January 23-29th
Brentwood
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Murfreesboro
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January 30th-February 5th
Brentwood
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Gallatin
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Murfreesboro
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February 6-12th
Brentwood
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Gallatin
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Longview
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Murfreesboro
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Mardi Gras 2023 is in the books and what a meet it was! With the regular 2022-23 short course season drawing to a close, our momentum heading into championships is tremendous. With a little over 400 swimmers competing this weekend, we ended up hitting 1,600 lifetime best swims and added swimmers to all our 5 championship team rosters. What is especially exciting is that January meets are often a tough time to swim fast as we are coming off the holiday break. However, our Christmas training seems to have done the trick across all 4 sites and we are thrilled with the results. The full meet report and results below!
Josh Hession breaking 2:00 min in the 200 Fly
While the end of short course season is perhaps the most exciting time of the swimming year, it can also be a little bit confusing if you haven't had to navigate it before. Most swimmers will actually swim 2 or more Championship meets and figuring out your own pathway through the next couple of months can present a challenge. To make sure your decision process is one of smooth sailing, we have created both a flow chart and an video to assist in the process!
Remember to start planning your championship season now. Hotels in Huntsville, Raleigh and Orlando are already starting to fill up so don't delay!
Over the course of the short course season, our club will be tracking a series of recognition programs to help motivate our swimmers to succeed un a multitude of events. While ultimately these programs do reward success, they are designed to be achievable by any level of swimmers, not just those with the most experience. You can always find the running totals for each at the bottom of the Excel Extras.
IM Tough (8 and Under): Successfully complete the 50 Fly, 50 Back, 50 Breast, 200 Free and 200 IM in a meet before the end of the short course season or their 9th birthday (whichever comes first) to win an "IM TOUGH" T-shirt.
IM Tough (9-10): Successfully complete the 100 Fly, 100 Back, 100 Breast, 200 Free, 500 Free and 200 IM in a meet before the end of the short course season or their 11th birthday (whichever comes first) to win an "IM TOUGH" T-shirt.
Heat Winner: Place in the top three swimmers in your age group for number of races won throughout the year. This award to favor those athletes that are attending meets, swimming lots of events, racing hard but most importantly, improving throughout the year. Winners will receive a "Heat Winner" bag tag.
IM Hall of Fame Level 1- Attain a Southeastern Championship Qualifying time standard in every event available for your age group.
IM Hall of Fame Level 2- Attain an Age Group Sectionals Championship Qualifying time standard in every event available for your age group.
IM Hall of Fame Level 3- Attain an NCSA Junior National Championship Qualifying time standard in every event available for your age group.
Any family that has been with us for even one season will know that we love to use USA Swimming's Virtual Club Rankings as a way to track our progress within the Southeastern Conference but also against our competition on the national level. However, due to the new registration system at USA Swimming, they are unable to produce those rankings at this moment. Thankfully, we have another place to look at in the meantime.
SwimCloud.com is a website that ranks swim teams, both as a whole team and by age groups. Once on there, you can filter the rankings by gender and age group, and even by event. As you can see, Excel Aquatics is doing very well!
All of our parent volunteers play a vital role in hosting meets. We simply could not host meets in your absence. While most jobs take little training or experience, meet officials go through an educational and training process that enables them to help officiate at all meets. In fact, our own Excel officials have outnumbered the host team officials in both our first two meets. We are very grateful to our officiating crew but are always looking for new members. Meet officials
Ensure a safe and fair competition for all our athletes
Satisfy all their volunteer requirements
Have the best seat in the pool
Have access to hospitality
If you have any interest in becoming a USA Swimming Certified official, please contact Laura DeMotte at officials@excelaquatics.org
February 3 Region 1 and 8 & Under Champs Registration Deadline
February 18-19 Region 1 and 8 & Under Champs Meet
February 24-26 SES Championship Meet
March 14-18 NCSA Junior Nationals
March 17-19 Age Group Sectionals
Our Weekly Update for 1-20-23 has been released so check it out! You may have noticed that we are receiving intros from a wide variety of sources. Olympians, SEC Champions, officials, swim moms and vendors are just some of the folks who have made an appearance. If you are traveling and want to send us an intro from a unique location, we'll be sure to include it. Interested in seeing where they all come from so far? Check out Excel Aquatics from around the world below!
