Gryphon Camps offer a variety of camps that are categorized into Activity Camps or Sport Camps. Aquatic Fitness Camp sits within Sport Camps umbrella.
Minimum Age: Campers must be no younger than the minimum age or be turning that age by the upcoming September 1st.
Maximum Age: Campers must be no older than the maximum age by the end of the calendar year (December 31st).
Our Aquatic Fitness Camp will have 2 staff with 18 campers (a ratio of 1:9) along with lifeguards during pool programming.
Love the water but can’t pick your favourite sport? This camp is for you! Throughout this half day camp, swimmers will get the chance to experience it all: Competitive Swimming, Artistic Swimming, Waterpolo, Lifesaving and even Aquafit. Every day will bring a new challenge in the morning with the chance to test out new skills. A swim test will be performed on day 1 to ensure all campers can truly enjoy this camps' activities, as there will be no hands-on coaching from within the water.
Must be able to swim 50m of Freestyle (two lengths of the Gryphon Gold Pool) comfortably (without the aid of the bottom/side of the pool or any pfd).
Experience it all:
Currently not offered
Chantique Carey-Payne was named the head coach of the Gryphons varsity swimming programs in June of 2017. Prior to being named head coach, Chantique spent two seasons serving as an assistant coach with the U of G swim teams.
As a swimmer, Payne was a four-year OUA All-Star during her time at the University of Guelph, and earned an impressive total of 11 OUA medals, and eight CIS medals. She is a seven-time OUA Gold medalist and in 2009-10 swam to a national title and First Team All-Canadian status in the 50m Butterfly.
In 2011 her career culminated in an impressive four national medals at the CIS Championships including a silver in the women's 50m butterfly, bronze in the 100m butterfly and a pair of bronze medals in the 50m and 100m freestyle. During her collegiate career, Payne set one OUA record in the 100m Butterfly in her fourth-year and holds three all-time Gryphon swimming records in the 50m, 100m and 200m Freestyle events. She also earned two bronze medals at the 2012 Summer Canadian Championships.
After swimming Payne turned her attention to coaching, and started as a full-time assistant coach with the Gryphons program during the 2015-16 season. In the last two years she has focused on growing her coaching career, learning all-facets of the program but specifically taking a lead on the dryland planning and implementation. She has also earned invaluable experience as the National Team Coach for the Canadian Lifesaving team this past year.
