Excel Extra 9-22-23

Practice Schedule for the Next Three Weeks

Fall Fest

Announcements

Excel Recognition Programs

Want to become an official?

Upcoming Dates

Weekly Update Video

Coaching Staff

Practice Schedule for the Next Three Weeks

September 25-October 1st

Brentwood
No Saturday Practices
Gallatin
Normal Practice Schedule
Longview
Normal Practice Schedule
Murfreesboro
Normal Practice Schedule

October 2nd-8th

Brentwood
Normal Practice Schedule
Gallatin
Normal Practice Schedule
Longview
Normal Practice Schedule
Murfreesboro
Normal Practice Schedule

October 9-15th

Brentwood
No Saturday Practices
Gallatin
Normal Practice Schedule
Longview
Normal Practice Schedule
Murfreesboro
Normal Practice Schedule

Fall Fest

Our first meet is in in the book and our 2023-24 if off and running! After being back in the ISC pool for only 4 days, we hosted our first 3 day meet and got an opportunity to see our team back in action for the first time since long course. Congratulations to all our swimmers who competed, a huge "Thank You" to our parent volunteers and our sponsors!
For a full meet report, see below.

20230916_104945_9C321E.mp4

Watch Alex White learn that he just dropped huge time in the 100 Fly!

2023 Fall Fest Meet Report

By the Numbers:
413 Number of Excel Swimmers in the Meet
1820 Number of Excel Races
1332 Number of Lifetime Best Races
73.2% Lifetime Best Races
213 Swimmers with All Lifetime Best Races
299 New USA Swimming Motivational Times
3 New Team Records

New Team Records

Owen Akard 8 & Under 200 Back 2:49.35
Harper Grant 8 & Under 200 Breast 2:54.09
Brooklyn Lewis 9-10 200 Back 2:27.20

5 Biggest Swims of the Meet

Maya Foerster 25 Fly- 15.56 Second Drop (-39.95%)
Rhen Merrick 100 Free- 47.44 Second Drop (-38.43%)
Rhen Merrick 50 Free- 19.96 Second Drop (-37.05%)
Wyatt Hamilton 100 Fly- 33.08 Second Drop (-33.49%)
June Buffington 50 Free- 21.36 Second Drop (-33.39%)

Swimmers with All Lifetime Best Swims

Hayes Akard
Owen Akard
Hunter Amaral
Lane Andre
Andy Arrick
Claire Aryal
Owen Aryal
Blake Acnaim
Logan Ayca
Eileen Baek
Cash Bailey
Sophia Bales
Cooper Balitsos
William Barclay
Cole Barker
Bella Biskner
Katie Blackford
Caleb Blair
Ava Boyce
Mason Brazel
Hensley Anne Brown
Abigail Brownyard
Claire Bullock
Jack Calhoun
William Campbell
Violet Carnes
Ellery Carson
Emily Chambers
Gavin Chen
Zoe Chen
Alexandra Chetyrkina
Charlotte Chewning
Lydia Chewning
Raeya Chourasia
Jaymes Church
Willa Claire Clark
Elizabeth Conti
Alexa Copa-Brzozowski
Savannah Copa-Brzozowski
Jilliam Corely
Katie Cromwell
Elena Cui
Winnie Cunningham
Quinnten Curnes
Antonella De La Cruz
Aditya Das
Addie Davis
Caroline Davis
Scott Davis
Julia Day
Leslie Dean
Sydney Dean
Leela Devela
Camden Downes
Anna Duggin
Parker Dyatlovitsky
Ben Edwards
Peter Ehrlinspiel
Lillie Farley
Jaxon Fennig
Samuel Fernandez
Maya Foerster
Charlee Folk
Derek Folk
Arden Ford
Katy Francisco
Lillian Furlong
Anna Gann
Cooper Gaudin
Christopher Georgiev
Emily Georgieva

Marios Gerasimopoulos
Novella Glassner
Charleston Glinski
Sienna Glups
Anna Gorbunova
Gabriel Gortarez
Callum Goryn
Jackson Granstaff
Anabelle Gray
Ellianah Greene
Isaac Guo
Reese Halulka
Wyatt Hamilton
Wonjae Han
Evelyn Harris
Ayden Hawley
Lauren Head
Brody Henning
Emma Hewett
Connor Hoey
Keaton Hoffman
Brynn Humphreys
Charlotte Inkrott
Henry Isaacs
Sophie Ito
Julia Jabbour
Luke Jabbour
Harper Jennings
Brianna Johnson
Campbell Johnson
Dorothy Johnson
Maxwell Johnson
Prescott Johnson
Hannah Johnston
Jasmine Jones
Lola Jones
Olivia Keen
Arshi Khan
Nathan Kindle
Hagan Kla
Penelope Koslin
Brian Kost
JP Kukulka
Gauri Kulkarni
Emma Lansford
Tucker Larrabee
Lynnea Laudencia
Natalie Leak
Lauren Lehman
Knox Leuchter
Aiden Liew
Carter Little
Lydia Livingston
Cooper Ly
Vanni Ly
Brooks Malone
Samuel Martin
Sloane Martin
Haben Mathios
Henos Mathios
Mahilon Mathios
Breken McElwee
Brynn McFarland
Lexi McGee
Morgan Meinardi
Theo Mello
Rhen Merrick
Mason Meyers
Robert Miller
Matthew Montenegro-Strunk
Aadya Narayan
Emma Nguyen

