Excel Extra 4-12-24

Practice Schedule for the Next Three Weeks

Excel Long Course Kick Off

Long Course Kick Off Meet Report

5 Biggest Swims of the Meet

Welcome to the SES Team!

New SES Summer Championships Times

New USA Swimming Motivational Times

SwimStrong Drylands- Coach Carrie

Announcements

Excel Recognition Programs

Want to become an official?

Upcoming Dates

Weekly Update Video

Coaching Staff

Practice Schedule for the Next Three Weeks

April 15-21st

Brentwood
No practices on Friday or Saturday
Gallatin
No practices on Friday or Saturday
Longview
No Practices on Friday or Saturday
Murfreesboro
No Practices on Friday or Saturday

April 22-28th

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

April 29-May 4th

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

Excel Long Course Kick Off

Congratulations to all of our swimmers who kicked off the long course season last weekend here at home! With only a one day format being offered, each swimmer had a short schedule but it was still a great way to gauge where we are kicking off the season. A huge "Thank You" to the coaching staff who work so hard with our swimmers to make this possible. And finally, thank you as well to the parent volunteers without whom, we couldn't put on any meets.

Full Meet Report Below

Long Course Kick Off Meet Report

By the Numbers:
273 Number of Excel Swimmers
703 Number of Excel Races
582 Number of Lifetime Best Races
82.8% Percentage of Lifetime Best Races
60 New 2024 SES Summer Championship Cuts
3 New Summer SES Qualifiers
190 Number of Swimmers with All Lifetime Best Races
216 New USA Swimming Motivational Time Standards

5 Biggest Swims of the Meet

Allie Papa 50 Breast- 45.79 Second Drop (-46.72%)
Leonardo Pantana 50 Fly- 36.06 Second Drop (-42.13%)
Prescott Johnson 50 Fly-28.10 Second Drop (-40.02%)
Savannah Copa-Brzozowski 50 Fly- 29.16 Second Drop (-39.41%)
Ben Edwards 50 Fly- 19.83 Second Drop (-35.64%)

Swimmers with All Lifetime Bests:
Henry Adkins
Hayes Akard
Owen Akard
Kokone Akimoto
Ashley Anderson
Cole Anderson
Lane Andre
Owen Aryal
Logan Ayca
Eileen Baek
Everett Baurle
Katie Blackford
Caleb Blair
Dylan Borcsa
Ava Boyce
Arthur Boyd
Boston Boyd
William Boyd
Hensley Brown
Ryan Brown
Abigail Brownyard
Emma Brownyard
June Buffington
Frederic Burks
Jack Calhoun
Violet Carnes
Levi Carothers
Gavin Chen
Zoe Chen
Raeya Chourasia
Vittoria Cicinelli
Mark Collins
Elizabeth Conti
Alexa Copa-Brzozowski
Savannah Copa-Brzozowski
Jillian Corley
Katie Cromwell
Aditya Das
Julia Day
Leslie Dean
Ryan Deepe
Sibel Dilsiz
Matthew Douglas
Michael Dravis
Parker Dyatlovitsky
Ben Edwards
Benji Engers
Cooper England
Callum Farneth
Maya Foerster
Lillian Furlong
Vada Gallas
Claire Garges
Ella Grace Garner
Noah Garner
Christopher Georgiev
Abigail Georgieva
Emily Georgieva
Elias Gerasimopoulos
Marios Gerasimopoulos
Novella Glassner
Anna Gorbunova
Gabriel Gortarez
James Gortarez

Callum Goryn
Harper Grant
Emerson Grauzer
Ellianah Greene
Cadence Hammock
Evelyn Harris
Brody Henning
Wyatt Higgs
Connor Hoey
Keaton Hubbard
Sharon Hunt
Amberly Huo
Kai Hyatt
Lily Irvine
Ryan Issa
Sophie Ito
Luke Jabbour
Bri Johnson
Campbell Johnson
Dorothy Johnson
Prescott Johnson
Jasmine Jones
Jacob Keen
Makenzie Keenan
Arshi Khan
Sanya Kharat
Hagan Kla
Oana Kocak
Raylan Kohler
Louis Koslin
Penny Koslin
JP Kukulka
Gauri Kulkarni
Tucker Larrabee
Kalani Lashbrook
Maryellen Lewis
Maya Li
Aiden Liew
Dustin Liu
Lydia Livingston
Adriana Llanes
Jewel Lott
Mia Madura
Brooks Malone
Evelyn Manning
Anthony Marciuc
Sloane Martin
Mahilon Mathios
Brecken McElwee
Christopher McMurtray
Morgan Meinardi
Brodi Mello
Theo Mello
Ruby Meredith
Matthew Montenegro-Strunk
William Morrow
Aaron Nason
Josh Naylor
Ella Nguyen
Emma Nguyen
Gareth Oldham
Gavin Oldham
Grant Oldham
Griffin Oldham

