Practice Schedule for the Next Three Weeks
Practice Schedule for the Next Three Weeks
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November 25 - December 1
Brentwood
Thanksgiving Schedule
Gallatin
Thanksgiving Schedule
Spring Hill
Thanksgiving Schedule
Murfreesboro
Thanksgiving Schedule
December 2 - 8
Brentwood
No Friday or Saturday Practices
Gallatin
No Friday or Saturday Practices
Spring Hill
No Friday or Saturday Practices
Murfreesboro
No Friday or Saturday Practices
December 9 - 15
Brentwood
Gallatin
Spring Hill
Murfreesboro
TNAQ Fall Invitational
TNAQ Fall Invitational
What a weekend! We had three meets at the same time and we have a lot to go over! First up was the TNAQ Fall Invational where we had 200 swimmers representing Excel. As always, this was an exciting meet where our kids turned some heads. A special congratulations goes out to Zara Kocak for hitting the Summer Junior Cut in the 200 Fly and to our newest National Team member, Mason Schaefer for hitting his first NCSA cut in the 50 Free.
Thanks so much to our host team TNAQ for hosting such a great event.
Meet report below all the pictures from the weekend.
City of Mason November Invitational
City of Mason November Invitational
Congratulations to the 12 swimmers who swam in Mason, OH this weekend at the City of Mason Invite. This was a prelims/finals format early in the short course season so we were super excited to have this opportunity to race some very fast out-of-conference teams.
We want to extend a special "Thank You" to the host team, Mason Manta Rays, for their gracious hospitatlity. We will definitely be back!
Meet Report below all the pictures from the weekend.
Fred Lamback Para Meet
Fred Lamback Para Meet
We had two swimmers, Josh Strachan and Emme Perry head to Cumming, GA to swim in the Fred Lamback Para meet. Para swimming has an additional twist from the other meets this weekend; each swimmer is racing by classification. Within their classifications, Josh brought home wins in the 50 and 100 Back while Emme did the same in the 50 and 100 Breast. However, the big news for Emme was that her time of 2:01.38 qualifies her for the US Paralympics National Championships and therefore makes her the youngest member of our own Excel National Team! Congratulations to both of you.
TNAQ Fall Invitational Meet Report
TNAQ Fall Invitational Meet Report
By The Numbers:
200 Number of Excel Swimmers
1,179 Number of Excel Races
785 Number of Lifetime Best Races
66.6% Percentage of Lifetime Best Races
48 Swimmers with All Lifetime Best Races
2 Team Records
1 New Summer Junior National Cut
1 New Member of the National Team
3 New NCSA Junior National Cuts
2 New Members of the SES Winter Championship Team
58 New SES Winter Championship Cuts
225 New USA Swimming Motivational Time Standards
New Championship Team Members
National Team
Mason Schaefer
Southeastern Winter Championship Team
Cooper England
Luke Yaras
5 Biggest Swims of the Meet
Aaron Huang 100 Breast- 41.12 Second Drop (-34.67%)
Gavin Osterman 50 Free- 27.42 Second Drop (-32.79%)
Abigail Wilbeck 200 Free- 1:01.96 Drop (-27.71%)
Makena Nelson 25 Fly- 9.95 Second Drop (-27.60%)
Adele Schopfer 100 Breast- 33.77 Second Drop (-25.59%)
Swimmers with All Lifetime Best Races
Logan Ayca
Ava Grace Barker
Cole Barker
Kessler Berry
Boston Boyd
Frederic Burks
Claire Calhoun
Emily Chambers
Evangeline Custer
Addie Davis
Avery Downing
Ben Edwards
Cooper England
Mark Feitel
Charlee Folk
Marios Gerasimopoulos
Maddie Giles
Kinsley Goolsby
Gabe Gortarez
