Championship Season is here!
Championship Season is here!
July 3rd-9th
Brentwood
No practices on July 4th
No afternoon Friday practices
Gallatin
No practices on July 4th
Longview
No practices on July 4th
Murfreesboro
No practices on July 4th
July 10th-July 16th
Brentwood
No practices Friday or Saturday
Gallatin
No practices Friday or Saturday
Longview
No practices Friday or Saturday
Murfreesboro
No practices Friday or Saturday
June 17th-July 23rd
Brentwood
Only 11-12 Zone Swimmers and 13 and above practices. Schedule TBA
Gallatin
Only 11-12 Zone Swimmers and 13 and above practices. Schedule TBA
Longview
Only 11-12 Zone Swimmers and 13 and above practices. Schedule TBA
Murfreesboro
Only 11-12 Zone Swimmers and 13 and above practices. Schedule TBA
Believe it or not, we are quickly approaching the end of the Long Course season. While the format is a little different the Short Course season, our goals remain the same. As the defending 2023 Short Course SES Champions, we look forward to competing for the win one more time! But before we get to Huntsville, we have on more Time Trial style meet here at home were we will try to grow our SES roster one last time. Keep an eye on all of our social media in the upcoming weeks for the Long Course season excitement!
Reminder to start this week
please ensure your athletes have their own yoga mats for workouts! Our backup mats are limited and they have been used since Coach Steven's swimming days here at Excel. Thanks for your cooperation!
Next, we will highlight the Avoiding Burnout articles on the SwimStrongs website
In this piece, we explore the issue of athletic burnout. The article illuminates five key factors contributing to burnout: overtraining, injuries, early specialization, negative external pressure, and improper psychology. Go check it out for more information!
2023 Zone Team
Every year Excel Aquatics is well represented on the Southeastern Zone team and we hope that this year is no different. While the zone team selection process may seem a little complicated, each swimmer who is interested in being selected must first fill out the application. If your swimmer is between the ages of 11 and 14 and finals at the Southeastern Championship Meet, they have a chance of being selected. If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to coachbenji@excelaquatics.org.
USA Swimming's Virtual Club Championships
The USA Swimming Long Course VCC rankings are.... broken again. At the moment, swimcloud rankings are a little more accurate to please feel free to check them here.
Over the course of the new long 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 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
June 29th- Kentucky State Open Water Championships
Our Weekly Update for 6-30-23 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-
SES National Rankings
Excel 35th
HSA 53rd
Ensworth 60th
NAC 73rd
MTAC 126th
Championship Rosters
Southeastern Championships
112
NCSA Junior Nationals
21
IM Hall of Fame
Level 1- SES A Cut In Every Event
Madeline Webb
Gavin Chen
Kingston Dealy
Caroline Dealy
Clayton Gann
Christopher Georgiev
Cambell Johnson
Zara Kocak
Brooklyn Lewis
Mae LiCharlie Turner
Keaton Hubbard
Clayton Gann
Level 2- AGS Cut In Every Event
Charlie Turner
Heat Winners
8 & Under Girls
Savannah
Copa- Brozowski 5
Penny Koslin 2
Parker Dyatlovisky 2
8 & Under Boys
Silas Rowe 3
Hayes Akard 2
Owen Akard 2
9-10 Girls
Caroline Dealy 16
Arden Ford 8
Brooklyn Lewis 8
9-10 Boys
Gavin Chen 8
Keaton Hubbard 8
Bennett Whitaker 6
11-12 Girls
Mae Li 21
Claire Calhoun 14
Millie Wood 10
11-12 Boys
Cambell Johnson 9
Liam Woods 7
Wyatt Hamilton 7
13-14 Girls
Zara Kocak 11
Lyndel Laudencia 8
Sarah Carrico 8
13-14 Boys
Caleb Asebrook 16
Kingston Dealy 13
Zack Taylor 13
15-18 Girls
Gwen Bakker 5
Alexis Milani 4
Allie Joyce 4
Lizzie Yon 4
Gracen Bailey 4
Anna Keen 4
15-18 Boys
Max Boylan 10
Carter Souliere 9
Cam Richardson 7
Wyatt Gallas 7