Congratulations to each of our swimmers who swam this past weekend at the 2023 TYR Meet of Champions. This is typically an amazing meet for us and this year certainly fit that mold. With just over 400 swimmers competing, we walked away with 2 new team records, 3 new naitonal team members, 8 new age group sectionals team members and over a 100 total SES team members. A special "Thank You!" goes out to all our parent voluteers who worked so hard to make this event possible. By the Numbers:...

This past Saturday, just under 200 of our swimmers competed in a 1 day meet that was specifically designed to focus on the longer events. While this wasn't a typical format, we were thrilled with the results as we picked up 8 new SES Winter Championship qualifying times and even 6 new team records! Thanks so all our parent voluteers who helped make this possible. By the Numbers 194 Number of Excel Swimmers 346 Number of Excel Races 258 Number of LIfetime Best Races 74.6% Percentage of Lifetime Best Races...

Congratulations to all of 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. Other highlights include 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...

Congratulations to all of our swimmers who raced this weekend in the Excel hosted Pumpkin Spice Splash. Although Sunday's power outage was a wrinkle that we didn't expect, we were able to swim most of the meet and were pleasantly surprised by the amount of success we had. Lot's of personal best swims and even 2 new team records! As always, a huge "Thank You" to all our parent volutneers and especially our officials who spent a very long weekend on the pool deck to bring this event to life...

Congratulations to the whole Calkins Family for their successful week in Kona Hawaii! Mom Tara qualified for the first ever All-Women’s Ironman World Championships this year and she took the whole squad with her. Excel Swimmers Madeline and Griffin Keiki were able to compete in the Keiki Dip-n-Dash which was a sprint swim and run. But the big event was this past Saturday where Tara completed the 140.7 mile race in 11:50.47 which placed her 80th out of 332 of the best triathletes in the world. Congratulations to the whole...

Excel at the Jack Thompson Memorial Invite Congratulations to all our swimmers who swam in Louisville, KY this weekend. Hosted by perennial powerhouse Lakeside Aquatics, there was certainly no shortage of competition. Even though we had a small group we were very competitive by winning a total of 18 events! A special congratulations to Zaki Ibrahim for breaking the 13-14 1,000 freestyle record that was currently held by our very own Head Coach Steven Murry! By the Numbers: 37 Nunber of Excel Swimmers 235 Number of Excel Races 115 Number...

Excel Coaches Going the Extra Mile for Safety! USA Swimming requires that all registered Swimming Coaches must hold at least a “Safety for Swim Coaches” certification. This class is a watered down version of lifeguard training and while it assures that coaches are aware of the basics in rescue techniques, it is not as extensive as lifeguard training, nor would it make coaches eligible for hire as a lifeguard. This past weekend, our Brentwood coaches (and one of our officials) took their attention to safety one step further as ALL...

Congratulations to all our swimmers who competed this last weekend in the 2023 Fall Fest Invite. This first meet of the season is a great way to set benchmarks for the rest of the year and give us all a little insight into the upcoming season. A huge "Thank You" to all the parent volunteers who made this meet possible for our swimmers! By The Numbers: 413 Number of Excel Swimmers 1,820 Number of Excel Races 1,332 Number of Excel Lifetime Best Races 73.2% Lifetime Best Races 213 Swimmers with...

Congratulations to our entire club for an incredible SES Championship meet. For the first time in over a decade, Excel scored 3,027 points to bring home a win over runner-up Ensworth (2,400) and reigning long course champions Huntsville (2,065). What makes this win historic is that for the first time in our club’s history, Excel has won the Short Course 8 and Under Championships, the Short Course Region 1 Championships, the Short Course Southeastern Swimming Championships and now the Long Course Southeastern Championships, all in 2023. Along the way, we...

Congratulations to our 9 swimmers who have been selected to represent the Southeastern LSC at the 2023 Southern Zone Age Group Championships! The Southern Zone Championships is one of 4 meets around the country that attract the most talented 11-14 year old swimmers, from each region. Our zone is one of the very fastest with teams coming from North Carolina, Florida, Texas and of course the Southeastern LSC. With over 75 teams in the LSC, having 9 swimmers (just under 20% of the total Zone Team) from our team is...