Congratulations to all of our swimmers who competed this weekend at the 2023 Excel Firecracker Invite. Always an exciting meet, the 2023 Firecracker was even more so with the addition of walkouts, with music, for all of the A finals. Thank you to our visiting teams, our parent volunteers and especially our officials for contributing to a great weekend for all our swimmers! By The Numbers: 257 Number of Excel Swimmers 1,840 Number of Excel Races 1,255 Number of Lifetime Best Races 68.2% Percentage of Lifetime Best Races 107 Number...

Congratulations to all our swimmers who made the trip to Fishers Indiana for the 2023 FAST Summer Jam. With less than 40 swimmers, we placed third overall. A special Congratulations to Noelle Mondzelewski for hitting her first SES A cut! By the Numbers: 38 Number of Excel Swimmers 312 Number of Excel Races 163 Number of Lifetime Best Races 52.2% Percentage of Excel Races 5 Number of Swimmers with All Lifetime Best Races 47 New USA Swimming Motivational Times 25 New SES A Cuts 1 New SES Qualifier Full Results

This past weekend Excel Alumni and current Arizona State University swimmer, Zoe Summar, competed at the TYR Pro Series Meet in Mission Viejo, California. This multi-stop series of meets held by USA Swimming sees some of the best swimmers in the world come together and compete and continues Excel's tradition of sending athletes and representation at this meet as our own John John Lai competes at the previous edition in Knoxville, Tennessee. Zoe competed in the 100 Breaststroke, 50 Backstroke, 200 Freestyle, 200 Backstroke, 200 Breaststroke, and 200 IM. Zoe...

Congratulations to all our swimmers who competed this last weekend in Nashville at the 2023 Offically Summer Splash Invite. While we only had 117 swimmers there, they looked really fast and we had lots of exciting races. When the dust settled, we had two new SES Qualifiers (Arden Ford and Oana Kocak). A special "Thank You" goes out to all our parent volunteers who alway do a great job, at home or on the road. By the Numbers: 117 Number of Excel Swimmers 615 Number of Excel Races 398 Number...

This past weekend, Excel had a team of 77 swimmers travel North to Louisville, KY to compete in the Cardinal Aquatics Throwdown meet. The pool, the atmosphere and the swimming were all top-notch and our team has a lot to be pround of. While we had a small group up there, we were thrilled to have 3 team records set and two new SES qualifiers join the championship roster. A huge "Thank You!" to all the Excel mothers who spent their Mother's Day with us! By The Numbers: 77 Number...

Congratulations to all our 12 and Under Swimmers who swam in our intrasquad meet this weekend. While it was a small group and a limited number of events, we couldn't be more excited with the results. A special "Congratualtions" goes out to our three team record setters: Caroline Dealy 9-10 50 Fly- 33.24 Brooklyn Lewis 9-10 200 Back- 2:51.11 Charlie Turner 9-10 200 Back- 2:51.12 Another huge shout out to our 5 new SES Qualifiers: Allie Papa Michael Sheng Caleb Zeman Margaux Chatelain and Silas Rickstrew As always, we would...

Congratulations to all our swimmers who competed this last weekend in the Spring Splash as our first meet of the long course season. While we only had just over 270 swimmers, we did see some big results! Congratulations to Jacob Keen for his new team record in the 11-12 200 Back of 2:30.33. A big "Thank You" goes out to our meet host, and all our parents who volunteered to help run the meet. Our officials especially always do a great job of lending a hand at away meets! 272...

As we celebrate our historic first Triple Crown of Championships, we need to pause to reflect what this means for our program. The term “Triple Crown” is used across sports and always to reflect an accomplishment higher than simply being a one-time champion. In cycling, it refers to winning the Giro d'Italia, the Tour de France and the UCI Road World Championships Road Race in the same season. In 1999-2000 the University of Arkansas Men’s Track & Field programs became the first SEC team to ever to win the Triple...

The Excel Aquatics program and three of our swimmers were recently featured in an article in the Tennessean published on November 27th. It featured Gavin Fu, Callum Farneth, and Charlie Turner since those swimmers won every event they swam at the recent TNAQ meet. We are so proud to have had our team and swimmers featured in this article. It's a short read, so enjoy.

Checking in with Coach Steven and our High Performance Team In the Spring of 2021, Coach Steven created a High Performance Team at Excel specifically to focus on our elite swimmers and their pursuit of national competitions. Although our club has a long history of elite swimming, he felt that due to recent growth in both numbers and performance at the age group level, it was time to create a group that extends across all sites, but is specifically for those swimmers who have already achieved a national time standard....