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408, 2025

2025 NJ Swimming LC Gold Championship Award

By |August 4th, 2025|Categories: Announcement, Swimmers Achievements|Tags: , |

Congratulations to the XCEL 10&U swimmers for being awarded 2025 NJ Gold SCY High Point Awards! Francis Li (8 yo) earned the 1st place and Leo Zhong (9 yo) earned 2nd place overall in 10&U male category. Leo Zhong won the MVP for the gold championship for the boys 10&U.

1207, 2025

Swim Clinic Program

By |July 12th, 2025|Categories: Announcement|Tags: |

🌊 Ready to dive into swimming?  Join SwimXcel's Swim Clinic for all ages and skill levels! From beginners to competitive swimmers, our expert coaches will help you refine your strokes and boost your confidence in the water. 💦 Check out the details at swimxcel.org/xcelprograms/swim-clinic/ and sign up today!

907, 2025

X-Cel Swimming Earns Spot in 2025 ASCA Top 50 Age Group Teams

By |July 9th, 2025|Categories: Announcement|Tags: , , , , |

We are thrilled to announce that X-Cel Swimming has been honored as one of the Top 50 USA Age Group Teams in the Small Team Category for 2025 by ASCA! This recognition reflects our team's hard work and excellence in achieving AAA and AAAA+ time standards. A huge congratulations to our swimmers and coaches!!

2706, 2025

EEX JSM Summer Sizzle XXXIII pre meet info

By |June 27th, 2025|Categories: Announcement|Tags: , |

Dear parents, Here are updated the timing assignment: there are still 3 slots are open. Session 3 Timer 1 1:15-3:15 Leo Zhong Timer 2 3:15-End Cassi Yang Session 7 Timer 1 1:15-3:15 Even Hung Timer 2 3:15-End Session 11 Timer 1 1:15-3:15 Timer 2 3:15-End   Here is the EEX JSM Summer Sizzle XXXIII [1] meet schedule, timing, & warm-up information. Psych [2] sheets have also been published. There are [...]

2006, 2025

Life Time Hot Summer Nights Update

By |June 20th, 2025|Categories: Uncategorized|

Dear parents, Attached is this weekend parents's timing assignment. Timers don't need purchase the ticket to enter the pool. Xcel check in time Sat 12/under 12:55 Sat 13/over 4:15 Sun 12/under 12:45 Sun 13/Over 5:10 Please bring your kid before Xcel check in time. Because we need hand in the check in sheet before our warm up. Please check the practice schedule. 6/20 Fri AM DeNunzio Level 1 & 2 [...]

1306, 2025

2025 Summer Team Tryout

By |June 13th, 2025|Categories: Announcement|Tags: , |

XCEL Tryout Join us for the upcoming XCEL Tryout! This is a fantastic opportunity for our XCEL swimmers to showcase their skills and join our team. Date: Thursday, July 17, 2025 Time: 5:15 PM - 7:00 PM Location: DeNunzio Pool, Princeton University Event Link: 2025 Summer Tryout Information Please spread the word to your family and friends who might be interested in joining the XCEL team. We look forward to seeing [...]

606, 2025

Volunteer check-in time for the 2025 LC XCEL meet, June 7-8

By |June 6th, 2025|Categories: Announcement|

XCEL Families, We are excited to host our 16th annual LC XCEL Meet of XCellence! Below is a summary of the volunteers' check-in times. Please check your volunteer job assignment for the meet. An automatic reminder from the Signup Genius will also be sent to the email address you indicated in the signup. Sessions Coordinator / Head Marshal / Safety Marshal  Saturday / Sunday 12/Under           [...]

1803, 2025

Parents’ timing assignment of SCAR/NJS Gold Championship

By |March 18th, 2025|Categories: Announcement|

Dear parents, This is the X-Cel parents' timing assignment for this weekend gold champ meet. Please be on time for warm up. Gold Champ Timing Fri AM 13/Over Lane 5 7:40-9:45 Kaylie Shum 9:45-11:30 Maddie Yang 11:30-End Shivan Dhungana Fri 12/Under Back up Sat AM 13/Over Lane 6 7:40-9:30 Nina Tadych 9:30-End Mattew Chou Sat 12/Under Back up Sat Final Lane 2 5:30-End Who makes finals Sun AM 13/Over Lane [...]

