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Practice Schedule for the Next Three Weeks
Practice Schedule for the Next Three Weeks
June 26th-July 2nd
Brentwood
Normal practice schedule
Gallatin
Normal practice schedule
Longview
Normal practice schedule
Murfreesboro
Normal practice schedule
July 3rd-9th
Brentwood
No practices on July 4th
Gallatin
No practices on July 4th
Longview
No practices on July 4th
Murfreesboro
No practices on July 4th
July 10th-June 16th
Brentwood
Adjusted Monday practices
Gallatin
Normal practice schedule
Longview
Normal practice schedule
Murfreesboro
Normal practice schedule
2023 Firecracker Invite
2023 Firecracker Invite
Congratulations to all of our swimmers who swam this past weekend at the 2023 Excel Firecracker Invite. With just over 250 swimmers, our team looked big, strong and fast! When the dust settled, we ended up with 5 new team records and 9 new SES qualifiers. Thank you to all the visiting teams, to all our coaches, parents, volunteers and officials for making this a Firecracker to remember!
For the full meet report, scroll to the bottom.
Father's Day
Father's Day
Every year our Firecracker Invite has an extra special attribute- it falls on Father's Day. It's awesome to see our Excel Dads and their swimmers spending the weekend together doing what they love! We are so grateful for all our families and are honored to spend Father's Day with you!
Swimstrong Drylands
Swimstrong Drylands
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!
Announcements
Announcements
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.
Excel Recognition Programs
Excel Recognition Programs
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.
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
June 29th- Kentucky State Open Water Championships
Weekly Update Video
Weekly Update Video
Our Weekly Update for 6-23-23 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-
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2023 Excel Firecracker Invite
By The Numbers
257 Number of Excel Swimmer
1,840 Number of Excel Races
1,255 Number of Lifetime Best Races
68.2% Percentage of Lifetime Best Races
107 Number of Swimmers with All Lifetime
411 New USA Swimming Motivational Times
5 New Team Records
1 New Winter Junior Cut
4 New NCSA Junior Cuts
83 New SES A Cuts
9 New SES Qualifiers
5 Biggest Swims of the Meet
Alexandra Chetyrkina 50 Back- 22.99 second drop (-33.58%)
Kevin Mehr 200 Free- 1:27.78 second drop (-32.75%)
Campbell Johnson 100 Fly- 30.82 second drop (-28.08%)
Izzie Payton 100 Fly- 32.20 second drop (-26.92%)
Abram Rickstrew 100 Fly- 25.05 second drop (-25.92%)
New Team Records
Gavin Fu 13-14 Boys 100 Breast- 1:10.00
Caroline Dealy 9-10 50 Fly- 33.03
Owen Akard 8 & Under 200 Back- 3:15.09
Owen Akard 8 & Under 200 Breast- 4:14.55
Abbie Georgieva 9-10 1,500 Free- 25:28.98
Swimmers with All Lifetime Bests
Maven Adam
Abigail Aiello
Vivian Alexander
Sophia Baenziger
Cash Bailey
Hudson Berry