Meyer Oldham
Sloane Oldham
Mia Organ
Gavin Osterman
Leonardo Pantana
Niccolo Pantana
Allie Papa
Niva Patel
Isabella Payton
Caroline Philbrick
Samantha Raney
Henry Reed
Clara Reger
Lorelai Richardson
Psalm Rickstrew
Evelyn Riley
Elisabeth Robinson
Ari Rosner
Leah Rosner
Silas Rowe
Katherine Rust
Arnav Singhal
Amir Sadogursky
Samuel Santiago Alcedo
Simon Sapozhkov
Noah Sarbacker
Andrew Scanga
Gabriel Scanga
Henry Schopfer
Adelia Schopfer
Peyton Schreier
Kirsty Scott
Caitlin Sheehan
Savannah Shore
Abigail Simkins
Hannah Simkins
Henry Smith
Ryder Smith
Kiran Suryadevara
Sean Taylor
Dalton Tomko
Isaac Tomko
Allison Travis
Maddie Troutt
Charlie Turner
Violet Vitale
Charlie Waller
Ruby Watkins
Madeline Webb
William Whitaker
Abigail Wilbeck
Adeline Willard
Avery Willard
James Williams
Cayden Woods
Evan Xu
Luke Yaras
Ben Yuster
Theo Zambon Sartori
Lucas Zeman
Charlotte Ziskovsky
Navya Nayar

Welcome to the SES Team!

Julia Day
Callum Goryn
Henry Schopfer

New SES Summer Championships Times

Ashley Anderson 50 & 100 Free
Lane Andre 100 Back
Claire Calhoun 200 Breast
Julia Day 50 Breast
Caroline Dealy 50 Breast
Maya Li 100 Back, 50 Breast
Ruby Meredith 50 Back, 100 Free
Maddie Troutt 100 Back
Violet Vitale 50 Free
Madeline Webb 200 Back
Owen Akard 100 Breast, 200 IM
Logan Ayca 100 Free, 50 Back, 50 Fly
Philip Borsca 50 Back
Boston Boyd 200 Free, 50 Fly
Frederic Burks 200 IM
Jack Calhoun 400 Free, 200 IM
Gavin Chen 50 Back, 100 Back
Matthew Douglas 50 Free , 50 Fly

Ben Edwards 50 Fly, 100 Back
Gabe Gortarez 400 Free, 200 IM
Callum Goryn 50 & 200 Free
Keaton Hubbard 400 Free, 50 Fly
Kai Hyatt 50 Fly
Ryan Issa 50 & 100 Free, 50 Fly
Campbell Johnson 100 Fly, 200 IM
Prescott Johnson 50 Free, 50 Fly, 200 IM
Finn Kiper 100 Breast
Tucker Larrabee 100 Breast
Christopher McMurtray 50 Free, 50 Breast, 50 Fly
Silas Rowe 100 Breast, 50 Fly, 200 IM
Henry Schopfer 50 Fly
Ryder Smith 50 Fly
Sean Taylor 50 Fly
Evan Xu 100 & 200 Breast
Theo Zambon Sartori 50 Free

New USA Swimming Motivational Times

New AAA Times:
Christopher Georgiev 100 & 200 Free
Alexander White 100 Fly

New AA Times:
Owen Akard 100 Back
Ashley Anderson 50 Free
Lane Andre 100 Back
Everett Baurle 100 Free
Caleb Blair 200 IM
Boston Boyd 20 Free
Frederic Burks 50 Breast
Jack Calhoun 100 Breast
Gavin Chen 50 & 100 Back
Benji Engers 200 Back , 1,500 Free
Callum Farneth 200 Free, 200 Fly
Gavin Fu 100 Free
Marios Gerasimopoulos 100 Free
Gabriel Gortarez 50 & 400 Free
Keaton Hubbard 50 Back
Lily Irvine 100 Breast
Campbell Johnson 200 IM
Oana Kocak 100 Back
Maya Li 50 Breast, 100 Back
Christopher McMurtray 50 Free
Ruby Meredith 50 & 100 Free
Carter Souliere 200 IM
Madeline Webb 20 Back
Lycas Zeman 50 Fly
New AAA Times
Christopher Georgiev 100 & 200 Free
Alexander White 100 Fly