1203, 2025

Stroke and Turn comes up for this Spring

By |March 12th, 2025|Categories: Announcement|

There are two sessions Stroke and Turn this spring. You can register separately. Session 1 (Two weeks): DATES: 3/24/2025 – 4/1/2025 (2 weeks) (3/24, 3/25, 3/27, 3/30. 3/31, 4/1) TIME : Mon 3/24, 3/31, Tue 3/25, 4/1 Thur 3/27 Sun 3/30 6:30-8:30 Location: Denuzio 49 Faculty Rd, Princeton, NJ 08540 COST: 4 sessions — $128 6 sessions — $188 Session 2 (10 weeks): DATES: 4/10/2025 – 6/14/2025, Thursday and [...]

1103, 2025

13/Over SCAR NJS Silver Championship meet information

By |March 11th, 2025|Categories: Announcement|

Dear parents, Here are X-Cel parents timing assignment. Sat AM 13/Over Boys Lane 2 10:00-End Gabriel Colon Sun PM 13/Over Girls Lane 1 3:45-End Shannon Xu Here is the meet schedule, timing, & warm-up information for this weekend. There will be a link to spectator tickets and parking on besmarttinc.com  

2502, 2025

13/Over Bronze meet info

By |February 25th, 2025|Categories: Announcement|Tags: |

Dear Parent: Here are this weekend 13/Over Bronze meet info. TIME:  3/1/2025 - 3/2/2025 LOCATION:  PUMS(Princeton Middle School)  The warmup schedule, lane timing assignments: Warm up schedule 2025 The parking information: Parking Note X-Cel parents' timing assignment is listed as following. Please make sure your parents know when to arrive at the facility.  If you have any questions, please let me know.  We will see you all next weekend.   [...]

1902, 2025

12/U Silver Bronze Pre Meet Info

By |February 19th, 2025|Categories: Announcement|Tags: , |

lane timer schedule Warm Up Schedule Parking Notes A few highlights: -Facility open times are for everyone -Please note the warm-up schedule for Sunday starts earlier for the 10 and unders and later for the 11/12s than Saturday -There will be a 10 minute break before we start the 500, 1650 and 1000 freestyle events. Swimmers will need to provide their own timers and counters for these events. -No Chairs [...]

302, 2025

PTAC Kickoff Pre Meet Information

By |February 3rd, 2025|Categories: Announcement|Tags: , , |

PTAC Kickoff 2025 - Warmup Information - Updated 2-6 PTAC Kickoff 2025 - Timing Information - Updated 2-6 Dear parents, Due to a scheduling conflict at Princeton Middle School, PTAC's Kickoff has to change the warmup for the 12/u session (see attached) on Saturday. Thanks for your understanding. AM Session WU 11:40 AM Start 12:45 PM Session WU 4:30 Start 5:35 Attached are the parents timing assignment updated: Xcel [...]

1412, 2024

EEX HC XXXVII Pre Meet Information

By |December 14th, 2024|Categories: Announcement|Tags: , |

Dear parents, Here are the Holiday Classic meet information. Here are X-Cel parents timing assignment. For this meet, parents who will timing for the meet will waive the admission fees. Please let me know if you are willing to help. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Here are the Holiday Classic XXVII meet schedule, warm-up, & timing assignments. Spectator tickets will go on sale on Tuesday, December 17.  The link to parking will be [...]

1012, 2024

BB Snowflake Pre Meet Information

By |December 10th, 2024|Categories: Announcement|Tags: , |

Dear parents, Here are X-Cel parents timing assignment for this weekend BB Snonflake meet at Rutgers. Please do your duty. LINK here Sat Noon 12/Under Lane 3 1:25-3:30 Elody Yang 3:30-End Revansh Dash Sat PM 13/Over Lane 7 5:45-7:45 Kailey Yun 7:45-End Ashwath Shreenath Sun Noon 12/Under Lane 4 Timer 1 Lane 4 Timer 2 12:55-3:00 Zeynep Aydinliyim Zeeon Zang 3:00-End ZionLiu Michael Jia Sun PM 13/Over 5:05-7:00 Megha [...]

1611, 2024

Peddie Thanksgiving Classic Pre Meet Info

By |November 16th, 2024|Categories: Announcement|Tags: , |

Peddie Thanksgiving Classic Peddie Thanksgiving Classic PreMeet Info Dear parents, Attached is the PAA Thanksgiving meet on next weekend. Also Xcel parents' timing assignment. Please do your duty if you have timing assignment. If you cannot do it you need to find some one to cover. If you don't do it your $100 work bond will reduce. Please check the warm up schedule. The 11/over, we are group C. [...]

