.... in the pursuit of excellence or

[LittleFrieda]

... in pursuit of excellence?

Bump

No reason why not as far as I can see. Hth

I think either is OK.

Perhaps the second sounds a bit smoother as it omits a non-essential word.

But I guess if you were wanting to emphasise the fact that it was a pursuit you might include "the". I think it might depend on where you wanted to place the emphasis and that would depend on the context.

I think that your OP sounds better.

Thanks.