Liam Niravong
Meyer Oldham
Mia Organ
Niccolo Pantana
Rocco Pasquale
Mirva Patel
Niva Patel
Emmeline Perry
Carolin Philbrick
Gracie Presley
Shayan Ramzi
Miller Raney
Samantha Raney
Austin Ray-Whitworth
Henry Reed
Lucas Reeves
Caden Riker
Joaquin Rios
Elisabeth Robinson
David Rodriguez
Mason Rogers
Ari Rosner
Leah Rosner
Silas Rowe
Amelia Ryan
Trisha Salian
Andrew Scanga
Gabriel Scanga
Henry Schopfer
Adelia Schopfer
Caitlin Sheehan
Michael Sheng
Savannah Shore
Abigail Simkins
Hannah Simkins
Ryder Smith
Adelaide Staggs
Hillary Stomber
Josiah Strahan
Claire Summers
Sean Taylor
Frances Thigpen
Charles Thomas
Mackenzie Thomas
Kipton Thompson
Asher Thompson-Ecton
Avery Thompson-Ecton
Nora Tice
Allison Travis
Maddie Troutt
Charlie Turner
Ellie Turner
Violet Vitale
Ellie Waltman
Evie Waltman
Ruby Watkins
Kherington Welter
William Whitaker
Abigail Wilbeck
Adeline Willard
Avery Willard
Grayson Willhite
James Williams
Tyler Woolery
Evan Xu
Miley Yang
Rudraunsh Yasa
Syed Zaidi
Theo Zambon Sartori

New USA Swimming Motivational Time Standards

AAAA Times
Caleb Asebrook 50 & 100 Free, 100 Fly

AAA Times
Caleb Blair 1,650 Free
Caroline Dealy 100 Back
Brooklyn Lewis 100 Back
Mae Li 100 & 200 Free, 400 IM
Alex White 100 Fly

AA Times
Caleb Blair 50 & 100 Free, 200 IM
Neil Cartailler 50 Free
Addie Davis 50 Free
Caroline Dealy 50 & 100 Breast
Marios Gerasimopoulos 200 Breast, 200 Free, 200 IM
Keaton Hubbard 100 & 500 Free
Zaki Ibrahim 200 Fly, 200 IM
Zara Kocak 100 Breast
Brooklyn Lewis 100 Free
Maryellen Lewis 500 Free
Samuel Martin 50 Free
Zack Taylor 200 Breast, 200 IM
Bryce Winzenread 1,650 Free

A Times
Andy Arrick 50 Free
Caleb Asebrook 200 Back
Caleb Blair 100 Fly
William Boyd 100 Fly
Frederic Burks 100 Breast
Maddie Clendenin 50 & 100 Back, 100 Breast, 100 IM
Ella Cundiff 200 Back
Addie Davis 50 Fly, 50 Breast
Camden Downes 200 IM, 1,650 Free
Marios Gerasimopoulos 500 Free
Evan Hayes 1,000 Free
Keaton Hubbard 100 Fly
Zaki Ibrahim 200 Breast
Campbell Johnson 100 Free
Jacob Keen 100 Free
Nathan Kindle 100 Free
Lynnea Laundencia 100 Back, 100 Fly
Brooklyn Lewis 100 Breast, 500 Free
Samuel Martin 100 Back
Ruby Meredith 50 Fly, 100 Back
Abram Rickstrew 200 Back, 400 IM
Charlie Turner 50 Free
Alex White 100 Back