2207, 2024

Gold Championship

By |July 22nd, 2024|Categories: Announcement|Tags: , |

Meet Timing Assignment Session 1 Friday Prelims 13/Over Back up Moksha Shah Sessioin 2A 11 and 12 Lane 4 12:45-End Emily Wu session 4 Sat Prelims 13/Over Back up Oliver Chen Session 6A Sat Mid 10/Under Lane 5 1:30-End Scarlett Zhang Session 6B Sat Mid 11 and 12 Lane 5 3:30-5:15 Berina Guo 5:15-End Zijie Tao Session 8 Sun Prelims 13/Over Lane 4 7:35-End David Xu Session 10A Sun [...]

1107, 2024

12/U Silver Bronze at Princeton

By |July 11th, 2024|Categories: Announcement|Tags: , |

Meet Timing Assignment Here is this weekend 12/under Silver Bronze meet information. Attached is X-Cel parents timing assignment. Fri AM 11/12 Girls/10 under Boys Lane 6 10:40-12:30 Nishka Bhurst 12:30-End Hannah Bellows Fri PM 10 under Girls/11/12 Boys Lane 7 3:25-5:00 Ella Liu 5:00-End David Wu Sat AM 11/12 Girls/10 under Boys Lane 6 8:30-10:30 Emily Tang 10:30-End Yunning Su Sat PM 10 under Girls/11/12 Boys Lane 4 2:00-4:00 [...]

1107, 2024

13 & Over Silver Bronze Pre-Meet Information

By |July 11th, 2024|Categories: Announcement|Tags: , |

Meet Timing Assignment Here is this weekend 13/Over Silver Bronze meet information. Fri PM 13/14 Girls & 15/over Men Prelims Lane 8 1:25-3:15 Zoey Alessandro 3:15-4:45 Megha Sureshkumar 4:45-End Mattew Chou Fri Finals Whoever makes finals Lane 7 6:30-End Sat PM 15/over Women, 13/14 Boys Prelims Lane 6 2:05-3:45 Ashwath Shreenath 3:45-End Nihal Singh Sun PM 13/14 Girls, 15/Over Men Prelims Back up 2:15-3:45 Shannon Xu 3:45-End Yusuf Kurbetdinov [...]

2406, 2024

X-CEL got Third Place at the NJRC Summer Showdown Meet

By |June 24th, 2024|Categories: Swimmers Achievements|Tags: , |

🎉 Congratulations Team X-CEL! 🎉 We are thrilled to announce that Team X-CEL has achieved Third Place at the NJRC Summer Showdown Meet! 🏆 Your hard work, dedication, and teamwork have truly paid off! A big thank you to all the team members, coaches, and supporters who made this possible. Let’s continue to push boundaries and aim for the top in our next challenge! Go X-CEL! 🚀🚀 [...]

1106, 2024

Summer Tryouts

By |June 11th, 2024|Categories: Announcement|Tags: , , |

X-CEL SUMMER TRYOUTS Ready to make a splash? Join us for our summer tryouts! Tryout 1: Thursday, July 18, 2024 5:45 to 7 pm DeNunzio Pool, Princeton University Tryout 2: Thursday, August 15, 2024 6:15 to 7 pm Fitness Center at Mercer County Community College Please complete the tryout form and bring it with you on the day of the tryout. Don't miss your chance to join the X-Cel [...]

611, 2023

Congratulations to Daniel Baytin made The USA-S Scholastic All American Team 2023

By |November 6th, 2023|Categories: Swimmers Achievements|Tags: , |

Congratulations to Daniel Baytin made The USA-S Scholastic All American Team 2023! Daniel Baytin has being named to USA Swimming Scholastic All America Team third year in a row! SAA Team members must maintain minimum 3.5 GPA for the current academic year and have a Winter Junior National (or faster) qualifying time during the SAA qualification period. XCEL had 14 swimmers qualified for SAA team over the year (2003-2023). [...]

2103, 2023

The Benefits of Competitive Swimming

By |March 21st, 2023|Categories: Swim Articles|Tags: , |

Cultivating discipline and time-management skills Competitive swimmers acquire the skill of balancing their training, practices, and meets with other responsibilities like work or education, all while ensuring they get enough sleep. This juggling of multiple commitments helps them become more organized and skilled in prioritization, enabling them to achieve their goals efficiently. Although it may take time and effort to identify an optimal schedule, adhering to a consistent [...]

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