Anabelle Gray
Elijah Hayes
Wyatt Higgs
Connor Hoey
Michael Hogan
Keaton Hubbard
Kai Hyatt
Michael Issa
Luke Jabbour
Elizabeth Jones
Jacob Keen
Noah Kim
Mollie Kraft
Tucker Larrabee
Tyler Larrabee
Jospeh Laurie
Carter Little
Athena Loveall
Gwen McCann
Morgan Meinardi
Cameron Mimms
Owen Odom
Griffin Oldham
Owen Osterman
Allie Papa
Caden Riker
Reagan Shields
Maddie Troutt
Aiden Winegar
Annalee Winsnieswki
Luke Yaras
Caleb Zeman
New Team Records
Zara Kocak Open Girls 200 Fly- 1:59.20
Zara Kocak Open Girls 100 IM- 57.88
New NCSA Junior Nationals Cuts
Sarah Carrico 500 Free
Gavin Fu 400 IM
Mason Schaefer 50 Free
New 2025 SES Winter Championship Cuts
Lane Andre 100 IM
Savannah Copa-Brzozowski 50 Back, 50 Fly, 100 IM
Ella Cundiff 200 Breast
Charlee Folk 50 & 200 Free, 100 Fly
Harper Grant 50 Breast
Brooklyn Lewis 200 & 500 Free, 100 Fly, 200 IM
Mae Li 100 Fly
Ruby Kate Meredith 200 Free
Hannah Simkins 50 & 100 Breast
Maddie Troutt 50 & 200 Free, 100 Breast, 50 Fly
Bryce Winzenread 200 Fly
Millie Wood 200 Free, 100 Fly, 200 IM
Logan Ayca 200 Free, 100 IM
Cooper England 50, 100 & 200 Free, 100 Back, 100 IM
Callum Farneth 1,000 Free
Marios Gerasimopoulos 200 Free, 100 Fly
Gabe Gortarez 200 & 500 Free, 100 & 200 Back
Jacob Keen 100 Free
Louie Koslin 100 Free, 100 Breast
Tucker Larrabee 100 Free, 50 & 100 Back
Griffin Oldham 50 Free, 100 IM
Caden Riker 50 Back, 100 Fly
Coach JJ 100 Free
Henry Schopfer 50 & 200 Free, 50 Breast
Jack Terrell 50 Back
Evan Xu 50 Free
Luke Yaras 100 Breast
Lucas Zeman 50 Breast
New USA Swimming Motivational Time Standards
New AAAA Times:
Jack Calhoun 100 Breast
Sarah Carrico 500 Free
Lily Irvine 100 Breast
Zara Kocak 200 Back
New AAA Times:
Calbe Blair 500 Free
Boston Boyd 100 IM
Claire Calhoun 100 Breast
Jack Calhoun 100 Fly, 100 Free
Caroline Dealy 200 IM
Callum Farneth 50 & 200 Free
Marios Gerasimopoulos 100 Fly
Gabe Gortarez 100 Free
Keaton Hubbard 200 Back
Lily Irvine 500 Free
Jacob Keen 100 Back
Brooklyn Lewis 100 Back, 200 & 500 Free, 200 IM
Mae Li 200 IM
Mason Schaefer 100 Fly, 100 Free
Charlie Turner 50 Breast
Madeline Webb 200 IM
Bryce Winzenread 200 & 500 Free
Evan Xu 200 Breast
New A Cuts:
Lane Andre 100 IM
Claire Calhoun 50 & 100 Free, 200 IM
Savannah Copa-Brzozowski 50 Fly
Benji Engers 200 Free
Cooper England 50 Free
Charlee Folk 50 Back, 100 IM
Marios Gerasimopoulos 200 Back
Anabelle Gray 100 Free
Gabe Gortarez 100 & 200 Back
Wyatt Higgs 500 Free
Keaton Hubbard 100 Free
Oana Kocak 200 & 500 Free
Tucker Larrabee 50 Fly, 100 Breast, 50 & 100 Back, 100 Free
Simon Sapozhkov 50 Free
Henry Schopfer 50 & 200 Free
Hannah Simkins 50 & 100 Breast
Sadie Smith 100 Breast
Avarie Trinidad 100 Free
Maddie Troutt 50 & 100 Breast, 50 Fly
Anna Waltman 50 Free
Anna Wilbeck 100 Fly
Luke Yaras 50 Free, 200 IM
Lucas Zeman 50 Breast
New AA Times:
Caleb Blair 100 Fly, 200 IM
Frederick Burks 100 & 200 Breast
Claire Calhoun 200 Breast
Caroline Dealy 200 Breast
Charlee Folk 50 Fly, 200 Free
Marios Gerasimopolous 50, 100 & 200 Free, 400 IM
Gabe Gortarez 200 & 500 Free
Jacob Keen 100 Fly, 200 IM, 100 Free
Zara Kocak 100 Breast
Louie Koslin 100 Free
Tucker Larrabee 50 Breast
Mae Li 100 Fly
Ruby Kate Meredith 200 Free
Simon Sapozhkov 100 Back
Mason Schaefer 200 IM
Avarie Trinidad 50 Free
Maddie Troutt 50 Back, 50 & 200 Free
Charlie Turner 200 Back
Bryce Winzenread 200 FLy
Millie Wood 100 Fly, 200 Free, 200 IM
Evan Xu 100 Back, 100 Breast, 50 Free
Caleb Zeman 50 & 200 Free, 100 Back, 100 Fly
Lucas Zeman 100 Fly, 100 Free, 200 IM
New BB Times:
Arthur Boyd 50 Back