BB Times
Owen Akard 50 & 100 Back
Ashley Anderson 50 Fly
Boston Boyd 50 Fly, 500 Free
William Boyd 50 & 100 Back, 100 Free, 100 IM
Frederic Burks 100 Free, 200 IM
Claire Calhoun 200 Free
Jack Calhoun 50 Fly, 50 Back, 100 Free, 100 IM
Cameron Conley 100 Back
Addie Davis 200 Free
Julia Day 50 Free, 50 Fly, 100 Breast
Camden Downes 50 Free, 100 Fly
Sadie Ehleben 100 Free
Mark Feitel 50 & 100 Free
Arden Ford 50 Free
Clayton Gann 100 Fly, 100 Breast, 200 IM
Christopher Georgiev 100 Back, 500 Free
Abigail Georgieva 100 Breast, 200 Free
Gabriel Gortarez 50 & 500 Free, 100 Back
Annabelle Gray 50 Free
Wyatt Hamilton 100 Back, 100 Fly, 200 IM, 50 Free
Lynlee Hammock 50 Fly
Keaton Hubbard 100 Breast
Brynn Humphreys 100 Breast
Luke Jabbour 50 Free
Bri Johnson 50 & 100 Free
Campbell Johnson 100 Back
Jacob Keen 100 Breast, 100 Fly
Nathan Kindle 100 Back, 100 & 200 Breast
Hagan Kla 50 & 100 Free
Oana Kocak 100 IM
Reyna Kolish 100 Breast
Lynnea Laudencia 500 Free
Brooklyn Lewis 100 Fly
Maryellen Lewis 100 & 200 Breast
Maya Li 50 Fly, 100 Back, 100 Free, 100 & 200 IM
Vanni Ly 50 Breast, 100 Free
Anthony Marciuc 200 IM
Roman McLaughlin 200 IM
Alexis Milani 1,000 Free
Nicholas Milani 1,000 Free
Allie Papa 50 Fly, 50 Free
Clara Reger 50 Breast
Abram Rickstrew 200 Breast, 200 Fly
Savannah Shore 50 Free, 50 Back
Ryder Smith 50 Fly
Sean Taylor 50 Free, 100 Back
Sara Terrell 50 & 1,000 Free
Maddie Troutt 100 & 200 IM, 500 Free
Charlie Turner 500 Free
Lilly Turner 500 Free
Violet Vitale 50 Free
William Whitaker 50 & 200 Free, 50 Back, 100 IM
Annabella White 200 IM
Millie Wood 100 Fly
Liam Woods 100 Breast
Hunter Woolery 50 Fly
Evan Xu 100 Breast, 500 Free
Theo Zambon Sartori 100 Back, 100 Free

B Times
Hayes Akard 100 Free
Owen Akard 100 & 200 IM, 50, 100 & 500 Free, 100 Breast
Ashley Anderson 100 Breast
Lane Andre 200 Free
Andy Arrick 100 Back
Owen Aryal 50 Back, 50 Breast
Logan Ayca 100 Back, 100 Free, 50 Fly
Lucas Bates 200 Free
Bella Biskner 50 Free
Boston Boyd 100 Breast
Mason Brazel 200 IM, 500 Free
Zoe Carothers 100 & 500 Free, 200 IM
Emily Chambers 100 Free
Gavin Chen 100 & 200 Free
Vittoria Cicinelli 50 Free
Willa Claire Clark 50 Breast
Winnie Cunningham 50 Back
Julia Day 100 IM
Ryan Deepe 50 Free
Camden Downes 100 Back
Ben Edwards 50 & 100 Free, 50 Fly, 50 & 100 Back
Mark Feitel 100 Back, 200 IM
Samuel Fernandez 50 Free
Charlee Folk 100 & 200 Fere
Elias Gerasimopoulos 50 Back
Novella Glassner 50 Back, 100 IM
Gabriel Gortarez 100 Fly, 200 Breast
Harper Grant 100 IM
Emerson Grauzer 50 Back
Cadence Hammock 100 Back
Lynlee Hammock 100 Back, 100 Breast
Evan Hayes 200 Breast
Keaton Hoffman 50 Free
Michael Hogan 100 IM, 50 Breast
Jonas Huey 50 Fly
Brynn Humphreys 50 & 100 Free , 50 & 100 Back
Kai Hyatt 50 Breast
Ryan Issa 50 Fly, 50 & 100 Breast
Luke Jabbour 100 Back

