Practice Schedule for the Next Three Weeks
Practice Schedule for the Next Three Weeks
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November 20-26th
Brentwood
No Practices on Thursday & Friday
Gallatin
Special Holiday Schedule Â
Longview
Special Holiday Schedule
Murfreesboro
Special Holiday Schedule
November 27th- December 3rd
Brentwood
No Friday or Saturday PracticesÂ
Gallatin
No Friday or Saturday Practices
Longview
No Friday or Saturday Practices
Murfreesboro
No Friday or Saturday PracticesÂ
December 4-10th
Brentwood
No Monday Practices
Mentor/Mentee Event at ISC
Gallatin
Normal Practice Schedule
Longview
Normal Practice Schedule
Murfreesboro
Normal Practice Schedule
Thanksgiving Greeting
Thanksgiving Greeting
I wanted to take this time to wish all our Excel Families a very Happy Thanksgiving.Â
As the Head Coach of this amazing team, I am grateful year round for the honor of working with our Excel athletes and for the trust that you all, our Excel parents, put in our staff.Â
I am grateful too for the coaches that make this all possible. While our coaches represent a wide array of experience and talents, they are the best staff in the Southeast and we are all extremely fortunate to have them on deck.
Please enjoy this week with your families.
Coach Steven
TNAQ Fall InviteÂ
TNAQ Fall InviteÂ
Congratulations to all our swimmers who competed at the 2023 TNAQ Fall Invite. This meet is always a huge success for us and this year was no different. While we faced some of the best teams in the SES Conference, we walked away with a win followed by Ensworth and TNAQ respectively.Â
Other highlights included three team records and a new National Team member Josh Hession!
A huge Thank You goes out to all the Excel volunteers who pitched in to help TNAQ provide such a great racing opportunity for our swimmers.
Full Meet Report below.
 TNAQ Invite Meet Report
 TNAQ Invite Meet Report
By the Numbers:
237 Number of Excel Swimmers
1,408 Number of Excel Races
870 Number of Lifetime Best Races
61.7% Lifetime Best Races
45 Swimmers with All Lifetime Best Races
3 Number of Team Records
198 Number of New USA Swimming Motivational Times
1 Number of New NCSA Junior National Qualifiers
1 Number of New NCSA Junior National Cuts
9 Number of New SES Winter Qualifiers
42 New SES Winter Championship A Cuts
4 Biggest SwimsÂ
Derek Folk 25 Fly: 10.12 second drop (-29.36%)
John Terrell 100 Breast: 43.99 second drop (-28.50%)
Sarah O'Brien 100 Back: 31.02 second drop (-27.25%)
Sanya Kharat 50 Free: 13.98 second drop (-27.16%)
New Team Records
Zaki Ibrahim
13-14 Boy's 1,000 Free- 9:44.86
Caleb Asebrook
13-14 Boy's 50 Free- 22.00
Anna Keen
15 & Over 100 IM- 59.24
Welcome to the National Team!
Josh Hession
Welcome to the SES Winter Championship Team!
Lane Andre
Macey DeMotte
Brynn Humphreys
Lily Irvine
Allie Papa
Gavin Chen
Evan Hayes
Tucker Larrabee
Sean Taylor
New SES Winter A Cuts
Lane Andre 100 Back
Maddie Clendenin 100 Free
Macey DeMotte 100 Breast
Sydney Farneth 100 Breast, 100 IM
Abby Georgieva 200 Free
Brynn Humphreys 100 Breast
Lily Irvine 100 Breast
Anna Lasher 1,000 Free
Claire Mewbourne 1,000 Free
Grace Moody 100 Free
Allie Papa 200 Free
Rylee Tomaszewski 100 Breast
Caleb Blair 50 Free, 200 Back
Max Boylan 50 Free
Frederic Burks 100 IM
Jack Calhoun 100 Fly, 100 IM
Gavin Chen 50 Back
Wyatt Hamilton 100 Back
Evan Hayes 1,000 Free
Josh Hession 100 Fly
Zaki Ibrahim 200 Free, 100 Back, 100 Breast, 100 Fly
Tucker Larrabee 100 Breast
Carter Souliere 200 Fly, 200 IM, 400 IM
Sean Taylor 200 Free, 100 Back
Charlie Waller 1,000 Free
Alex White 100 Breast
Theo Zambon Sartori 200 Free
Caleb Zeman 50 Back, 100 Fly
Lucas Zeman 200 Free, 100 Fly, 100 IM, 200 IM
Swimmers with All Lifetime Best Races
Everett Adkins
Henry Adkins
Owen Akard
Ava Grace Barker
Caleb Blair
Claire Calhoun
Zoe Carothers
