2025 Navy Elite Swim Camps – Sign Up Today

2025 Navy Swimming’s Elite Training Camps – Sign Up Today

Navy Sports Camps are offered throughout the year on the iconic campus of the United States Naval Academy located within walking distance of shops, restaurants, and hotels in historic Annapolis, MD. Just like our student-athletes and coaches, Navy Sports Camps are the BEST of the BEST. Every camper will have the opportunity to learn from the coaching staff, develop new relationships, and understand what it takes to be a Navy student-athlete. It is truly a one-of-a-kind camp experience; we look forward to seeing YOU soon!

ELITE SWIM CAMP – SESSION 1: June 2 – June 6
NAVY SWIMMING SPRINT CAMP – Session 1: June 20 – June 23
NAVY SWIMMING SPRINT CAMP – Session 2: August 1 – August 4
Camp Details – 2025
 The Navy Swim Elite Training Camp is designed and implemented by our Navy Coaching staff to take swimmers to the next level of  performance by  focusing  on a progressive stroke technique session,  while adding an elite   level  pool training session to each day.  The technique session will include  competitive stroke progressions in all strokes, starts and turns, racing prep,  and video analysis.  The  training  component will incorporate the learned  techniques with a high level  energy systems based training program to  prepare the swimmer for excellence in the summer season.

In addition, this camp will expose swimmers to whole person  performance  expectations outside the pool.  Whole person  performance includes daily dry  land and flexibility program, as well  as,  sports psychology, nutrition, and  leadership lectures. Eligibility

 This camp is recommended for Male & Female swimmers 10-18  years  of age,  who  have achieved at the minimum of one USA Swimming “A” time  standards.  Swimmers will be expected to maintain daily  training  volume of at least 4,500  meters per training session and  8,000 meters  of daily swimming.  Please see  link to USA  Swimming HERE.
Daily Schedule
Camp Begins June 2nd – Registration 1-3
Ends Tuesday June 6th at 1200
7:30 am Wake up & Breakfast
9:00 am Stroke Talk
10:00 am Morning Swim Session – Stroke Work
12:00 noon Lunch and Rest
2:30 pm Dryland and Flexibility Exercises
3:00 pm Afternoon Swim Session – Training Session
5:30 pm Dinner and rest
7:00 pm Evening Activities
10:00 pm Lights out
 Camp Lodging
Campers will reside in Bancroft Hall on the United States Naval  Academy  grounds steps away from the pool and dining hall. Each  room can  accommodate two to four campers with a twin bed for every camper. Their  rooms also maintain a working shower and vanity with sink. There are  common bathrooms in close proximity to the dorm room. The dormitory is  co-ed. There will be separate girls and boys wings, separated by in-resident  counselor/chaperones.  Approximately 1 counselor per 12 campers.   Swimmers will need to supply their own bed linens, pillows, and blankets.   While the rooms are air-conditioned, fans are recommended.
 Pricing – 2025

 Individual – Overnight  – $880 + $15 Online Processing Fee (Nonrefundable)
 Individual – Day-Camp  – $780 + $15 Online Processing Fee (Nonrefundable)
 Muliple Family MembersFirst @ Full Price, each additional is 10%  off

 Team Discount10% off for 6 or more athletes from the same team +

 Coach may attend for free
 Payment
 Payment via check/money order with application or online with a  credit card.  Camp tuition is paid in full when registering.   Cash  payments NOT accepted.
 What’s Included:
Each camper will receive…

  • Navy Elite Swim Camp T-Shirt
  • Navy Elite Camp latex swim cap
  • Gatorade Water Bottle
 Cancellation Policy
  • Notify us immediately in writing.  A $100.00 fee is in effect for any cancellation received on or before 7 days prior to the start of camp.
  • Once inside 7 days through 24 hours before registration, cancellations for any reason will be refunded 50%.
  • Cancellations/early departures for any reason after the 24 hour window and during camp session will not be refunded.
 Rules and Regulations:
Prior to arrival via email, each camper will be provided with camp rules &  expectations. While the aim of the camp is to accommodate  swimmers with an  enjoyable and worthwhile experience, we reserve the right to send home any  swimmer who does not conduct  himself/herself in a favorable manner.
Camp Meals
Campers will eat in King Hall, the on campus dining hall. Breakfast,  lunch and  dinner will be included in the camp tuition. There will be a main meal with a  variety of staple options. (i.e. cereals, sandwich making, etc.)
​***We cannot accommodate nut allergies.*** Spending Money
It is suggested that each camper has $50 for snacks and excursion  to town for  ice cream and visit local stores.