Looking for information on any of our coaches? Check out our Coaching Tab the website. If you have questions for a coach this will help guide you-
Mardi Gras By The Numbers:
418 Number of Excel Swimmers
2,502 Number of Excel Races
1,600 Number of Lifetime Bests
64% Percentage of Lifetime Bests
131 Number of Swimmers with All Lifetime Bests
2 New NCSA Junior National Cuts
41 New Age Group Sectional Cuts
3 New Age Group Sectional Qualifiers
55 New Southeastern A Cuts
7 New Southeastern Championship Qualifiers
368 New USA Swimming Motivational Times
5 Biggest Swims of the Meet
Robert Mello 25 Fly, 49.94 Second Drop (-58.10%)
Ethan Hetrik 50 Fly, 17.05 Second Drop (-30.19%)
Evelyn Zhao 25 Breast, 8.84 Second Drop (-28.38%)
James Williams 50 Back, 15.25 Second Drop (-28.01%)
Blake Sellers 50 Free, 17.76 Second Drop (-27.90%)
Welcome to the Age Group Sectional Team
Maddie Clendenin
Boston Boyd
Frederic Burks
Welcome to the Southeastern Championship Team
Abigail Georgieva
Gavin Chen
Hunter Woolery
Maddie Clendenin
Cambell Johnson
Lola Tanley
Benji Engers
New NCSA Junior National Cuts
Jason Wang 200 & 1,000 Free
New Age Group Sectional Qualifying Times
Claire Calhoun 200 Breast
Maddie Clendenin 50 Breast
Ella Cundiff 100 Back
Caroline Dealy 200 Free, 100 IM
Anna Lasher 100 Breast
Mary Ellen Lewis 100 & 200 Fly
Mae Li 100, 200 & 500 Free, 200 Breast
Reagan May 200 Back
Maddie Sexton 100 Back
Anna Claire Wilbeck 100 Fly
Millie Wood 50 & 200 Back
Caleb Asebrook 100 Back, 200 Fly
Boston Boyd 50 Free, 50 & 100 Back
Frederic Burks 50 Breast
Kingston Dealy 500 & 1,000 Free, 100 Back, 200 Fly
Callum Farneth 500 Free, 200 Fly
Gavin Fu 100 Back
Clayton Gann 100 Back
Keaton Hubbard 500 Free
Zaki Ibrahim 200 & 1,000 Free
Jacob Keen 50 Free
Mason Schaefer 200 Free, 100 Fly
Charlie Waller 100 & 1,000 Free, 100 Back
Ryan Zhao 100 Fly
New Southeastern Championship Qualifying Times
Maddie Clendenin 50 Breast
Abby Cook 200 Fly, 400 IM
Ella Cundiff 200 Free
Vala Gallas 50 Back
Abigail Georgieva 100 Back
Zara Kocak 100 Breast
Anna Lasher 500 Free, 200 Breast
Lyndel Laudnecia 200 Free
Brooklyn Lewis 200 Free
Mary Ellen Lewis 100 Back
Mae Li 100 Free, 200 Free, 500 Free, 200 IM
Vanni Ly 100 Fly
Ruby Meredith 100 Free
Janie Grace Moss 100 & 200 Back
Sadie Smith 200 IM
Lola Tanley 200 Back
Maddie Troutt 50 Free, 100 Fly
Anna Claire Wilbeck 500 Free, 100 Back, 100 Fly
Bryce Winzenread 200 Back, 200 Fly, 400 IM
Caleb Asebrook 500 Free
Gavin Chen 50, 100 Back
Benji Engers 200 Back
Cooper England 100 Back
Gavin Fu 100 Back
Marios Gerasimopoulos 400 IM
Josh Hession 200 Fly
Keaton Hubbard 50 Free, 500 Free
Cambell Johnson 50 Back
Jacob Keen 50 Free, 50 Breast, 50 Fly, 100 Fly
Louie Koslin 100 Back
Jack Phelan 100 Free
Cam Richardson 1,000 Free
Abram Rickstrew 200 IM
John Terrell 100 Back
Charlie Waller 50 Back
Jason Wang 1,000 Free
Hunter Woolery 100 Free, 50 Back, 100 Back
New USA Motivational Times
AAA Times
Caleb Asebrook 50 & 100 Free
Max Boylan 100 Breast