Boston Boyd
William Boyd
Claire Calhoun
Jack Calhoun
Madeline Calkins
Jonathan Carrico
Nicole Caruso
Zoe Chen
Alexandra Chetyrkina
Willa Claire Clark
Maddie Clendenin
Savannah Copa-Brzozowski
Julia Day
Matthew Douglas
George Ebrahim
Caitlyn Ehrlinspiel
Samuel Fernandez
Maya Foerster
Derek Folk
Lillian Furlong
Christopher Georgiev
Emily Georgieva
Isabella Gonzalez
Gabriel Gortarez
James Gortarez
Saela Green
Luke Helton
Josh Hession
Keaton Hubbard
Jonas Huey
Campbell Johnson
Maxwell Johnson
Prescott Johnson
Jacob Keen
Madeline Keen
Mackenzie Keenan
Arshi Khan
Jibran Khan
Finn Kiper
Hagan Kla
Louis Koslin
Penny Koslin
Emma Kate Lansford
Tucker Larrabee
Lyndel Laudencia
Lynnea Laudencia
Mary Ellen Lewis
Joanna Li
Mae Li
Maya Li
Zhaochen Li
Lydia Livingston
Anthony Marciuc
Samuel Martin
Mahilon Mathios
Roman McLaughlin
Kevin Mehr
Morgan Meinardi
Hildebrant Mendez
Mason Meyers
Taylor Mims
William Morrow
Koena Mukherjee
Emma Nguyen
Sarah O'Brien
Lily Pahlevani
Izzie Payton
Bryce Peterson
Serena Qu
Ellyellen Ramos
Leornardo Ramos
Shayan Ramzi
Ty Ries
Joaquin Rios
Vivaan Rochlani
Ari Rosner
Leah Rosner
Silas Rowe
Greyson Russiano
Andrew Scanga
Gabriel Scanga
Mason Schaefer
Henry Schopfer
Deepshika Seetharaman
Shiping Shan
Michael Sheng
Abigail Simkins
Hannah Simkins
Kipton Thompson
Rylee Tomaszewski
Charlie Turner
Ishana Velaga
Anna Wang
Bella Wang
Emma Wang
Annabella White
Abigail Wilbeck
Avery Willard
Evan Xu
Alex Yang
Miley Yang
New USA Swimming Winter Juniors Cut
Benton Grutter 50 Free- 24.04
New NCSA Junior National Cuts
Max Boylan 100 Breast- 1:07.68
Max Boylan 200 Breast- 2:28.22
Michael Pruett 100 Free- 53.74
Welcome to the SES Team!
Lane Andre
Maya Li
Jack Calhoun
Matthew Douglas
Ryder Smith
Clara Reger
Kai Hyatt
Jack Terrell
Finn Kiper
New SES A Cuts
Lane Andre 50 & 100 Back
Claire Calhoun 200 IM
Sarah Carrico 100 Free
Nicole Caruso 50 Free, 100 Free, 200 Back
Maddie Clendenin 100 Free, 50 Back, 100 Back
Vada Gallas 50 Free
Oana Kocak 200 Free, 100 Back
Lyndel Laundencia 200 Back, 400 IM
Lynnea Laudencia 200 Free, 50 Back, 100 Back
Brooklyn Lewis 50 Breast
Mary Ellen Lewis 50, 100 & 200 Free, 100 Fly, 200 Fly, 200 IM
Mae Li 100 Free
Maya Li 100 Breast, 100 Fly
Claire Mewbourne 100 & 200 Free
Noelle Mondzelewski 50 & 200 Free
Clara Reger 200 Free, 100 Breast
Savannah Shore 100 Fly
Logan Alexander 50 Back, 50 Breast
Logan Ayca 100 Back
Boston Boyd 50 & 100 Free, 100 Back
William Boyd 100 Free
Jack Calhoun 50 & 100 Breast
Gavin Chen 100 Fly, 200 IM
Matthew Douglas 50 Back
Callum Farneth 50 Free
Wyatt Gallas 100, 200, 400 & 1,500 Free
Christopher Georgiev 100 Back
Zaki Ibrahim 200 Breast
Campbell Johnson 100 Free, 100 Breast, 100 Fly
Jacob Keen 200 IM
Finn Kiper 100 Breast
Louis Koslin 200 Free, 50 Fly
Roman McGlaughlin 100 Free, 50 Fly, 200 IM
Jack Phelan 100 Fly
Michael Pruett 200 Free
Silas Rickstrew 100 Back
Ty Ries 100 Breast
River Rockholt 50 Free
Greyson Russiano 50 Free
Michael Sheng 50 Breast, 50 Fly
Ryder Smith 50 Back
