# Palmetto Masters (PALM)

> Palmetto Masters (PALM) is a US Masters Swimming club in the Charleston area, with coached practices in Mt. Pleasant and North Charleston, South Carolina. Practices for all levels.

Current club information is below, read from the club's Google Sheet (live) as of 2026-10-27. For structured data use `GET https://palm.swimclubs.org/api/content`; for swim times use `GET https://palm.swimclubs.org/api/records` (see API below).

**Notice:** Demo preview — this site has not yet been reviewed by Palmetto Masters.

## About

- Team code: PALM (US Masters Swimming)
- LMSC: South Carolina
- Pool: Jones Recreation Center, 391 Egypt Rd, Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464
- Website: https://palm.swimclubs.org/

Palmetto Masters is a US Masters Swimming club serving the Charleston area, with coached practices in Mt. Pleasant and North Charleston, South Carolina. It is one of the largest Masters teams in the state, with more than 25 coached practices a week.

Members range from fitness swimmers and triathletes to nationally competitive athletes across all age groups. Whether you're returning to the pool after years away or training for your next championship meet, there's a lane for you.

Practices are held at Jones Recreation Center and LTP Swimming in Mt. Pleasant and the North Charleston Aquatic Center. USMS membership (or a 30-day trial membership) is required to swim with the team.

## Practice schedule

- No practices are listed right now.

USMS membership (or a 30-day trial membership) is required to swim with the team. Contact the club for current practice times.

## Upcoming events

- No upcoming events are listed right now.

## Links

- [USMS Club Page](https://www.usms.org/clubs/palmetto-masters-542)
- [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/palmetto.masters)
- [Instagram @PALMUSMS](https://www.instagram.com/PALMUSMS)
- [X @PALMUSMS](https://x.com/PALMUSMS)

## API

- [OpenAPI spec](https://palm.swimclubs.org/openapi.json): machine-readable description of both endpoints below.
- [Club content](https://palm.swimclubs.org/api/content): `GET /api/content` returns this page's information as JSON `{club, alert, about, scheduleNote, schedule, events, board, faq, coaches, asOf, source}`. Optional `section` (club, alert, about, schedule, events, board, faq, coaches, clubs) returns just that part, e.g. [https://palm.swimclubs.org/api/content?section=schedule](https://palm.swimclubs.org/api/content?section=schedule). `format=md` returns this markdown. Events are only those that haven't ended; dates are YYYY-MM-DD.
- [Records query](https://palm.swimclubs.org/api/records?event=50+free&course=scy&gender=women&best=true): `GET /api/records` returns matching club top times as JSON `{team, query, total, count, records}` — prefer it to downloading the full file. Parameters (all optional): `event` (distance and/or stroke, e.g. "50 free", "200 IM", "backstroke"), `course` (scy/scm/lcm), `gender` (men/women), `ageGroup` (e.g. 40-44) or `age` (e.g. 42), `year`, `swimmer` and `meet` (name substrings), `best=true` (only the fastest matching swim per event/course/gender/age group — the club record when no year is given; otherwise one row per season), `limit` (default 100, max 1000). Bad parameters return 400 with details.

## Data files

- [Data index](https://palm.swimclubs.org/data/index.json): datasets, schemas and download URLs
- [All team records](https://palm.swimclubs.org/data/PALM_all_records.json): every PALM top time across SCY/SCM/LCM, events, genders and age groups
- [Site manifest](https://palm.swimclubs.org/data/site.json): club details, page list and the last saved copy of the Sheet content

## Pages

- [Home](https://palm.swimclubs.org/): About the club, practice schedule, upcoming events, coaches, board and searchable team records
- [Sitemap](https://palm.swimclubs.org/sitemap.xml)