New A Times:
Boston Boyd 100 Free
Frederic Burks 200 IM
Caroline Dealyu 50 Breast
Matthew Douglas 50 Back
Benji Engers 200 Free
Gavin Fu 200 Free
Marios Gerasimopoulos 100 Fly, 200 Free
Gabe Gortarez 200 IM
Keaton Hubbard 400 Free
Lily Irvine 200 Free
Ryan Issa 50 Fly, 50 Free
Campbell Johnson 100 Fly
Maryellen Lewis 100 Breast
Maya Li 100 Breast
Anthouny Marciuc 100 Free
Ruby Meredith 50 Back
Allie Papa 50 Fly
Izzy Payton 50 Free
Clara Reger 100 Free
Abram Rickstrew 100 Back, 100 Breast
Evelyn Riley 50 Free
Ari Rosner 50 Fly, 50 Free
Noah Sarbacker 400 Free
Maddie Troutt 100 Back
Charlie Turner 100 Free, 200 Breast
William Whitaker 50 & 100 Free
Evan Xu 100 Back, 100 & 200 Breast
Luke Yaras 50 & 100 Free, 100 Breast
Theo Zambon Sartori 50 Back, 50 Free
Lucas Zeman 50 & 200 Free

New BB Times:
Hayes Akard 100 & 200 Free
Owen Akard 100 Breast
Ashley Anderson 50 Fly
Lane Andre 200 Free
Logan Ayca 50 Back, 50 Fly
Boston Boyd 50 Fly
Will Boyd 50 Fly
Levi Carothers 50 & 100 Free
Gavin Chen 200 Free
Savannah Copa-Brzozowski 50 Back, 50 Fly, 50 Free
Ella Cundiff 100 Breast, 100 Fly
Julia Day 50 Breast
Macey DeMotte 200 IM
Ryan Deepe 50 Free
Matthew Douglas 50 Fly, 50 Free
Ben Edwards 100 Back, 50 Fly
Cooper England 100 Back
Mark Feitel 50 Free, 100 Breast
Maya Foerster 50 & 100 Breast
Vada Gallas 50 Fly, 50 Free
Abby Georgieva 50 Back, 50 Fly, 200 Free
Callum Goryn 50 Back
Harper Grant 50 & 100 Back, 50 Breast
Keaton Hubbard 50 Fly
Kai Hyatt 50 Free
Michael Issa 100 Fly
Ryan Issa 100 Free
Luke Jabbour 50 Free
Prescott Johnson 50 Free, 50 Fly, 200 IM
Jacob Keen 100 Fly
Finn Kiper 200 IM
Oana Kocak 100 Fly
Louis Koslin 100 Back, 100 Free
Tucker Larrabee 50 Free
Tyler Larrabee 50 Back, 50 & 100 Free
Christopher McMurtray 50 Breast
Morgan Meinardi 100 Back
Robert Mello 50 Back
Leonardo Pantana 50 Back
Allie Papa 50 Breast
Izzy Payton 100 Fly, 100 Free
Will Pallatiro 100 Free
Psalm Rickstrew 50 Free
Evelyn Riley 100 Breast
Silas Rowe 50 Fly, 100 Breast, 200 IM
Simon Sapozhkov 50 Back, 50 Free
Noah Sarbacker 200 Back
Henry Schopfer 50 Fly
Hannah Simkins 50 Free
Ryder Smith 50 Fly, 50 Free
Sean Taylor 50 Fly, 100 Free
Charlie Waller 100 Breast
Alexander White 100 Back
Avery Willard 100 Free
Millie Wood 100 Fly

New B Times:
Cole Anderson 100 Free
William Boyd 50 Back
Violet Carnes 50 Free
Kinsley Corley 100 Free
Ryan Deepe 100 Free
Parker Dyatlovitsky 50 Fly
Ben Edwards 50 Breast
Cooper England 100 Breast, 100 Free
Maya Foerster 50 Back
Lilly Furlong 100 Back, 200 Free, 200 IM
Emily Georgieva 100 Back
Elias Gerasimopoulos 100 Free
James Gortarez 100 Back
Wyatt Higgs 100 Breast
Kai Hyatt 50 Breast
Sophie Ito 50 Fly, 50 Free
Emma Johnson 100 Free
Keaton Kempel 100 Breast
Hagan Kla 100 Back
JP Kukulka 200 IM
Reagan May 100 Breast
Matthew Montenegro-Strunk
Josh Naylor 50 Free
Emma Nguyen 50 Back
Gavin Oldham 100 Free
Sloane Oldham 50 Back, 100 Free
Leonardo Pantana 50 Fly, 50 Free
Niva Patel 100 Back
William Pellatiro 50 Free
Psalm Rickstrew 50 Fly
Silas Rickstrew 400 Free
Henry Schopfer 100 Free, 200 IM
Kirsty Scott 100 Back, 200 IM
John Sexton 200 IM
Savannah Shore 100 Breast
Abigail Simkins 50 Free
Allison Travis 50 & 100 Free
Maddie Troutt 100 Breast
Adeline Willard 50 Back
Avery Willard 50 Fly

SwimStrong Drylands- Coach Carrie

5 High Protein Breakfasts Ready in 5 Minutes

1. Make-ahead smoothie packs: Add ½-1 cup frozen mixed berries, ¼ avocado, large handful spinach, and 1 banana cut into slices into a freezer safe bag. In the morning, add to the blender with milk, 1 spoonful almond butter, and protein powder (optional).