NAVY SPRINT CAMP

Navy Sprint Camp is designed and coached by the Navy Swimming Staff.  This new and unique camp experience will introduce the critical components of sprinting:  Starts, Turns, Underwater Speed, Race Strategy, and Finishing. This camp will also provide preeminent theories on technique, drills and analysis of all four strokes.
Leadership Experience
The United States Naval Academy provides a unique backdrop of learn and grow as a student-athlete.  The coaches will encourage and engage the campers in leadership through sport.
College Preparation
College coaches will present the college search process to 7th-12th grade campers.  Strategies on finding the best fit for college and how to recruit yourself.  Including communicating with college coaches, what to look for in a program, and inside NCAA rules and regulations.
Eligibility
Open to all swimmers Ages 10-18
 
Camp Lodging –  Campers will reside in Bancroft Hall on the United States Naval Academy grounds steps away from the pool and dining hall. Each room can accommodate two to four campers with a twin bed for every camper. Their rooms also maintain a working shower and vanity with sink. There are common bathrooms in close proximity to the dorm room. The dormitory is co-ed. There will be separate girls and boys wings, separated by in-resident counselor/chaperones.  Approximately 1 counselor per 12 campers.   Swimmers will need to supply their own bed linens, pillows, and blankets.   While the rooms are air-conditioned, fans are recommended
Pricing
Individual – Overnight – $780 + $15 Registration Fee
Individual – Day-Camp – $700 + $15 Registration Fee
**Muliple Family Members – First @ Full Price, each additional is 10% off
Cancellation Policy
  • Notify us immediately in writing.  A $100.00 fee is in effect for any cancellation received on or before July 24, 2023.
  • Beginning July 25, 2023 at 12:00am EST through 24 hours before registration, cancellations for any reason will be refunded 50%.
  • Cancellations/early departures for any reason after the 24 hour window and during camp session will not be refunded.  

Each camper will receive…

  • A Navy Sprint Swim Camp T-shirt
  • Navy Elite Camp latex swim cap
  • Gatorade Water Bottle

Rules and Regulations
Prior to arrival via email, each camper will be provided with camp rules & expectations. While the aim of the camp is to accommodate swimmers with an enjoyable and worthwhile experience, we reserve the right to send home any swimmer who does not conduct himself/herself in a favorable manner.


Camp Meals
Campers will eat in King Hall, the on campus dining hall. Breakfast, lunch and dinner will be included in the camp tuition. There will be a main meal with a variety of staple options. (i.e. cereals, sandwich making, etc.)
​***We cannot accommodate nut allergies, gluten allergies, etc.

Spending Money
It is suggested that each camper has $50 for snacks and excursion  to town for  ice cream and visit local stores.

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COACHES

John Morrison
Head Women’s Swim Coach

John Morrison is entering his 21st year as the head coach of the Navy women’s swimming program, as well as his 25th year of being associated with the team, in the fall of 2024.

Morrison has guided the Mids to an overall record of 173-48 in his 20 years.  He has compiled an overall collegiate coaching record of 204-75.

His Navy teams have totaled 14 Patriot League titles, including the last 12 in a row.  He has been tabbed as the Patriot League Coach of the Year 11 times.

The Mids also have won eight ECAC Championship crowns and have placed either first or second at each of the last 10 meets.  He has earned eight ECAC Coach-of-the-Year awards.

Navy has posted winning records in each of Morrison’s last 18 seasons and in 19 seasons overall.  The Mids have posted a 79-2 record against Patriot League opponents under Morrison.

The team’s 2023-24 campaign ended with the team posting a 6-3 record during the regular season, with those losses coming to Penn State, Notre Dame and Princeton.  The year was capped with Navy winning the Patriot League and ECAC Championship titles.

Navy has posted an 80-23 record over the last decade.  The losses during this span have been to teams such as Georgia Tech, LSU, Michigan, North Carolina, Notre Dame, Penn State, Princeton, Virginia and Yale.

The first decade under Morrison included a 14-0 regular season in 2008-09 and a 25-meet winning streak from 2007-08 to 2009-10.

The program has made strides at national events during Morrison’s tenure.  The 2008 season saw Thuy-Mi Dinh become the first women’s swimmer in league history to attain an ‘A’ cut qualifying time for the NCAA Championship, then she and Tara Chapmon advanced to the national championship in both 2009 and ‘10.  Laura Gorinski competed in a trio of individual events at the NCAA Championship when she did so in the 2012 edition of the meet.