Brianna Johnson 100 Back
Campbell Johnson 100 Breast, 100 Fly
Prescott Johnson 50 & 100 Breast , 50 Back, 50 Free
Madeline Keen 100 IM
Hagan Kla 100 Fly
Oana Kocak 50 & 100 Breast
Emma Kate Lansford 50 Free
Tucker Larrabee 50 Breast, 100 IM
Walker Lewis 50 & 100 Free
Anthony Marciuc 100 Breast
Morgan Meinardi 50 Back, 100 Free, 100 IM
Mason Meyers 50 Back
Sloane Oldham 50 Breast
Luke Pace 50 Fly, 100 Back
Allie Papa 50 Breast
Shayan Ramzi 50 Free
Psalm Rickstrew 200 Free
Caden Ricker 50 Fly, 50 Free
Silas Rowe 50 & 100 Free, 50 Fly, 50 back, 100 IM
Caitlin Sheehan 200 Free
Savannah Shore 100 IM
Hannah Simkins 50 & 100 Free, 100 IM
Alexis Smithson 50 & 100 Free
Hillary Stomber 50 Breast
Sean Taylor 200 Free
Sara Terrell 200 IM
Avery Thompson-Ecton 50 Fly , 50 Free
Allison Travis 50 & 500 Free
William Travis 100 Back
Avery Trinidad 100 Breast
Maddie Troutt 50 Fly
Ellie Turner 50 Fly
Charlie Waller 100 Breast, 100 Fly
Kherington Welter 50 Free, 50 Breast, 100 Back
James Whitaker 100 & 200 Free
Avery Willard 50 Fly , 100 IM
Miley Yang 50 Back, 50 Breast
Theo Zambon Sartori 200 Free

Announcements

Pumpkin Spice Splash

Our second home meet of the year is our Pumpkin Spice Invite on October 21st and 22nd. This is open to all our swimmers and is of course a great opportunity to earn volunteer hours as well. The registration deadline is October 6th so don't miss out!

USA Swimming's Virtual Club Championship

Throughout the short course season, we will be carefully following our team's national ranking as we aim to break into the top 40 for the first time every. You can follow along (once we have our first meet) here!

Millers Thrillers

It's that time of year again! Every fall, Excel Aquatics sends a team of our "toughest" swimmer to the Millers Thrillers haunted woods. Swimmer, friends and families are all welcome to attend. This year, we will be Friday October 14th. Every year, this attraction gets more popular so please purchase your own tickets here rather than buying them as a walk up. Choose the Hill Billy Hollar and the slash pass ($45 total).
When: 8:00pm on Friday, October 14th
Where: Millers Thrillers 431 Carters Creek Pike, Columbia, TN
Who: Anyone brave enough!

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.

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 Tough: 8 & Younger Swimmers- Swim a legal 50 Fly, 50 Back, 50 Breast, 200 Free & 200 IM during the season
9 & 10 Swimmers- Swim a legal 100 Fly, 100 Back, 100 Breast, 200 IM and 500 Free during the season
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.

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 officials@excelaquatics.org

Upcoming Dates

October 6 Pumpkin Spice Registration Deadline
October 6-8 Jack Thompson Invite in Louisville
October 13 Millers Thrillers
October 21-22 Pumpkin Spice Invite

Weekly Update Video

Our Weekly Update for 9-22-23 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!

Coaching Staff

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-

2023-24 Season Running Totals

USA Swimming Virtual Club Rankings in the SES:
Unavailable at the Moment
SwimCloud.com Excel Rankings in the SES Conference (73 teams):
8 & Under Girls 1st 8 & Under Boys 1st (error in results has us 2nd)
9-10 Girls 1sT 9-10 Boys 1st
11-12 Girls 1st 11-12 Boys 1st
13-14 Girls 1st 13-14 Boys 1st
15-18 Girls 1st 15-18 Boys 1st

IM Tough Qualifiers:
9-10
Abbie Georgieva

Brooklyn Lewis
Caroline Dealy
Clayton Gann
Keaton Hubbard

Heat Winners

8 & Under Girls
Emersyn Quinn 7
Ava Grace Barker 4

Savannah
Copa-Brzozowski 3

Anna Duggin 3

8 & Under Boys
Owen Akard 5

Silas Rowe 4

Jaxon Fennig 4

9 & 10 Girls
Caroline Dealy 10

Emma Felming 5

Brynn Humphreys 3

Morgan Meinardi 3

Lissy Robinson 3

9 & 10 Boys
Keaton Hubbard 6

Jack Calhoun 5

Jack Granstaff 3

Bennett Whitaker 3

11 & 12 Girls
Mae Li 6

Lynnea Laudencia 3

Kate Rust 3

Avarie Trinidad 3

11 & 12 Boys
Chris Georgiev 7

Ari Rosner 4

Logan Ayca 3

Ben Edwards 3

Roman McLaughlin 3

13 & 14 Girls
Zara Kocak 5

Bri Johnson 3

Rylee Tomaszewski 2

Bryce Winzenread 2

Millie Wood 2

13 & 14 Boys
Caleb Asebrook 5

Landon Quinn 3

Cole Anderson 2

Camden Downes 2

Wyatt Hamilton 2

Zaki Ibrahim 2

Jacob Keen 2

Hagan Kla 2

Abram Rickstrew 2

Zack Taylor 2

15-18 Girls
Allison Travis 3

Janie Grace Moss 2

Sadie Smith 2

15-18 Boys
Matthew Montenegro-Strunk 4
Joshua Trinidad 4

Alex White 3