2. Greek/Icelandic yogurt + granola + fruit: Grab a quality Greek/Icelandic yogurt from the fridge and top with granola, plus your fruit of choice.

3. Pre-hard-boiled eggs + instant oats: Get eggs that are already hard-boiled or hard boil in batches for the week. Grab from the fridge and eat with instant oats.

4. Kodiak cake waffles + nut butter + berries: Toast Kodiak waffles and spread with your nut butter of choice and add berries.

5. Peanut butter banana overnight oats (Makes 2 servings): Mash a banana in a large bowl. Mix in 1 ¼ cups milk + 1 cup vanilla Greek/Icelandic yogurt until creamy. Stir in 1 cup oats, ½ teaspoon cinnamon, 1 tablespoon chia seeds, and 2 tablespoons peanut butter (or other nut butter). Split mixture in half between two jars/containers that seal tightly and refrigerate overnight. Grab from the fridge in the morning.

To read more nutrition tips for busy days, click here: Tips For Fueling Training On Busy School Days – SwimStrong Dryland

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

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

April 19th- TNAQ Invite
May 2nd- USA Swimming Spring Cup

Weekly Update Video

Our Weekly Update for 4-12-24 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

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

NCSA Junior National Qualifiers: 19
USA Swimming Virtual Club Rankings (~3,500 Teams):
Nationally SES
15th 1st Ensworth
33rd 2nd Excel
36th 3nd TNAQ
66th 4th Memphis Thunder
101st 5th Memphis Tigers

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 1st 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
Caleb Blair Brooklyn Lewis
Syndey Farneth Kingston Dealy
Chris Georgiev
Charlie Turner

IM Tough Qualifiers:

8 and Under
Addie Willard

Bode Mello

Ellery Carson

Emerson Grauzer

Emily Georgieva

Gwendolyn Fuchs

Harper Grant

Hayes Akard

June Buffington

Lincoln Kelly

Maya Foerster

Noble Rickstrew

Nora Tice

Owen Akard

Savannah Copa-Brzozowski

Silas Rowe

Walker Lewis

9-10
Abbie Georgieva

Allie Papa

Arden Ford

Bennett Whitaker

Brooklyn Lewis

Caden Riker

Caitlin Sheehan

Caroline Davis

Caroline Dealy

Clayton Gann

Elisabeth Robinson

Ellie Conti

Ellie Turner

Emma Fleming

Emma Hewett

Emma Nguyen

Hannah Simpkins

Hensley Anne Brown

Jack Calhoun

Josiah Strahan

Keaton Hubbard

Lane Andre

Leela Devela

Leo Pantana

Lexie Smithson

Lilly Furlong

Luella Smith

Lynlee Hammock

Madeline Keen

Matthew Douglas

Maya Li

Mia Organ

Morgan Meinardi

Parker Dyatlovitsky

Peter Ehrlinspiel

Ruby Watkins

Ryder Smith

Sydney Farneth

Theo Zambon Sartori

Tucker Larrabee

Violet Carnes

Violet Vitale

Will Barclay

Will Boyd

Zayne Brick

Heat Winners (Short Course)

8 & Under Girls
Savannah Copa-Brzozowski 19

Abbey Simkins 11

Maya Foerster 11

8 & Under Boys
Silas Rowe 36

Derek Folk 10

Walker Lewis 10

9 & 10 Girls
Brooklyn Lewis 30

Harper Grant 15

Maya Li 13

9 & 10 Boys
Owen Akard 27

Jack Calhoun 21

Bennett Whitaker 19

11 & 12 Girls
Caroline Dealy 33

Maddie Clendenin 14

Addie Davis 13

11 & 12 Boys

Chris Georgiev 31

Charlie Turner 29

Keaton Hubbard 18

13 & 14 Girls
Mae Li 29

Maryellen Lewis 27

Claire Calhoun 23

13 & 14 Boys
Kingston Dealy 41

Abram Rickstrew 18

Caleb Blair 15

15-18 Girls

Zara Kocak 26

Bryce Winzenread 22

Rylee Tomaszewski 20

15-18 Boys

Zaki Ibrahim 26

Joshua Hession 22

Alex White 11