head coach

Missy has over 20 years of coaching experience, with proven results, her primary goal is to try and create a love for fitness to such an extent that the athlete wants to make it a lifelong habit, whether it be recreationally or competitively. She was a NCAA Division I track and cross country athlete, World Triathlon qualifier, competitive road racer, cross country skier and cyclist.  She has coached world and nationally ranked athletes, high school, college, recreational  and triathletes. She is USA Track and Field certified coach and a NFHS Level 3 accredited coach, and has an exercise science background. Her belief is that the greatest successes in coaching are not the fast times, or amazing wins, but great strides in improvement. She has developed a program  that works on form, strength, and power to increase pace, build endurance, and prevent injury. Her  training schedule has proven success now for over 20 years.  It has enabled athletes to achieve huge milestones they otherwise did not think possible, from dropping minutes off a race, to just being able to finish one. When a coach can take an athlete and give them their dreams and goals,  then a coach is truly successful. 

 Tami is certified in Strength training, Core, TRX, various Silver Sneakers programs, and a Level 3 Cycling Coach.  She started to compete in Triathlon and Aquabike since 2016 and fall in love with the sport.  In 2019 she qualified for Team USA in Long Course Aquabike and completed in ITU Worlds in Amsterdam in 2021. She also loves to compete in Cycling Time Trials and has won the state title in 2019, 2021 & 2022.  She is a retired Veteran of 24 years in Aviation and uses her leadership skills from the military to help lead and instruct classes for Team Excell.   In 2018 she began assist coaching Excell's Purple minions and helps with coaching cycling.  She is also a proud member of the Tucson Tri  Girls.

RDN OF FOR EXCELL ADULT PROGRAMS  

Joanie is a graduate of Eastern Michigan University with a dietetics degree and she is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist.  She is a school Nutrition Program Specialist and Kids Eat Right member.  She provides nutrition education to youth groups as well as helping kids develop and align their nutrient needs.  Joanie's goal is to put the fun in "Eating Healthy" 

Coach Elizabeth started racing triathlons in 2009 after being inspired by the 2008 Olympics.  Her first sprint triathlon included a borrowed bike (from a stranger!) sneakers on top of clip-in pedals and shorts over a bathing suit.  She finished exhausted, elated and ready for more!  After an injury-filled few years, her husband saw a segment on the news calling for triathletes to race for a local Tucson charity and an entry into 70.3 Lake Tahoe was earned! 
A D3 All-American in Cross-Country in college, Elizabeth spent her childhood biking around the streets of Spokane WA on her banana boat seat, streamers-waving bike when visiting her grandparents and running around the grass tracks and swimming for a summer league in Wapato, WA. 

Elizabeth has competed in numerous sprint and Olympic distances, 8 x 70.3s and 2 full distance Ironmans.  She is an avid roadrunner and trail runner and enjoys rotating her 11 dogs on various distanced runs. Her favorite distance is the 70.3 and her most memorable race was Escape  From Alcatraz.   

She is excited to coach for Excell Tri coaching and loves connecting with athletes of all abilities!