Lauren Brindle 200 Free
Zaki Ibrahim 200 & 1,000 Free
Mason Schaefer 50 Free
Charlie Turner 100 IM
Jason Wang 100 Free
AA Times
Caleb Asebrook 100 Back
Everett Baurle 200 Free
Boston Boyd 50 & 100 Back
Allie Bromley 50 Free
Logan Chudzik 100 Free
Abigail Cook 200 Fly, 400 IM
Ella Cundiff 100 Back, 200 Free
Caroline Dealy 200 Free, 100 IM
Avery Domitrovich 400 IM
Callum Farneth 500 Free
Vada Gallas 50 Fly
Clayton Gann 100 Back
Anna Keen 200 Back
Jacob Keen 200 Back
Anna Lasher 200 & 500 Free, 100 Breast
Mary Ellen Lewis 100 & 200 Fly
Mae Li 100, 200 & 500 Free, 100 Fly
Reagan May 200 Back
Claire Mewbourne 400 IM
Michael Pruett 500 Free
Abram Rickstrew 200, 500 & 1,000 Free
Mason Scheafer 100 Fly
Maddie Sexton 100 Back
Sadie Smith 200 IM, 500 Free
Carter Souliere 100 Free, 200 IM
Ryan Vaughan 200 Back, 500 Free
Charlie Waller 100 Free
Maddie Webb 100 Breast
Alex White 500 Free
Anna Claire Wilbeck 500 Free
Bryce Winzenread 400 IM
A Times
Caleb Asebrook 200 Fly
Everett Baurle 100 Fly
Caleb Blair 50, 100 & 500 Free, 200 IM
Boston Boyd 50 & 100 Free, 100 IM
Max Boylan 200 Free
Margot Cameron 200 Free
Emerson Campbell 100 Free, 100 Fly
Cameron Conley 200 Breast
Ella Cundiff 50 & 100 Fly
Kingston Dealy 200 Fly
Ebrahim Kerolos 50 & 100 Free
Waytt Gallas 200 Breast
Marios Gerasimopoulos 200 Free, 400 IM
Evan Hayes 1,000 Free
Keaton Hubbard 500 Free
Zaki Ibrahim 50 Free
Jacob Keen 50 Free
Lyndel Laudencia 200 Back, 500 IM, 1,000 Free
Lynnea Laudencia 50 Fly
Brooklyn Lewis 100 IM, 200 Free
Gabe Luepke 200 Fly
Michael McDaniel 500 Free
Taylor Mims 200 Back
Mikayla Pruett 100 Back
Cam Richardson 1,000 Free
Carter Souliere 200 Fly
Lola Tanley 100 Back, 100 Free
Maddie Troutt 100 Fly
Ryan Vaughan 100 Fly
Charlie Waller 100 Back
Aikman Warren 100 Fly
Alex White 200 IM
Anna Claire Wilbeck 100 Back
Bryce Winzenread 200 Back
Millie Wood 200 Back, 500 Free
Lucas Zeman 50 Fly
Ryan Zhao 50 Free, 100 Fly, 100 Back
BB Times
Gwen Bakker 1,000 Free
Lucas Bates 50 Back, 50 Breast
Aaron Berry 50 Back
Caleb Blair 100 Back, 100 Breast, 100 Fly
Brooklyn Boyd 100 & 200 Back
Frederic Burks 50 Fly
Johnathan Carrico 400 IM
Sarah Carrico 100 Breast
Margaux Chatelain 50 & 100 Back
Gavin Chen 50 & 100 Free, 100 IM
Logan Chudzik 100 Breast
Cameron Conley 200 Back
Ella Cundiff 100 Breast
Jean Drugman 100 Back
Kerolos Ebrahim 100 Breast
Cooper England 50 & 100 Free, 50 Breast, 100 Back
Sydney Farneth 100 Free
Charlotte Folk 100 & 200 Free, 50 Fly, 100 Back
Vada Gallas 100 Fly
Wyatt Gallas 200 Back
Clayton Gann 200 & 500 Free, 100 IM, 50 Fly
Abigail Georgieva 100 Free
Marios Gerasimopoulos 100 Back
Wyatt Hamilton 50 Free, 100 Back
Cadence Hammock 50 Free
David Harris 50 Free
Evan Hayes 200 IM
Luke Helton 400 IM
Wyatt Higgs 200 Free
Maddix Hitchcock 200 Back
Jonas Huey 50 & 100 Back
Lily Irvine 50 Breast
Henry Isaacs 50 & 100 Free
Campbell Johnson 100 Free, 100 Back
Micah Keen 200 Fly
Olivia Keen 50 Back, 50 Free
Oana Kocak 100 Free
Louie Koslin 200 IM
