December 11th-17th
Brentwood
Normal Practice Schedule
Gallatin
Normal Practice Schedule
Longview
Normal Practice Schedule
Murfreesboro
Normal Practice Schedule
December 18th- December 24th
Brentwood
Special Holiday Schedule
Gallatin
Special Holiday Schedule
Longview
Special Holiday Schedule
Murfreesboro
Special Holiday Schedule
December 25-January 1st
Brentwood
No Monday Practices
Mentor/Mentee Event at ISC
Gallatin
Normal Practice Schedule
Longview
Normal Practice Schedule
Murfreesboro
Normal Practice Schedule
Congratulations to the over 400 Swimmers that we had swimming in the 2023 Meet of Champs last weekend. This Excel hosted meet is the first prelims/finals format that we swim and a valuable opportunity for our team to gain championship format experience.
Always and exciting event, the 2023 meet brought 2 new team records, 15 new national cuts and a whole slew of other accomplishments that are reported below.
While we are so proud of the swimmers, we are incredibly grateful to our parent volunteers whose efforts made this weekend possible. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
By the Numbers:
405 Number of Excel Swimmers
2,502 Number of Excel Races
1,677 Number of Lifetime Best Races
67.0% Lifetime Best Races
118 Swimmers with All Lifetime Best Races
2 Number of Team Records
3 Number of New National Team Qualifiers
15 Number of New NCSA Junior National Cuts
8 Number of New Age Group Sectional Team Qualifiers
30 Number of New Age Group Sectional Cuts
10 Number of New SES Winter Championship Qualifiers
82 Number of New SES Winter Championship A Cuts
450 Number of New USA Swimming Motivational Times
5 Biggest Swims
Reese Mehr- 50 Free, 21.56 second drop (-37.03%)
Lane Andre- 50 Fly, 18.87 second drop (-31.12%)
Will Pellatiro- 50 Free, 12.54 second drop (-30.65%)
Emily Chambers- 50 Fly, 19.52 second drop (-29.77%)
Wyatt Hamilton- 100 Breast, 30.95 second drop (-29.19%)
New Team Records
Caleb Asebrook
13-14 50 Free: 21.78
13-14 100 Fly: 51.11
Welcome to the National Team
Caleb Asebrook
Neil Cartailler
Nathan Lumsdaine
Welcome to the Age Group Sectional Team
Claire Calhoun
Addie Davis
Ruby Kate Meredith
Ellie Mondzelewski
Jack Calhoun
Maddix Hitchcock
Theo Zambon Sartori
Lucas Zeman
Welcome to the SES Winter Championship Team
Ben Edwards
Silas Rowe
Violet Vitale
Vanni Li
Anna Claire Wilbeck
Ruby Meredith
Kai Hyatt
Ari Rosner
Annabella White
Evan Xu
New NCSA Junior National Cuts
Zara Kocak 100 Back
Bryce Winzenread 200 Breast
Lizzie Yon 100 Free
Matthew Amodio 500 Free
Caleb Asebrook 100 Fly
Max Boylan 200 Breast
Neil Cartailler 100 Back
Gavin Fu 200 IM
Wyatt Gallas 200 Free
Josh Hession 200 & 400 IM, 100 Back
Nathan Lumsdaine 100 & 200 Breast
Carter Souliere 200 Back
New Age Group Sectional Cuts
Claire Calhoun - 100 Breast
Maddie Clendenin - 50 Back & 100 IM
Addie Davis - 50 Fly
Caroline Dealy - 50 & 100 Free, 50 Back, 100 Breast, 100 IM
Lyndel Laudencia - 200 Free
Brooklyn Lewis - 50 & 100 Breast, 100 Fly
Maryellen Lewis - 100 Back
Mae Li - 100 Back, 200 IM
Ruby Kate Meredith - 50 Free