Sarah Carrico
Raeya Chourasia
Vittoria Cicinelli
Elizabeth Conti
Camden Downes
Marios Gerasimopoulos
Harper Grant
Annabelle Gray
Wyatt Hamilton
Kai Hyatt
Michael Issa
Julia Jabbour
Luke Jabbour
Dorothy Johnson
Jasmine Jones
Sanya Kharat
Finn Kiper
Raylan Kohler
Lynnea Laudencia
Brooks Malone
Matthew Montenegro-Strunk
Navya Nayar
Sarah O'Brien
Caden Riker
Joaquin Rios
Elisabeth Robinson
Ari Rosner
Leah Rosner
Ben Rust
Zack Taylor
Avarie Trinidad
Maddie Troutt
Samuel Walker
Evie Waltman
Avery Willard
Luke Yaras
Caleb Zeman
Travis Zhu
New USA Swimming Motivational Times
AAAA Times
Zaki Ibrahim 200 & 500 Free
AAA Times
Caleb Asebrook 500 Free
Caleb Blair 1,000 Free
Claire Calhoun 100 Breast
Sarah Carrico 1,000 Free
Kingston Dealy 100 Fly
Wyatt Gallas 200 Free
Josh Hession 100 Fly, 200 IM
Zaki Ibrahim 100 Fly, 200 IM
Brooklyn Lewis 50 Back, 200 Free
Madeline Webb 500 Free
AATimes
Caleb Asebrook 200 Back
Max Boyland 100 Fly
Freddie Burks 50, 100 & 200 Breast
Claire Calhoun 200 Breast
Neil Cartailler 100 Fly
Kingston Dealy 200 Back
Christopher Georgiev 200 Free
Zaki Ibrahim 100 Back
Finn Kiper 100 Breast
Claire Mewbourne 500 Free
Janie Moss 100 Back
Clare Reardon 50 Free
Carter Souliere 200 & 400 IM, 200 Fly
Lola Tanley 50 Free
Zack Taylor 100 Breast
Rylee Tomaszewski 100 Back, 50 & 1,000 Free
Alex White 100 Beast, 200 IM
Bryce Winzenread 100, 200 & 500 Free
A Times
Ashley Anderson 50 Free
Andy Arrik 100 Free
Everett Baurle 200 Free
Jack Calhoun 100 Breast
Maddie Clendenin 100 Free, 200 Breast
Macey DeMotte 100 Breast
Camden Downes 200 Free, 400 IM
Benji Engers 200 Back
Christopher Georgiev 50 & 100 Back, 100 Fly, 100 IM
Abigail Georgieva 200 Free
Marios Gerasimopoulos 100 Fly, 200 IM
Nora Hetherington 200 IM
Keaton Hubbard 200 Back
Zaki Ibrahim 100 Breast
Finn Kiper 200 Breast
Nathan Lumsdaine 100 Fly
Mikayla Pruett 200 Back
Psalm Rickstrew 500 Free
Evelyn Riley 100 Free
Kelsey Shand 200 Breast, 50 Free
Lola Tanley 200 Free
Zack Taylor 100 Fly, 100 Free
Maddie Troutt 50 & 200 Free
Charlie Turner 100 & 1,000 Free, 100 IM, 50 Breast
William Whitaker 100 Free
Luke Yaras 50 Free
Theo Zambon Sartori 100 IM
BB Times
Lane Andre 100 IM, 200 Free, 50 Back
Caleb Blair 200 Back, 200 Breast
Claire Calhoun 50 Back
Jack Calhoun 50 Free, 200 IM
Zoe Carothers 100 Free
Margaux Chatelain 50 Fly
Julie Day 100 Fly, 100 Free, 100 IM
Macey DeMotte 200 IM
Pierce Donovan 100 Breast, 50 Fly
Camden Downes 200 Back, 200 Fly
Emma Fleming 50 & 100 Breast
Charlee Folk 200 Free
Anabelle Gray 200 Free
Cadence Hammock 50 Free
Keaton Hubbard 50 Free
Byrnn Humphreys 100 IM, 50 Back, 50 Breast, 50 Free
Kai Hyatt 50 Free
Michael Issa 100 Fly
Luke Jabbour 100 Free
Emma Johnson 50 Free
Prescott Johnson 100 Free
Jacob Keen 500 Free, 200 Breast
Keaton Kempel 100 & 200 Free
Oana Kocak 100 Fly
Tucker Larrabee 100 Breast
Matthew Montenegro-Strunk 100 Fly, 200 Free
Allie Papa 100 Fly
Psalm Rickstrew 200 Free
Joaquin Rios 50 & 100 Free
Hannah Simkins 100 IM
Luella Smith 50 Free, 100 Breast
Sean Taylor 100 & 200 Free
Avarie Trinidad 100 Breast, 100 Free, 100 & 200 IM
Josh Trinidad 100 Fly
Violet Vitale 50 Back
Anna Wilbeck 200 Fly
Luke Yaras 200 IM
Theo Zambon Sartori 100 IM, 200 Free
Caleb Zeman 100 Free, 100 IM
Lucas Zeman 100 IM
B Times
Lane Andre 100 Free, 50 Breast
Hensley Anne Brown 100 Breast
Zoe Carothers 100 Fly
Gavin Chen 50 Breast
Cooper England 50 & 100 Free
Charlee Folk 50 Back, 100 IM
Vada Gallas 100 Fly
Anabelle Gray 100 Free
Cadence Hammock 100 Free, 200 Back
Keaton Hoffman 200 Free, 100 IM
Jonas Huey 100 IM
Kai Hyatt 100 Fly, 200 IM
Ryan Issa 100 Fly
Luke Jabbour 100 Breast
Dorothy Johnson 50 Free, 50 & 100 Back
CJ Koslin 100 Breast
Emma Kate Lansford 200 Back
Tucker Larrabee 100 Fly
Knox Leuchter 100 Free
Sarah O'Brien 50 Free, 100 Back
Sloane Oldham 100 IM
Psalm Rickstrew 50 Back
