆🎉

This team broke the SC state record with the most points scored of 672!🔥 The guys “created” an additional 81 points from the psyche sheet seeds!

We also had NINE State Champion Events!

🔹Harper Church won the 200 Free! STATE CHAMPION! 🥇
🔹Ben York won the 50 Free! STATE CHAMPION! 🥇
🔹 Collin Brickner won the 100 fly! STATE CHAMPION! 🥇
🔹 Will Bridges won the 100 Free & 100 Back! STATE CHAMPION! 🥇🥇
🔹 Quinn Beason won the 500 Free! STATE CHAMPION! 🥇
🔹 The Medley Relay WON 1st place with Will Bridges, Cooper Hughes, Collin Brickner, & Ben York! 🥇
🔹The 200 Free Relay WON 1st place with Quinn Osborn, Collin Brickner, Harper Church, & Cooper Hughes! 🥇
🔹The 400 Free Relay WON 1st with Ben York, Thompson Haff, Harper Church, & Will Bridges! 🥇

🔹 Other All-State swimmers with podium appearances:

🥈 Thompson Haff finished 2nd in 200 free!
🥉Quinn Beason finished 3rd in 2IM!
🥈Cooper Hughes finished 2nd in 50 free!
🥉 Collin Brickner finished 3rd in 50 free!
🥈 Ben York won 2nd in 100 free!
🥈Harper Church won 2nd in 500 free!
🥉 Thompson Haff won 3rd in 500 free!
🥈 Charlie Taylor won 2nd in 100 back!
🥉Cooper Hughes won 3rd in 100 breast!

We are so proud of ALL of the Aqua Eagles! 💙🏆 so many FAST races!

School & State records to follow in another post… 😊

10/10/2026

🚨 Today is the 5A State Championship for the Men - 6pm @ USC! 🚨 Wish them speed! Gooooo, Eagles! 💙💛

10/10/2026

The Day before State! State shirts, Dress-Up day at school, last practice of 2026 high school season, Pasta Dinner, and Team bonding! These Eagles are ready! Swim FAST tomorrow, men! 💙💛

10/09/2026

📣Congratulations to the Eastside ladies’ swim team for their 5A State Runner Up finish last night in Columbia! The girls swam with heart and had so many personal bests! 🎉🏆💥

The girls “created” 124 points from the psyche sheet, falling to the solid Fort Mill team by 19 points! 💪🏼

We have TWO State Champion Events!

🔹Darcy O’Sullivan won the 50 Free! STATE CHAMPION! 🥇
🔹The 200 Free Relay WON 1st place with Lauren York, Arriston Poynter, Keira Cook, and Darcy O’Sullivan! 🥇STATE CHAMPS!

🔹 Other All-State swimmers with podium appearances:
🥈Medley Relay won 2nd place with Millie Conner, Landon Dodder, Lauren York, and Darcy O’Sullivan! Way to go!
🥈Lauren York won 2nd in 100 fly!
🥈 Millie Conner earned 2nd in 100 Free!
🥉 Harper Penny won 3rd in 500 free!
🥈 Millie Conner won 2nd in back!
🥈The 400 Free Relay finished 2nd with Keira Cook, Ana Ballinger, Harper Penny, & Millie Conner!

‼️ we had ONE school record broken:
Lauren York broke the 100 fly record from 2023 with a 56.32!

We are so proud of ALL of the Aqua Eagles! 💙🏆 so many FAST races! They worked together to accomplish a battle of a meet!

10/08/2026

🚨 Today is the 5A State Championship for the Ladies- 6pm @ USC! 🚨 Wish them speed! Gooooo, Lady Eagles! 💙💛

10/08/2026

Dress up day, last practice of the 2026 season, Pasta Dinner, and Team bonding! The Lady Eagles are ready! Swim FAST tomorrow, ladies! 💙💛 we love you! 🫶🏽