Sean Taylor 50 Free, 50 & 100 Back
Zack Taylor 100 & 200 Free
John Terrell 100 Back
Charlie Turner 200 IM
Theo Zambon Sartori 100 Free, 50 Breast
Lucas Zeman 200 Free, 100 Fly
New USA Swimming Motivational Times
AAAA Times
Kingston Dealy 50 Free
Gavin Fu 100 Breast, 100 Fly, 200 IM, 200 Breast
Keaton Hubbard 50 & 100 Back
Samuel Martin 100 Breast
AAA Times
Max Boylan 200 Breast
Claire Calhoun 50 & 100 Breast
Sarah Carrico 100 & 200 Fly, 100 & 200 Free
Kingston Dealy 100 Breast, 200 IM
Gavin Fu 200 Back
Wyatt Gallas 1,500 Free
Josh Hession 200 Fly, 200 IM
Lyndel Laudencia 100 Fly
Brooklyn Lewis 100 Back
Mary Ellen Lewis 100 & 200 Free
Mae Li 50 Free, 100 Back, 400 IM
Nathan Lumsdaine 100 Breast
Claire Mewbourne 100 Free
Michael Pruett 200 Free
Abram Rickstrew 100 Free
Carter Souliere 100 Back
Lucas Zeman 50 Fly, 100 Free
AA Times
Logan Ayca 50 & 100 Back
Max Boylan 100 Free
Sarah Carrico 400 IM
Gavin Chen 50 Back
Maddie Clendenin 50 & 100 Breast
Caroline Dealy 400 Free
Kingston Dealy 100 Fly, 100 Back
Callum Farneth 50 Free
Christopher Georgiev 50 Free
Evan Hayes 1,500 Free
Keaton Hubbard 100 Free
Zacki Ibrahim 200 Fly, 200 Breast
Finn Kiper 100 Breast
Hunter Lankford 100 Free
Anna Lasher 100 & 400 Free
Lyndel Laundencia 400 IM
Lynnea Laudencia 200 Free
Mary Ellen Lewis 50 Free, 100 Fly, 200 IM
Mae Li 100 Free, 50 Fly
Nathan Lumsdaine 1,500 Free
Grace Moody 100 Fly
Clara Reger 200 Free
Greyson Russiano 100 Free
Mason Schaefer 100 Fly
Savannah Shore 50 Back
Carter Souliere 100 Fly
Lola Tanley 50 & 100 Free
Zack Taylor 100 & 200 Free
Rylee Tomaszewski 100 & 200 Free
Ryan Vaughan 100 & 200 Back
Millie Wood 50, 100 & 200 Free
Liam Woods 50 Free
Lucas Zeman 200 IM
New USA Swimming Motivational Times
A Times
William Boyd 100 Fly
Lauren Brindle 100 Fly
Allie Bromley 100 Free
Jack Button 100 Breast
Claire Calhoun 200 IM
Margot Cameron 100 Breast
Emerson Campbell 200 IM
Jonathan Carrico 50, 100 & 200 Free
Maddie Clendenin 50 & 200 Free, 100 Back, 200 IM
Cameron Conley 200 Free, 200 IM
Clayton Gann 100 Free
Lillie Garcia 1,500 Free
Christopher Georgiev 50 & 100 Back, 50 Fly
Keaton Hubbard 50 Fly, 50 Free
Jonas Huey 200 Back
Campbell Johnson 100 Back, 100 & 200 Free
Jacob Keen 200 IM
Micah Keen 200 IM
Finn Kiper 50 Free
Oana Kocak 200 Free
Reyna Kolish 50 Free
Louis Koslin 50 Free, 50 Back
Hunter Lankford 100 Back
Lyndel Laudencia 200 Back
Lynnea Laudencia 100 Back
Brooklyn Lewis 50 Fly
Anthony Marciuc 50 Free
Taylor Mims 100 Breast
Noelle Mondzelewski 50 & 200 Free
Michael Pruett 100 Fly
Greyson Russiano 100 Breast
Mason Schaefer 100 Back
Savannah Shore 50 & 100 Free
Hudson Smith 50 Free, 200 IM
Lola Tanley 200 Free
Zack Taylor 400 Free
Charlie Turner 100 Fly, 200 IM, 50 Breast, 50 Fly, 50 Free
Ryan Vaughan 400 Free, 100 Fly
Charlie Waller 200 Free
Annabella White 100 Breast
BB Times
Abigail Aiello 100 Free
Sophia Baenziger 100 Breast
Gregory Baltimore 50 Free
Everett Baurle 400 IM
Boston Boyd 100 Back
William Boyd 100 & 200 Free, 50 Back