Anthony Marciuc 200 Free
Parker Massey 500 Free
Noelle Mondzelewski 50 Back
Allie Papa 100 Back
Bella Ratliff 100 Fly
Clara Reger 50 & 100 Free
Cam Richardson 200 Breast
Psalm Rickstrew 100 Back
Silias Rickstrew 50 Free, 100 Back
Tyson Ries 200 IM
Michael Sheng 100 IM
Luella Smith 100 IM
Maddox Souliere 100 Breast
John Terrell 100 Free
Sara Terrell 200 Free
Lily Turner 200 IM
Ishana Velaga 100 Breast
Charlie Waller 50 Back
Allyssa White 100 Breast
Annabella White 100 Breast
Charlie White 500 Free
Liam Woods 200 Free, 200 IM, 50 Breast
Hunter Woolery 100 Back
Luke Yaras 100 Free
Theo Zambon Sartori 50 Back
Evelyn Zhao100 & 200 IM, 50 Back, 50 Breast
B Times
Abigail Aiello 100 Breast
Cole Anderson 200 IM
Lane Anderson 100 IM
Logan Ayca 50 Breast
Lucas Bates 100 IM, 50 Free
Hudson Berry 50 Breast
Lilley Boutwell 50 Back
Jack Calhoun 100 IM, 50 Back
Zoe Carothers 50 Fly, 100 Breast
Margaux Chatelain 50 Fly
Sofia Cundiff 50 Free
Cheyenna Dale 200 Free
Julia Day 50 Fly
Matthew Douglas 50 Free, 100 Back
Caitlyn Ehrlinspiel 100 IM
Benji Engers 100 Breast
Mark Feitel 50 & 100 Free
Samuel Fernandez 100 Free
Arden Ford 50 & 100 Free, 50 Back, 100 IM
Paige Frierson 10 Free
Harper Grant 50 Back
Wyatt Hamilton 200 IM
Lynlee Hammock 50 Fly, 50 Breast, 100 Free
Cadence Hammock 200 Free
Henry Issaacs 100 IM
Michael Issa 100 Back
Emma Johnson 200 IM
William Johnson 200 IM
Madeline Keen 100 Back
Oliva Keen 200 IM
Hagan Kia 50 & 100 Free
B Times Continued
Mollie Kraft 500 Free
Tyler Larrabee 100 Back
Reagan May 100 Breast
John Mousourakis 100 Free
Sarah O'Brien 50 & 100 Breast, 50 & 100 Free, 50 Back
Owen Osterman 50 Breast, 100 Back
Morgan Pagel 50 & 100 Back, 50 Breast
Allie Papa 500 Free
Rivka Paulson 50 Free
Isabelle Payton 200 IM
Bella Ratliff 100 Breast
Clara Reger 50 & 100 Fly
Tyler Ries 100 & 200 Breast
Juliana Sartain 50 Free
Henry Schopfer 100 Back, 100 IM, 50 Free
Michael Sheng 50 & 100 Free, 100 Breast
Hudson Simmons 100 Back
Luella Smith 100 & 200 Free, 50 Breast
Ryder Smith 50 Free, 100 IM
Alexis Smithson 50 Back, 50 Breast, 200 IM
John Terrell 50 Fly
Ishani Velaga 50 Back
Violet Vitale 50, 100 & 500 Free, 100 IM, 50 Back
Abigail Wilbeck 50 Fly
Avery Willard 200 Free
Elijah Wilson 50 Back
Liam Woods 100 Breast
Luke Yaras 100 & 200 Breast
Nina Zambon Sartori 100 Back
Caleb Zeman 50 & 100 Free, 50 Back
Quinn Zoeller 50 & 100 Free
Swimmer with All Lifetime Best Swims
Abigail Aiello
Cole Anderson
Caleb Asebrook
Gracen Bailey
Gwen Bakker
Lauren Berg
Aaron Berry
Caleb Blair
Lilley Boutwell
Boston Boyd
Max Boylan
Allie Bromley
Madison Burgin
Ben Bush
Emerson Campbell
Zoe Carothers
Manasi Chaule
Zoe Chen
Vittoria Cicinelli
Savannah Copa-Brzozowski
Ella Cundiff
Sofia Cundiff
Caroline Davis
Elizabeth Davis
Julia Day
Ryan Deepe
Leela Devela
Ahaana Dubbaka
Ebarhim Kerolos
Sadie Ehleben
Peter Ehrlinspiel
Cooper England
Pearl Ewing
Callum Farneth
Sydney Farneth
Jeffery Federov
Steven Federov
Mark Feitel
Charlotte Folk
Macon Fowler