Ellie Mondzelewski - 50 Fly
Caleb Blair - 100 Free, 100 Back
Jack Calhoun - 50 Breast
Chris Georgiev - 500 Free
Maddix Hitchcock - 100 Free
Abram Rickstrew - 200 Back, 400 IM
Charlie Turner - 100 Free, 50 Back, 100 Breast
Theo Zambon Sartori - 50 Back
Lucas Zeman - 50 Fly
New SES Winter A Cuts
Ashley Anderson 50 Free
Claire Calhoun 100 IM
Sarah Carrico 100 Fly
Maddie Clendenin 50 Free, 100 IM
Ella Cundiff 200 Back, 200 IM, 400 IM
Addie Davis 50 Back, 100 Fly
Caroline Dealy 100 Free, 100 Breast, 200 IM
Sydney Farneth 100 Breast, 50 Fly
Abby Georgieva 50 Free, 100 Free
Lyndel Laudencia 200 Fly
Mae Li 50 Free, 100 Back
Maya Li 50 & 100 Breast
Vanni Li 50 Free
Kacey McDonough 50 & 100 Free
Ruby Meredith 50 Free
Claire Mewbourne 1,650 Free
Grace Moody 50 Free
Allie Papa 50 Back
Clara Reger 100 Free
Lola Tanley 50 Free, 100 Back
Rylee Tomaszewski 100 Back
Violet Vitale 50 Free
Madeline Webb 100 Breast
Annabella White 100 Breast
Anna Claire Wilbeck 200 Fly
Bryce Winzenread 50 Free, 200 & 400 IM
Matthew Amodio 100 Free
Boston Boyd 50 Back, 100 Free, 100 & 200 IM
William Boyd 200 Free, 50 Back
Frederic Burks 50 Free, 50 Fly
Jack Calhoun 100 Free
Neil Cartailler 100 Free
Gavin Chen 100 Back
Ben Edwards 50 & 100 Back
Benji Engers 1,650 Free, 100 Back
Callum Farneth 200 IM
Gavin Fu 100 Fly
Clayton Gann 50 Back, 100 Back
Maddix Hitchcock 100 & 1,650 Free, 100 Back
Kai Hyatt 50 Fly
Ryan Issa 50 Back
Campbell Johnson 200 Fly, 200 IM
Jacob Keen 100 Fly, 400 IM
Ari Rosner 100 Breast
Silas Rowe 100 Fly
Zack Taylor 200 Breast
William Whitaker 100 & 500 Free, 100 IM
Evan Xu 200 Breast
Theo Zambon Sartori 50 Free, 100 Free, 100 & 200 IM
Caleb Zeman 100 Free
Lucas Zeman 100 Free
Swimmers with All Lifetime Best Races
Adam Maven
Ashley Anderson
Andre Lane
Eileen Baek
Sophia Bales
Gregory Baltimore
William Barclay
Everett Baurle
Connar Berg
Hudson Berry
Caleb Blair
Carter Bost
Boston Boyd
Max Boylan
Eoin Brown
Frederic Burks
Ben Bush
Griffin Calkins
Violet Carnes
Gavin Chen
Alexandra Chetyrkina
Willa Claire Clark
Elizabeth Conti
Katie Cromwell
Ella Cundiff
Winnie Cunningham
Quinnten Curnes
Scott Davis
Julia Day
Leslie Dean
Sydney Dean
Camden Downes
Anna Duggin
Parker Dyatlovitsky
Ben Edwards
Peter Ehrlinspiel
William England
Lillie Farley
Arden Ford
Clayton Gann
Marios Gerasimopoulos
Anna Gorbunova
Cleo Gurule
Lynlee Hammock
Evan Hayes
Ethan Hetrick
Emma Hewett
Wyatt Higgs
Maddox Hitchcock
Connor Huey
Jonas Huey
Charlotte Inkrott
Grace Inkrott
Anushka Jawale
Prescott Johnson
Brooklyn Johnston
Lola Jones
Shivam Kabaria
Jacob Keen
Arshi Khan
Aubree Knight
CJ Koslin
Maryellen Lewis
Maya Li
Adriana Llanes
Jewel Lott
Nathan Lumsdaine
VanMai Ly
Vanni Ly
Mia Madura
Brooks Malone
Mahilon Matthews
Keven Mehr
Reese Mehr
Morgan Meinardi
Robert Miller
Josh Naylor
Gavin Oldham
Leonardo Pantana
Mirva Patel
Will Pellatiro
Merfy Qualls
Shayan Ramzi
Lucas Reeves
Lorelai Richardson
Caden Riker
Joaquin Rios
Elisabeth Robinson
Ari Rosner
Jacob Rudy
Amelia Ryan
Juliana Sartain
Savannah Shore
Luella Smith
Hillary Stomber
Josiah Strahan
Petra Suarez
