Everybody is excited for Meet of Champs!
Practice Schedule for the Next Three Weeks
December 4-10th
Brentwood
Monday:
All 11 & Over- optional 4:30-5:30 loosen up swim.
Teal practices cancelled.
Bronze practices normal.
Saturday: All practices cancelled.
Gallatin
Normal practice schedule
Longview
Normal practice schedule
Murfreesboro
Normal practice schedule
December 11-17th
Brentwood
Normal practice schedule
Gallatin
Normal practice schedule
Longview
Normal practice schedule
Murfreesboro
Normal practice schedule
December 18-24th
Brentwood
Follow break schedule posted on website
Gallatin
Follow break schedule posted on website
Longview
Follow break schedule posted on website
Murfreesboro
Follow break schedule posted on website
It's Here!
After a final week of preparation, Meet of Champs has arrived. Swimmers from across all out sites have big goals and have been working hard towards achieving them. Keep an eye open for lots of new qualifiers on the SES, Age Groups Sectional and even Junior National levels.
This is a big meet with lots of moving parts to make sure that you keep a close eye on the Cheat Sheet for any updated information and Best of Luck to all our Excel Swimmers!
Excel Recognition Programs
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.
Swim Cloud
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!
Announcements
Want to become an official?
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 excelofficials@excelaquatics.org
Upcoming Dates
December 2nd: 10 and Under Invite Registration Deadline
December 2-4th: Meet of Champs
December 10th: Ho Ho Ho 10 and Under Meet
Weekly Update Video
Our Weekly Update for 12-2-22 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!
Coaching Staff
Looking for information on any of our coaches? Check out our Coaching Tab the website. If you have questions for a coach you this will help guide you-
Contact Us (1).pdf2022-23 Short Course Season Running Totals
77 On the SES Championship Team
28 On the Age Group Sectional Team
14 On the National Team
7 IM Tough Winners
This Week's Swimcloud.com Rankings for Southeastern Swimming (out of 72 teams)
8 and Under Girls 1st
8 and Under Boys 3rd (behind Huntsville and Auburn)
9-10 Girls 2nd (behind Huntsville)
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 2nd (behind Ensworth)
15-18 Boys 1st
Full Team Girls 1st
Full Team 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
Charlie Turner
IM Tough Winners
8 and Unders
Maya Li
Evelyn Zhao
Owen Akard
Violet Vitale
9-10
Maddie Clendenin
Caroline Dealy
Keaton Hubbard
Lily Irvine
Tyler Larrabee
Heat Winners
8 & Under Girls
Violet Vitale 9
Annabelle Hackett 8
Hanna Simkins 8
Maya Li 8
8 & Under Boys
Owen Akard 9
Jack Calhoun 8
Ryder Smith 8
9-10 Girls
Maddie Troutt 7
Allie Papa 6
Vanni Ly 5
9-10 Boys
Charlie Turner 18
Keaton Hubbard 9
Logan Acya 8
11-12 Girls
Mae Li 11
Zoe Carothers 8
Aubrey Cull 7
11-12 Boys
Callum Farneth 18
Jacob Keen 9
Chris Georgiv 5
13-14 Girls
Madeline Webb 17
Lyndel Laundencia 7
Mary Ellen Lewis 6
13-14 Boys
Greyson Russiano 10
Gavin Fu 7
Caleb Asebrook 5
Marios Gerasimopoulus 5
Zaki Ibrahim 5
15-18 Girls
Gwen Bakker 11
Gracen Bailey 7
Kacey McDonough 6
Lauren Brindle 6
15-18 Boys
Jace Brown 8
Josh Hession 8
Cam Richardson 6
Carter Souliere 6
Rio Cook 6