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...

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...