John Terrell
Abhinav Thokala
Mackenzie Thomas
Kipton Thompson
Charlie Turner
Ellie Turner
Lillie Turner
Violet Vitale
Annabella White
Abigail Wilbeck
Avery Willard
James Williams
Jacob Williamson
Bryce Winzenread
Evan Xu
Reid Yancey
Syed Zaidi
Lucas Zeman
Emma Zhang
Charlotte Ziskovsky
David Zuhl
New USA Swimming Motivational Times
AAAA Times
Kingston Dealy 100 Free
Zaki Ibrahim 400 IM
Bryce Winzenread 200 Breast
AAA Times
Caleb Asebrook 200 Back
Caleb Blair 100, 200 & 500 Free
Claire Clahoun 50 Breast
Sarah Carrico 500 Free
Neil Cartailler 100 Free
Caroline Dealy 50 Fly
Kingston Dealy 200 IM, 100 Breast
Callum Farneth 100 Fly
Gavin Fu 100 Fly
Josh Hession 100 Back, 400 IM
Lyndel Laundencia 50 & 100 Free
Maryellen Lewis 200 Fly, 200 Free
Nathan Lumsdaine 100 Breast
Grace Moody 100 Fly, 50 & 100 Free
Clare Reardon 100 Breast
Abram Rickstrew 100, 200 & 500 Free
Greyson Russiano 50 Free
Bryce Winzenread 200 & 400 IM, 50 Free
AATimes
Max Boylan 200 IM
Lauren Brindle 200 IM
Maddie Clendenin 100 Free, 100 IM, 50 Back, 50 Breast
Cameron Conley 500 Free
Ella Cundiff 200 Free, 400 IM
Addie Davis 50 Fly
Caroline Dealy 50 Back, 100 Free, 100 Breast, 100 IM
Camden Downes 200 Breast
Chris Georgiev 50, 100 & 500 Free
Josh Hession 100 Breast
Maddix Hitchcock 50, 100 & 200 Free
Jacob Keen 100 & 200 Back
Lyndel Laudencia 400 IM, 500 Free
Brooklyn Lewis 50 & 100 Breast
Maryellen Lewis 100 Back
Mae Li 100 Back
Nathan Lumsdaine 100 Free
Ruby Meredith 50 Free
Noelle Mondzelewski 50 Fly
Janie Moss 200 Back
Mason Schaefer 100 Fly
Kelsey Shand 100 Breast
Carter Souliere 200 Back
Lola Tanley 100 Free
Zack Taylor 200 Breast
Rylee Tomaszewski 200 Back
Charlie Turner 50 Fly, 50 & 100 Back
Ryan Vaughan 100 Back, 100 Fly, 200 Free
Madeline Webb 100 Breast
A Times
Matthew Amodio 100 Fly
Caleb Blair 200 Breast
William Boyd 50 Fly
Frederic Burks 50 Fly, 100 Back
Claire Calhoun 100 Free, 100 IM
Jack Calhoun 50 Breast
Maddie Clendenin 200 IM
Cameron Conley 100 Breast
Addie Davis 100 Fly
Benji Engers 500 Free
Sydney Farneth 50 Fly, 100 IM
Abigail Georgieva 100 Free, 100 & 200 IM
Marios Gerasimopoulos 100 Breast, 500 Free
Gabriel Gortarez 50, 100 & 200 Free
Anabelle Gray 50 Free
Wyatt Hamilton 100 Back
Evan Hayes 500 Free
Nora Hetherington 200 Breast
Wyatt Higgs 100 & 200 Free
Lily Irvine 200 Breast
Campbell Johnson 100 Fly
Jacob Keen 100 Fly
Keaton Kempel 100 Fly
Oana Kocak 100 Free, 200 IM
Louis Koslin 50 Back, 50 Free
Brooklyn Lewis 100 Fly
Maya Li 100 Breast
Vanni Ly 50 Free
Reagan May 50 & 100 Free
Ruby Meredith 100 Free
Noelle Mondzelewski 100 & 200 IM
Matthew Montenegro-Strunk 100 Free
Clara Reger 50 & 100 Free
River Rockholt 100 Back
Noah Sarbacker 100 Free
Sadie Smith 50 Free, 100 Fly
Zack Taylor 200 Free
Avarie Trinidad 50 Free
Charlie Turner 100 Breast
Lily Turner 100 Back
William Whitaker 200 Free
Annabella White 100 Breast, 100 Free
Anna Wilbeck 200 Fly
Evan Xu 200 Breast
Luke Yaras 100 Free
Caleb Zeman 50 Back, 50 Fly
Lucas Zeman 100 Fly, 200 Free
BB Times
Owen Akard 100 IM
Matthew Amodio 100 Breast
Ashley Anderson 100 & 200 IM