Emma Brownyard 200 Free
June Buffington 200 Free
Zoe Carothers 100 Fly, 200 Back
Emily Chambers 100 Free
Maddie Clendenin 100 Fly
Elizabeth Conti 100 IM, 200 Free
Savannah Copa-Brzozowski 100 Breast, 200 Free
Addie Davis 100 Breast
Julia Day 200 IM, 500 Free
Avery Downing 100 Free
Parker Dyatlovitsky 50 Back
Ben Edwards 100 Fly
Benji Engers 100 Free
Cooper England 100 IM, 200 Free
Mark Feitel 100 Breast
Maya Foerster 50 Fly
Gwen Fuchs 50 Fly
Sydney Glass 100 Free
Harper Grant 200 Free
Cadence Hammock 100 Fly
Aaron Huang 200 Free
Michael Issa 100 Breast
Luke Jabbour 100 Breast
Keaton Kempel 100 Fly
Noah Kim 100 Back
Louie Koslin 100 Breast
Mollie Kraft 100 Back
Walker Lewis 200 Free
Morgan Meinardi 100 IM
Noelle Mondzelewski 100 Back, 100 Breast
Emma Nguyen 50 Free, 100 Fly
Allie Papa 50 Back, 200 IM
Gracie Presley 50 Back
Henry Reed 50 Back
Caden Riker 100 Free, 100 Fly
Jack Rust 50 Back
Adele Schopfer 50 Back, 50 & 200 Free, 100 IM
Henry Schopfer 50 Back, 100 Breast
Abigail Simkins 200 IM
Hannah Simkins 50 Fly, 100 Free
John Terrell 100 IM
Avarie Trinidad 100 Fly
Violet Vitale 200 IM
Ryan Wang 100 & 200 Back, 200 Free
Bixby Wesley 100 IM
New B Times:
Henry Adkins 200 IM
Ashley Anderson 100 Breast
Ava Grace Barker 50 Free
Arthur Boyd 50 Free
William Boyd 50 Breast, 100 Free
Abigail Brownyard 50 Breast, 100 IM
June Buffington 200 IM
Frederic Burks 100 Fly
Zoe Carothers 200 Fly
Elizabeth Conti 100 Free
Parker Dyatlovsky 50 & 100 Free
Maddie Giles 50 Fly, 50 Breast
Kinsley Goolsby 100 Free
James Gortarez 500 Free
Emerson Grauzer 100 Fly
Annabelle Gray 100 Breast
Lynlee Hammock 100 Back, 100 IM, 50 Fly
Michael Hogan 100 Free
Aaron Huang 200 IM
Kai Hyatt 100 Fly, 200 IM
Luke Jabbour 200 Back
Elizabeth Jones 200 Free
Virginia Jones 100 Back, 100 IM, 200 Free
Noah Kim 100 Fly, 200 IM
CJ Koslin 200 IM
Mollie Kraft 100 Fly
Tyler Larrabee 50 Free, 100 Back
Joseph Laurie 50 Back
Bodie Mello 50 Free
Owen Osterman 50 Free
Allie Papa 100 Breast
Henry Reed 50 Free
Jack Rust 50 Free
Abigail Simkins 100 Breast
Claire Summers 50 Free
Sara Terrell 100 Breast
Violet Vitale 100 Breast
Anna Waltman 200 Free
Abigail Wilbeck 200 Free
Aiden Winegar 50 Breast
City of Mason November Invitational Meet Report
City of Mason November Invitational Meet Report
By The Numbers:
12 Number of Excel Swimmers
101 Number of Excel Races
45 Number of Lifetime Best Races
44.6% Percentage of Lifetime Best Races
4 New NCSA Junior National Cuts
2 New SES Winter Championship Cuts
10 New USA Swimming Motivational Time Standards
New NCSA Junior National Cuts
Maryellen Lewis 100 Fly
Zaki Ibrahim 200 Back, 400 IM
Alexander White 200 Fly
New SES Winter Championship Cuts
Maryellen Lewis 500 Free
Zaki Ibrahim 200 Back
5 Biggest Swims of the Meet
Zaki Ibrahim 200 Back- 15.04 second drop (-11.66%)
Annabella White 200 Free- 8.40 second drop (-6.22%)
Zaki Ibrahim 400 IM- 7.83 second drop (-3.08%)
Maryellen Lewis 100 Fly- 1.78 second drop (-3.06%)
Cameron Conley 100 Free- 1.46 second drop (-2.83%)
New USA Swimming Motivational Time Standards
New AAA Times:
Zaki Ibrahim 200 & 400 IM, 200 Back
Lyndel Laudencia 100 Back
Maryellen Lewis 500 Free
Nathan Lumsdaine 100 Breast
Samuel Martin 500 Free
Alexander White 200 Fly
New AA Times:
Annabella White 200 Free
New A Times:
Annabella White 200 IM
From the Head Coach
From the Head Coach
One of the common questions that our staff gets regarding the development of young swimmers is “Should we invest in a private coach?” Like most questions, the answer is of course not quite so black and white.