Katy Francisco
Paige Frierson
Paige Frierson
Savannah Frierson
Gavin Fu
Gwen Fuchs
Clayton Gann
Abigail Georgieva
Emily Georgieva
Annabelle Hackett
Lynlee Hammock
Henley Herrington
Evan Hayes
Luke Helton
Ethan Hetrick
Emma Hewett
Maddix Hitchcock
Michael Hogan
Zaki Ibrahim
Campbell Johnson
Max Johnson
William Johnson
Jacob Keen
Nathan Kindle
Jenna Kinsman
Lauren Kinsman
Mitchel Kinsman
Oana Kocak
Kalani Lashbrook
Tyler Larrabee
Lyndal Laudencia
Brooksley Loveall
Van Mai Ly
Martha Manire
Parker Massey
Mahilon Mathios
Morgan Meinardi
Ruby Kate Meredith
William Morrow
Sarah O'Brien
Olivia Pace
Morgan Pagel
Lily Pahlevani
Leonardo Pantana
Niva Patel
Baran Pahlevani
William Pellatiro
Bryce Peterson
Jane Philbrick
Soaham Poonia
Canon Rainer
Austin Ray-Whitworth
Lucas Reeves
Tyler Ries
Tyson Ries
Elisabeth Robinson
Silas Rowe
Ethan Schaefer
Analise Schmidt
Danielle Serafin
Maddie Sexton
Caitlin Sheehan
Michael Sheng
Valeska Silva Garcia
Luella Smith
Andrew Sonnichsen
Petra Suarez
Charles Thomas
Emily Thomas
Allison Travis
Maddie Troutt
Cruze Vanatta
Isla Varghese
Ishana Velaga
Violet Vitale
Jason Wang
William Whitaker
Abigail Wilbeck
James Williams
Kinslie Williams
Elijah Wilson
Owen Wilson
Bryce Winzenread
Liam Woods
James Woolery
Alex Yang
Luke Yaras
Benjamin Yuster
Evelyn Zhao
Ryan Zhao
Travis Zhu
This Week's Swimcloud.com Rankings for Southeastern Swimming (out of 72 teams)
8 and Under Girls 1st
8 and Under Boys 1st
9-10 Girls 1st
9-10 Boys 1st
11-12 Girls 2nd (behind Huntsville)
11-12 Boys 1st
13-14 Girls 1st
13-14 Boys 1st
15-18 Girls 1st
15-18 Boys 1st
IM Hall of Fame Level 1 (SES A Cut in every event)
Level 1- SES A Cut In Every Event
Madeline Webb
Kingston Dealy
Caroline Dealy
Charlie Turner
IM Tough Winners
8 and Under
Arden Ford
Evelyn Zhao
Eli Wilson
Harper Grant
Hayes Akard
Maya Li
Owen Akard
Silas Rowe
Violet Vitale
Winnie Cunningham
9-10
Abbigail Georgieva
Abby Wilbeck
Allie Papa
Brooklyn Lewis
Carloline Dealy
Lexi Smithson
Lily Irvine
Luella Smith
Maddie Clendenin
Maddie Sexton
Maddie Troutt
Madeline Keen
Olivia Ehrlinspiel
Olivia Keen
Sydney Farneth
Vada Gallas
Violet Vitale
Boston Boyd
Cooper England
Glayton Gann
Hunter Woolery
John Terrell
Keaton Hubbard
Liam Woods
Logan Alexander
Logan Ayca
Lucas Bates
Luke Wilson
Matthew Douglas
Tyler Larrabee
Heat Winners
8 & Under Girls
Annabelle Hackett 12
Evelyn Zhao 11
Violet Vitale 10
Hanna Simkins 10
8 & Under Boys
Owen Akard 14
Ryder Smith 12
Jack Calhoun 8
Preston Sonnichsen 8
Caleb Zeman 8
9-10 Girls
Caroline Dealy 22
Brooklyn Lewis 9
Maddie Troutt 8
9-10 Boys
Charlie Turner 34
Keaton Hubbard 14
Clayton Gann 14
11-12 Girls
Mae Li 27
Millie Wood 12
Zoe Carothers 10
11-12 Boys
Callum Farneth 33
Jacob Keen 20
Ryan Zhao 15
13-14 Girls
Madeline Webb 27
Zara Kocak 19
Rylee Tomazewski 8
13-14 Boys
Gavin Fu 18
Greyson Russiano 13
Kingston Dealy 9
15-18 Girls
Gwen Bakker 20
Allie Joyce 15
Gracen Bailey 11
15-18 Boys
Cam Richardson 14
Jason Wang 12
Jace Brown 11