Lane Andre 50 Fly, 100 Free
Everett Baurle 100 Back
Philip Borsca 50 Back
Boston Boyd 50 Breast
Ben Bush 100 Breast
Zoe Carothers 200 & 500 Free
Addie Davis 100 Back
Ben Edwards 50 & 100 Back, 50 Fly, 50 Free
Sadie Ehleben 50 Free
Cooper England 50 Free
Sydney Farneth 500 Free
Emma Fleming 100 IM
Charlee Folk 50 & 100 Fly, 500 Free
Arden Ford 50 Breast, 100 IM
Lila Gallas 200 Fly
Clayton Gann 200 IM, 50 Fly
Marios Gerasimopoulos 100 & 200 Back
Gabriel Gortarez 100 & 200 Breast, 100 Fly, 200 IM
Jackson Granstaff 50 Back
Harper Grant 50 Breast, 200 IM
Anabelle Gray 100 Free
Wyatt Hamilton 100 Breast
Lynlee Hammock 50 Back
Wyatt Higgs 100 Breast
Jonas Huey 50 & 100 Free, 100 IM
Kai Hyatt 100 Fly
Bri Johnson 500 Free
Campbell Johnson 200 Fly, 500 Free
Prescott Johnson 200 Free
Keaton Kempel 100 Fly
Jibran Khan 50 Free
Aubree Knight 50 Back
Louis Koslin 500 Free
Tucker Larrabee 50 Breast
Lynnea Laudencia 200 back, 400 IM
Maya Li 50 Free
Noelle 100 Back, 200 Free
Matthew Montenegro-Strunk 100 Back
Gavin Oldham 100 Free
Allie Papa 200 IM
Will Pellatiro 100 & 200 Free
Clara Reger 100 IM
Psalm Rickstrew 50 Back
Caden Riker 50 Fly
Ari Rosner 100 Breast, 100 Free
Silas Rowe 50 & 100 Back, 50 & 100 Fly
Greyson Russiano 500 Free
John Sexton 200 Free
Savannah Shore 100 IM
Hannah Simkins 50 Back, 100 Breast
Ryder Smith 100 IM
Alexis Smithson 100 IM
Petra Suarez 50 Free
Lola Tanley 100 Fly
Sean Taylor 200 IM, 500 Free
John Terrell 50 & 100 Back, 50 & 500 Free
Avery Thompson- Ecton 50 & 200 Free, 50 Back
Ellie Turner 50 Back
Charlie Waller 200 Back
William Whitaker 100 Breast
Annabella White 200 Breast
Avery Willard 50 Free
Evan Xu 50 Free, 100 Back
Miley Yang 100 Breast
Luke Yaras 200 Breast
Theo Zambon Sartori 200 IM
B Times
Henry Atkins 50 Back
Abigail Aiello 100 Back
Hayes Akard 200 Free, 100 & 200 IM
Eileen Baek 50 Free, 100 IM
Gregory Baltimore 50 Free
Philip Borsca 100 IM
William Boyd 50 Breast
Zayne Brick 100 IM, 50 Fly
Jace Brown 100 Fly
Emily Chambers 100 Back
Vittoria Cicinelli 100 Free, 50 Back
Elizabeth Conti 50 Fly, 50 Back, 200 IM
Savannah Copa-Brzozowski 50 Breast, 200 Free
Jillian Corely 100 Back
Kinsley Corley 200 IM
Macey DeMotte 100 Back
Matthew Douglas 100 Fly, 100 & 200 Free, 200 IM, 50 Breast
Parker Dyatlovitsky 100 Breast
Ben Edwards 100 IM
Cooper England 100 IM, 50 Breast
Mark Feitel 200 Breast
Emma Fleming 500 Free
Arden Ford 50 Fly
Katy Francisco 200 Free
Lillian Furlong 50 Back
Clayton Gann 100 IM, 50 Breast
Annabelle Gray 100 Back
Saela Green 200 IM
Cadence Hammock 200 Breast, 500 Free
Maddix Hitchcock 100 Fly
Connor Huey 50 Breast
Michael Hogan 50 Free
Keaton Hubbard 50 Breast
Jonas Huey 200 IM
Kai Hyatt 100 Breast, 100 IM
Lily Irvine 50 & 100 Back
Sophie Ito 50 Back
Bri Johnson 50 Back
Dorothy Johnson 100 Free
Emma Johnson 500 Free
Prescott Johnson 100 Back
William Johnson 200 Breast
Elizabeth Johnson 100 Free
Madeline Keen 500 Free
Hangyeol Kim 200 Free
Aubree Knight 100 IM, 50 Fly
Mollie Kraft 100 Breast
Emma Lansford 100 Free
Tyler Larrabee 50 Back
Knox Leuchter 50 & 200 Free
Walker Lewis 200 IM
