The first annual LLKR (Live Like Kate Rust) 5k race will be held on Saturday, May 3rd at the Bridgemore Village Neighborhood Park in Thompson's Station. The event is being held in honor of Excel Swimmer and TSMS Cross Country Runner Kate Rust who passed away unexpectedly in September. Kate is remembered for her kindness, determination, and the positive energy and joy that she brought to those around her. The Rust family has graciously decided to donate proceeds from the event to Excel Aquatics where her younger brother Jack still...

The Middle Tennessee High School Swimming Association hosted their annual awards banquet this week where Excel spent a little time on the big screen. The Female Athlete of the Year was Excel Swimmer Zara Kocak who swims for Station Camp High School. Her incredible performances at the High School State meet where she won the 100 Fly (53.88) and the 500 Free (4.51.73) where enough to earn her this prestigious honor. Additionally, Excel Summer League Coach Jim Chapman, who coaches at Brentwood Academy, was the Tom Fay Award recipient for...

Every year, USA Swimming offers different select camps both at the Zone and National Levels. While they are all extremely competitive to participate, they all offer a unique experience to many of the very top athletes in the country. One of those is the National Diversity Camp held May 1st through the 4th in Colorado Springs at the Olympic Training Center. This year, our very own Zaki Ibrahim has been selected to attend and along with Coach JJ Langhals, will be representing Excel Aquatics there in a couple of weeks....

One of the lesser known branches of our sport is Open Water Swimming. Open water races can be in freshwater lakes and rivers, oceans or even indoor pools (usually with the lane lines removed). Like conventional swim meets, races can be different lengths but open water meets usually only occur in the summer months. While open water races are generally open to anyone who wants to swim, we have two coming up that have highly competitive selection processes. The first is Open Water Nationals held next week, April 4-6th, in...

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The National Swimming Club Swimming Association has selected their All-Star Team from last week's NCSA Junior National Championships and Excel will be sending 2 of our athletes to compete at the Adam Peaty Race International meet in London, UK. Zara earned her spot by co-winning the 200 Butterfly in a team record 1:58.09 while Bryce punched her ticket in the 100 Breast, also with a team record swim of 1:01.30. Earning a spot on the NCSA All-Star team is highly competitive that this is the first time in Excel Aquatics'...

Our final two meets of the 2024/2025 Short Course Season are in the books and much like the rest of the season, we have a whole lot to be proud of! While our National Team was split between two different meets, the combined results ended up with a National Champion, new team records, new Winter and Summer cuts and finally two members of the NCSA International Team. Congratulations to everyone who competed this weekend to close out the Short Course season. By The Numbers (both meets combined) 21 Excel Swimmers...

Congratulations to our Age Group Sectional Team who just returned from Cary, NC where we had the most successful team finish in our history! Excel's combined team score placed us second, only behind the host team Triangle Aquatics. Additionally, congratulations go out to our 11-12 age group as we swept the high point awards with Boston Boyd and Caroline Dealy. 14 year old Jacob Keen hit his first NCSA cut in the 100 Back only to do the same in the 200 Back which was also fast enough for a...

Congratulations to the our newest Southeastern Championship Excel Team! Our win by over a 1,000 points is the biggest in our history and we couldn't be more proud of the effort by all our swimmers. Not only is this now our 5th consecutive SES championship but it also completes our 3rd consecutive Triple Crown win! A special "Congrats!" goes out to: - Arden Ford for winning the 9-10 Girls High Point award - Bryce Winzenread for her Summer Junior qualifiying time - Claire Calhoun, Marios Gerasimopoulous, Campbell Johnson and Mae...

Congratulations to all of our swimmers who competed this last weekend in both the 8 & Under and Region 1 Championships. Our championship teams sure made us proud! We ended up sweeping the championships with first place finishes in the boys, girls and combined team scores for both meets. Congratulations to Addie Willard and Bode Mello for winning the High Point Awards and to Abi Brownyard for her runner-up finish. Congratulations also to Arden Ford for breaking the 23 year old 10 & Under 200 Breast record with a time...