The big picture is that our Excel coaching staff is the best in the LSC at developing swimmers. However, from time to time, individual issues will arise. My advice would be to contact your swimmer’s coach first and see if you all can schedule some time to fix that particular issue. However, I ask that our coaches not coach any swimmers privately as a long term solution. This avoids a “pay-to-play” environment on our pool deck.
However, if a family feels the need to get additional private coaching, there are available resources. Unfortunately, we don’t have a reliable “yelp” system for which coaches are more effective so your best source will be word of mouth on the team. The very first step in hiring a private coach is to have them reach out to your swimmer’s coach and discuss what your swimmer needs so that they can be a compliment to their existing training. Remember that the best use for a private coach is to fix a very specific problem. From there, communication on a weekly basis is highly recommended and any reputable coach will do this without your prompting.
The ride through your child’s career will be fun but can also be a little confusing at times. Please remember that your very best resources are the coaches that we have on deck and they should always be your first stop.
Practice Studs this Week
Practice Studs this Week
Nominated by the Excel Coaches
Gavin Fu, High Performance Brentwood- Swam repeat 200 IMs on 4:00 and held between 2:04 and 2:00.
Announcements
Announcements
USA Swimming's Virtual Club Championship
Throughout the long 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. here!
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 tends to favor those athletes that are attending meets, swimming a lot 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.
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
11-22 Beaman Toyota Meet of Champs Registration Deadline
12-6 Beaman Toyota Meet of Champs
Weekly Update Video
Weekly Update Video
Our Weekly Update for 11-22-24 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.pdf2025 Short Course Season Running Totals
NCSA Junior National Qualifiers: 20
SES Winter Championship Qualifiers: 88
USA Swimming Virtual Club Rankings (~3,500 Teams):
SES Teams National Rankings
Excel #32
TNAQ #52
HSA #53
Ensworth #82
Baylor #197
SwimCloud.com Excel Rankings in the SES Conference (73 teams):
8 & U Girls 1st 8 & U Boys 1st
9-10 Girls 1st 9-10 Boys 1st
11-12 Girls 1st 11-12 Boys 1st
13-14 Girls 2nd 13-14 Boys 1st
15-18 Girls 1st 15-18 Boys 1st
IM Hall of Fame: Achieved a cut in every event:
Level 1: SES Level 2: Age Group Sectionals Level 3: NCSA Junior Nationals
Owen Akard
Boston Boyd
Jack Calhoun
Caroline Dealy
Brooklyn Lewis
Chris McMurtray
Silas Rowe
Charlie Turner
IM Tough Qualifiers
8 & Under 50 Fly, 50 Back, 50 Breast, 200 Free & 200 IM in the one season
Abi Brownyard
Savannah Copa-Brzozowski
Maya Foerster
Emily Georgieva
Walker Lewis
Bode Mello
9-10 100 Fly, 100 Back, 100 Breast, 200 FR, 500 Free & 200 IM in one season
Hayes Akard
Owen Akard
June Buffington
Elizabeth Conti
Parker Dyatlovitsky
Arden Ford
Katy Francisco
Lily Furlong
Harper Grant
Lincoln Kelly
Emma Nguyen
Abby Simkins
Hannah Simkins
Ryder Smith
Silas Rowe
Violet Vitale
Heat Winners
8 & Under Girls
Maya Foerster 11
Abi Brownyard 9
Katelyn Xu 8
8 & Under Boys
James Dyatlovitsky 13
Walker Lewis 12
Bode Mello 8
9 & 10 Girls
Savannah Copa Brzozowski 16
Lane Andre 10
Anna Busteed 10
9 & 10 Boys
Jack Calhoun 17
Owen Akard 13
Lincoln Kelly 9
11 & 12 Girls
Caroline Dealy 15
Maya Li 14
Maddie Troutt 10
11 & 12 Boys
Boston Boyd 12
Henry Schopfer 12
Charlie Turner 9
13 & 14 Girls
Izzie Payton 7
Millie Wood 7
Lillian Beers 6
Mollie Kraft 6
Mae Li 6
13 & 14 Boys
Evan Xu 9
Campbell Johnson 7
Gabe Gortarez 7
15-18 Girls
Zara Kocak 12
Sarah Carrico 11
Bryce Winzenread 8
Allie Joyce 8
15-18 Boys
Zaki Ibrahim 11
Max Boylan 8
Gavin Fu 7
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