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Gryphon Camps offer a variety of camps that are categorized into Activity Camps or Sport Camps. Pre Season Swim sits within Sport Camps umbrella.
Summer Camp Registration now open!
If your desired Camp week is full, please join the waitlist and we will contact you if and when an opening is available.
Each camp has a minimum and maximum age requirement to ensure campers are grouped with others within the same age range. If you have questions or concerns about age requirements, please contact the Gryphon Camps Office at camps@uoguelph.ca or 519-824-4120 Ext. 56131.
Our Pre-Season Swim Camp will have 2 staff with 18 campers (a ratio of 1:9) along with lifeguards for all pool programming
This full day skill-based camp is designed for competitive swimmers focusing on improving technique in all four strokes, as well as, the fundamental skills of starts, turns, streamlines, and relay takeovers for the upcoming swim season! This is a skill-based camp, for competitive swimmers In this full day program, campers will combine their skill work with team relays, and fitness challenges in the pool, as well as, fun dryland activities, and a chance to showoff their hard work at a mini meet on Friday afternoon.
Campers 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). There will be no hands-on coaching from within the water.
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.
50 East Ring Road, Guelph, ON, N1G 4Z8