Vanni Ly 100 Fly
Roman McLaughlin 100 Fly
Morgan Meinardi 50 Fly
Ruby Meredith 50 Breast
Josh Naylor 100 Free
Emma Nguyen 50 Fly, 50 Back, 100 & 200 Free
Gavin Oldham 200 Free
Sloan Oldham 50 Back
Leonardo Pantana 200 IM
Izzy Payton 100 Breast, 100 Fly
Will Pellatiro 50 Free, 100 Back, 200 IM, 200 Fly
Merfy Qualls 50 Free, 100 Back, 100 IM
Shayan Ramzi 100 Free
Psalm Rickstrew 100 Back
Caden Riker 100 Back, 100 Breast, 100 IM
Julianna Sartain 50 Breast, 100 Free, 100 IM
Zixiang Sheng 200 Breast
Savanna Shore 200 Free
Luella Smith 500 Free
Alexis Smithson 500 Free
Petra Suarez 100 Back
Sean Taylor 50 Breast, 50 Fly
Avery Thompson-Ecton 100 IM
Ellie Turner 50 & 100 Free, 100 Back
Samuel Walker 200 IM
James Whitaker 50 & 100 Back
Avery Willard 100 Breast , 100 IM
Evan Xu 100 Fly
Miley Yang 50 Free, 100 Back
Nora Yin 50 Fly, 50 Free
Holiday Training Schedule
Beginning on December 18th, all of our training sites will transition to a holiday training schedule. Without the school schedules to work around, we are excited to offer additional practices during this critical training phase of the short course season. The holiday schedules will be posted on the website so make sure that you check for those shortly.
As an added bonus, any swimmer who attends EVERY practice from December 18th-30th, will receive a free Excel Christmas training T-shirt so please make every effort to attend!
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. here!
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.
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
December 18th- 30th Holiday Training Schedule
Our Weekly Update for 12-8-23 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-
2023-24 Season Running Totals
SES Winter Championship Qualifiers: 105
NCSA Junior National Qualifiers: 19
USA Swimming Virtual Club Rankings (~3,500 Teams):
Nationally SES
34th 1st Excel
66th 2nd HSA
73rd 3rd TNAQ
83rd 4th Ensworth
100th 5th NAC
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 3rd 15-18 Boys 5th
IM Tough Qualifiers:
8 and Under
Owen Akard
Hayes Akard
June Buffington
Silas Rowe
9-10
Will Boyd
Ellie Conti
Caroline Dealy
Sydney Farneth
Lilly Furlong
Clayton Gann
Abbie Georgieva
Keaton Hubbard
Brooklyn Lewis
Caitlin Sheehan
Violet Vitale
Theo Zambon Sartori
Heat Winners
8 & Under Girls
Harper Grant 14
Ava Grace Barker 7
Gwendolyn Fuchs 7
Savannah Copa-Brzozowski 7
8 & Under Boys
Owen Akard 24
Silas Rowe 20
Derek Folk 7
9 & 10 Girls
Brooklyn Lewis 22
Harper Grant 15
Emma Fleming 11
Zayne Brick 11
9 & 10 Boys
Bennett Whitaker 7
Jack Calhoun 6
Pierce Donovan 6
11 & 12 Girls
Caroline Dealy 25
Claire Calhoun 16
Charlee Folk 8
11 & 12 Boys
Chris Georgiev 23
Charlie Turner 20
Keaton Hubbard 12
13 & 14 Girls
Bryce Winzenread 16
Mae Li 15
Maryellen Lewis 12
13 & 14 Boys
Caleb Asebrook 27
Kingston Dealy 21
Wyatt Hamilton 9
15-18 Girls
Zara Kocak 7
Janie Grace Moss 6
Claire Mewbourne 5
Claire Reardon 5
Kacey McDonough 5
15-18 Boys
Joshua Hession 10
Alex White 8
Samuel Martin 7
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