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Practice Schedule for the Next Three Weeks
Practice Schedule for the Next Three Weeks
October 9-15th
Brentwood
No Saturday Practices (Facility Closed)
Gallatin
Normal Practice Schedule
Longview
Normal Practice Schedule
Murfreesboro
Normal Practice Schedule
October 16-22nd
Brentwood
No Saturday Practices (Home Meet)
Gallatin
Normal Practice Schedule
Longview
Normal Practice Schedule
Murfreesboro
Normal Practice Schedule
October 23rd-24th
Brentwood
No Monday Practices
Gallatin
Normal Practice Schedule
Longview
Normal Practice Schedule
Murfreesboro
Normal Practice Schedule
Training Load Increases
Training Load Increases
As you may know, before any season begins, your coaches plan out a full season plan complete with both macro and micro training cycles that give us the blueprint for everything that we to prepare our team.
Perhaps the most obvious part of our cyles is when we rest, or bring down the training intensity. Practices get shorter and swimmers usually feel the effects pretty dramatically. However, that's not where we are now. While each season plan differs slightly, October tends to be when both the volume and intensity of our training increases and we essentially "bank" work for later when it becomes time to rest.
Parents can expect some increased fatigue, increased appetites and perhaps some soreness. Older swimmers may add time in meets but the upside is that this is a critical time of the season and investment now will equal success later!
Announcements
Announcements
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
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?
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
Upcoming Dates
October 13 Millers Thrillers
October 21-22 Pumpkin Spice Invite
Weekly Update Video
Weekly Update Video
Our Weekly Update for 9-29-23 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
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-
Contact Us (1).pdf2023-24 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
9-10 Girls 1st 9-10 Boys 1st
11-12 Girls 1st 11-12 Boys 1st
13-14 Girls 3rd 13-14 Boys 1st
15-18 Girls 4th 15-18 Boys 4th
IM Tough Qualifiers:
9-10
Abbie Georgieva
Brooklyn Lewis
Caroline Dealy
Clayton Gann
Keaton Hubbard
Heat Winners
8 & Under Girls
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
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