Benjamin Bush 200 IM
Claire Calhoun 50 Fly
Jonathan Carrico 100 Fly, 200 Back, 400 IM
Marguax Chatelain 50 Fly
Sadie Ehlben 200 Free
Mark Feitel 100 Free
Clayton Gann 50 Breast
Abigail Georgieva 50 Breast, 200 IM
Isabella Gonzalez 100 Back
Gabriel Gortarez 200 IM
Luke Helton 100 Back, 100 Fly
Jonas Huey 200 & 400 Free
Campbell Johnson 100 Fly, 100 Breast
Prescott Johnson 100 Free
Jacob Keen 50 & 100 Free
Finnegan Kiper 100 Fly, 200 Breast
Oana Kocak 200 IM
Louis Koslin 50 Fly
Mollie Kraft 400 Free
Hunter Lankford 200 Fly
Tyler Larrabee 100 Back
Lynnea Laudencia 50 Breast
Maya Li 50 Back, 50 Breast, 100 Free
Anthony Marciuc 200 IM
Samuel Martin 100 Fly
Roman McLaughlin 200 Free
Matthew Montenegro-Strunk 100 Free
Allie Papa 50 Fly
Isabella Payton 100 Fly, 100 Free
Clara Reger 200 IM, 50 Breast
Abram Rickstrew 100 Fly
Silas Rickstrew 100 Back
Joaquin Rios 100 Free
Ari Rosner 50 Free
Silas Rowe 50 Back, 100 Free
Michael Sheng 50 Fly, 50 Back, 100 Free, 100 Breast
Hudson Smith 100 Fly
Alexis Smithson 100 Breast
Lola Tanley 100 Fly
Sean Taylor 50 & 100 Back
John Terrell 50 Fly, 400 Free
Sara Terrell 200 IM, 200 Back
Violet Vitale 50 Free, 50 Back
Annabella 100 Breast
Anna Claire Wilbeck 200 Fly
Liam Woods 50 Back
Evan Xu 100 Free
Theo Zambon Sartori 50 & 100 Free
B Times
Logan Alexander 50 & 200 Free
Lane Andre 100 Free
Boston Boyd 50 & 100 Breast
William Boyd 200 IM
Benjamin Bush 100 Breast
Emily Chambers 50 Free
Julia Day 50 Back
Macey DeMotte 100 Back
Leela Devela 50 & 100 Breast
Matthew Douglas 50 Fly
Caitlyn Ehrlinspiel 50 Back, 100 Free
Mark Feitel 100 Breast, 100 Back
Samuel Fernandez 200 Free, 200 IM, 50 Free
Charlee Folk 100 Back, 100 Fly, 50 & 100 Free
Isabella Gonzalez 100 Breast, 100 Fly
Gabriel Gortarez 200 Free
Harper Grant 200 IM
Saela Green 100 Free
David Harris 100 Free
Jonas Huey 200 IM
Prescott Johnson 50 & 100 Breast
Jacob Keen 100 Fly
Madeline Keen 50 Back
Olivia Keen 100 back
Mackenzie Keenan 100 Breast, 50 Back
Jibran Khan 50 Free
Reyna Kolish 200 Fly
JP Kukulka 50 & 200 Free
Knox Luechter 100 Breast
Joanna Li 50 & 100 Free
Maya Li 50 Free
Anthony Marciuc 100 Breast
Roman McLaughlin 50 Breast
Nicholas Milani 100 Breast
Matthew Montenegro-Strunk 400 Free
Sloane Oldham 100 Back
Owen Osterman 50 & 100 Free
Isabella Payton 50 Back, 50 Breast
Silas Rowe 50 & 200 Free, 100 Breast
Amir Sadogursky 50 Free
Henry Schopfer 50 Fly
Shiping Shan 50 Free, 50 Back
Zixiang Sheng 200 Free
Nicolas Sieberg 100 Breast
Hannah Simkins 50 Breast
Alexis Smithson 50 Fly, 100 Free, 100 Back
Sean Taylor 50 Breast, 100 Free
Kipton Thompson 50 Free, 100 Back
Violet Vitale 200 IM
James Whitaker 50 Fly
Annabella White 100 Back
Avery Willard 100 Free, 100 Breast
Grayson Willhite 200 Free
Alex Yang 100 Back , 200 Free, 50 Fly
Miley Yang 50 Back, 50 Breast
2023 Long Course Season Running Totals
2023 Long Course Season Running Totals
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
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