Silas Rickstrew 200 Free
Caden Riker 200 Free
Ari Rosner 200 Free
Caitlin Sheehan 50 & 100 Back, 100 IM
Abigail Simkins 50 Back
Hannah Simkins 50 Back, 50 Breast
Sean Taylor 100 Breast, 100 Free
John Terrell 50 Free
Maddie Troutt 100 Breast
Evie Waltman 50 Free
Avery Willard 100 Fly
Katelyn Wise 50 & 200 Free
Lucas Zeman 100 BreastÂ
 Inside ExcelÂ
 Inside ExcelÂ
This past week our Gallatin swimmers got in the Holiday Spirit a little early by oragnizing a card making/writing party at the pool. Roughly a dozen swimmers took the time to create greetings for active duty military and local nursing home residents.
We caught up with Varsity Coach Andreea and asked her about the party:
"Well, we wanted to make sure that we are giving back to the community during this holiday season. So in a few weeks, we are going to visit a nursing home and personally deliver the cards."
Earlier this year, Head Coach Steven Murry challenged all our site coaches to come up with something for our athletes to do during the Holidays and as Coach Andreea says- "If you ask Gallatin to do something, we will do it and do it well!"
Good job guys and we're proud of you.
 AnnouncementsÂ
 AnnouncementsÂ
Holiday Schedules
Each of our sites is operated by different organizations and therefore have differing Holiday hour adjustments. Therefore, please check with your own coaches to make sure that you are aware of any scheduling changes that may still arise from here.
Brentwood- Normal Practice Schedule except no practices on Thursday and Friday.
Gallatin- Senior and Varsity will have doubles on Monday and Tuesday: 8:30-10:30am and 4:30-6:30 (Varsity 6:15)
Thursday off
Friday all practices follow the Saturday schedule
Murfreesboro- TBA
Spring Hill- Please check emails from Coach Carrie
USA Swimming's Virtual Club ChampionshipÂ
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!
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. Â
Want to become an official?Â
Want to become an official?Â
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 requirementsÂ
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
SwimstrongDrylands.com
SwimstrongDrylands.com
Please remember to utilize our SwimstrongDrylands resources often!
They have recently posted a particularly fascinating article about recovering from muscle soreness. If this is of interest to you, check it out here.
Upcoming Dates
Upcoming Dates
November 18th- Excel VCC Grand Prix
Weekly Update Video
Weekly Update Video
Our Weekly Update for 11-17-23 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.pdf2023-24 Season Running Totals
SES Winter Championship Qualifiers: 92
NCSA Junior National Qualifiers:Â 13
USA Swimming Virtual Club Rankings (~3,500 Teams):
Nationally  SES
39th 1st Excel
59th 2nd HSA
72nd 3rd TNAQ
75th 4th Ensworth
91st 5th NAC
SwimCloud.com Excel Rankings in the SES Conference (73Â teams):
8 & Under Girls 1st 8 & Under Boys 2nd
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 2nd 15-18 Boys 4th
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 13
Zayne Brick 8
Savannah Copa-Brzozowski 7
Ava Grace Barker 7
8 & Under Boys
Owen Akard 16
Silas Rowe 12
Derek Folk 7
9 & 10 Girls
Emma Fleming 10
Brooklyn Lewis 9
Morgan Meinardi 7
9 & 10 Boys
Bennett Whitaker 7
Jack Calhoun 6
Pierce Donovan 6
11 &Â 12 Girls
Caroline Dealy 15
Charlee Folk 7
Claire Calhoun 7
11 & 12 Boys
Chris Georgiev 12
Keaton Hubbard 11
Frederic Burks 7
Charlie Turner 7
13 & 14 Girls
Mae Li 13
Zoe Carothers 7
Rylee Tomaszewski 7
Bryce Winzenread 7
13 & 14 Boys
Caleb Asebrook 15
Zaki Ibrahim 6
Caleb Blair 6
Wyatt Hamilton 6
15-18 Girls
Zara Kocak 7
Janie Grace Moss 6
Claire Mewbourne 5
Kacey McDonough 5
Claire Reardon 5
15-18 Boys
Alex White 8
Joshua Hession 8
Samuel Martin 6
Matthew Montenegro-Strunk 6
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