Excel Extra

February 27, 2026

From the Head Coach

Two Crowns Won!

Congratulations to all of our swimmers who swam last weekend at the combined 8 & Under and Region 1 Championships! This was a really exciting meet and one where we walked away with both combined team championships. A special congratulations goes out to our 8 and Under Girl's Team champions and both of our 8 & Under High Point winners, Reagan Shields and James Dyatlovitsky. These are the future SES, AGS and National Team swimmers so the future of Excel looks better than ever!

Next Three Weeks

8 & UNder and region 1 Championships

Congratulations to all our swimmers who brought home a handful of championships for Excel this past weekend at the 8 & Under and Region 1 Championships. This unique 2-in-1 Championship brought lots of excitement and fasts swimming. A huge "Congratulations" goes out to our 8 year olds Reagan Shields and James Dyatlovitsky for winning the individual High Point awards. Congratulations as well to the 8 and Under Girls, the Combined 8 & Under teams, the Region 1 Boys and the Region 1 Combined teams for all bringing home the team championships. With two combined team championships under our belts, the first two crowns in our Triple Crown have been won! Thank you so much to our coaching staff, our parent volunteers and our officials who out in a long weekend on the pool deck to provide this awesome meet for our swimmers!

By The Numbers

Pictures from the meet

Excel Aquatics Swim School

As you may know, Excel Aquatics has a swim school that offers lessons in multiple locations. While "creating" new swimmers is a nice benefit, the true purpose is offering what may be a life-saving skill to as many new swimmers as possible. In that vein, we are looking to expand our teaching staff and that's where our parents come in! If you are one of the many of our parents that are already at the pool during practices we would love to recruit you! While there is no prior teaching experience necessary, this will be a paid position that even comes with a 50% discount for monthly dues for your swimmer at Excel (or for the highest level swimmer for families with multiple children). If you are interested in signing up, please contact our Swim School Director Dawn Van Ryckeghem at coachdawn@excelaquatics.org

How are we stacking up?

Throughout the short course season, we will be carefully following our team's national ranking as we aim to break into the top 40 for the first time every. You can follow along here!

Excel recognition programs

Over the course of the short 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 on the "Running Total" report.

Heat Winner: Place in the top three swimmers in your age group for number of races won throughout the year. This award tends to favor those athletes that are attending meets, swimming a lot of events, racing hard but most importantly, improving throughout the year. Winners will receive a "Heat Winner" bag tag. IMX Awards

IMX Bronze- Earn an IMX score between 1,000-1,999
IMX Silver- Earn an IMX score between 2,000-2,999
IMX Gold- Earn a minimum score of 3,000

IM Hall of Fame

Level 1- Attain a Southeastern Championship Qualifying time standard in every event available for your age group.
Level 2- Attain an Age Group Sectionals Championship Qualifying time standard in every event available for your age group.
Level 3-Attain an NCSA Junior National Championship Qualifying time standard in every event available for your age group.

Running List of Award Winners this season

Want to become a swimming 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. What do officials do?

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

Excel Weekly Update

Our Weekly Update for 2-27-26 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!

Check out where our intros have come from on this World Map

Coaching Staff

Have a questions for a coach? Feel free to reach out.

Brentwood High Performance: Steven Murry- Head Coach
Brentwood Senior Groups: Benji DeMotte- Site Coordinator
Brentwood Varsity Groups: Brennan Riddle
Brentwood Junior Groups: McKenna Morello
Brentwood Teal & Bronze: Daun Lutz
Gallatin All Groups: Andreea Ianoli-Mitrofan- Site Coordinator
Murfreesboro All Groups: JJ Langhals- Site Coordinator
Spring Hill All Groups: Carrie Vaughan- Site Coordinator
Muletown All Groups: Lynn Powell
Administration: Shannon Oliver- Team Administrator
Meet Director: Lori Biller

Sponsorship Corner

We are so grateful for all of our partners whose support of Excel Aquatics makes much of what we do possible. You can visit each of our sponsors using the links below.

Interested in becoming a sponsor of Excel Aquatics? Contact: Sponsorships@excelaquatics.org

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