Lauren Barber would compete in events at the 2016, ‘18 and ‘19 NCAA Championship meets.  It was at her final championship when she became the first Navy and Patriot League Division I swimmer to earn Honorable Mention All-America accolades.  After Sydney Harrington qualified for the 2020 NCAA Championship in three events, she earned Honorable Mention All-America accolades at the 2021 championship and qualified again for the 2022 national meet.

Navy also has been well represented at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials during the Morrison era as a total of 14 of his Mids have competed at the event.

In addition to the team’s success in the water, the program under Morrison has been regularly recognized as an Academic All-America Team by the College Swimming Coaches Association of America.  Individually, swimmers Kelly Zahalka, Laura Gorinski and Ellen Bradford have not only been selected as the Patriot League Scholar-Athlete of the Year for their sport, but also have earned Academic All-America accolades.

Morrison’s hiring in 2004 returned him to The Yard where he served as an assistant coach to Dick Purdy for four seasons beginning in the fall of 1993.  The Purdy-Morrison duo coached the Mids to a 33-14 record and to league titles during each of its four years.

After leaving Navy following the 1996-97 school year, Morrison served as a volunteer assistant men’s coach at Tennessee during the 1997-98 season in which the Volunteers placed fourth at the NCAA Championship, followed by one year as an assistant at Rutgers.  After he served as the head coach and aquatics director at the Ocean County YMCA in his hometown of Toms River, N.J., for two years starting in 1999, he was named as the head swimming coach at Lehigh in 2001. Morrison coached the program to a combined 31-27 record, a span highlighted by the men’s team winning the 2002 Patriot League title.

A successful athlete in his own right, Morrison earned four letters in swimming and in golf at Toms River High School and was selected as a member of the school’s inaugural Hall of Fame class in the spring of 2004.  He would go on to earn four letters in swimming at North Carolina, helping the Tar Heels win a pair of ACC titles in the process.

Morrison would enter the coaching ranks in 1991 as an assistant swimming coach at Washington & Lee where he helped coach four NCAA Division III All-Americans.  He also assisted with the school’s 1992 water polo team that won the Division III Eastern Championship and served as the interim golf coach.

The Mids also have been well represented at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials
during the Morrison era.  Most recently, four swimmers qualified for
the 2020/21 meet, five qualified for the 2016 selection meet and a trio
of Mids took to the pool at the 2012 event.
During his years in coaching, John has at University of Tennessee (4 Place at NCAA’s, three Olympians), Rutgers University, Lehigh University (1st place at Patriot League Championships), and Washington & Lee University.  He has also directed several club programs including Ocean County YMCA and Rockbridge County Aquatic Club.  John is passionate about the sport of swimming and all the incredible teaching moments and lessons that sport swimming provides.

Morrison and his wife, Amy, have a son, John, who recently graduated from Maryland, and a daughter, Avery Grace, who is a junior at Navy.

He is thrilled to be offering this camp and help your develop your swimmer both in and out of the pool.

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Carlye Ellis
Navy Assistant Swimming Coach

Carlye Ellis starts her second season as an assistant coach for the Navy women’s swimming team in the summer of 2024.

Her first season in Annapolis saw the Mids posted a 6-3 record during the regular season and win Patriot League and ECAC Championship titles.

Ellis arrived in Annapolis in the summer of 2023 after having been a member of the coaching staff at Duke for two seasons.  She was the lead assistant coach and recruiting coordinator for the women’s team, was the director of operations for the program as a whole and coached the middle distance and distance swimmers plus the individual medley event and all 200-yard length events.

The Blue Devils saw their women’s team place 24th at the 2022 NCAA Championship and 21st at the 2023 national championship.  Highlighting the 2023 season’s efforts was having a pair of women’s swimmers earn First-Team All-America honors — the first time the women’s team had multiple First-Team All-Americans in a single season — as the team posted its highest finish at the meet in over a decade.

The native of Ann Arbor, Mich., graduated from Pioneer High School in 2007.  At Texas, she swam on 200 and 400 medley relay teams that won a pair of Big 12 Conference titles and earned Honorable Mention All-America honors at the 2009 NCAA Championship.

Ellis graduated from Texas in 2011 with a bachelor’s degree in corporate communications.  She would go on to earn master’s degrees from both Valparaiso (2015, sport administration) and Ohio (2021, organizational communications).

Ellis began her coaching career as a graduate assistant at Valparaiso in the fall of 2013 where she was the lone assistant coach for both the men’s and women’s teams.  After two seasons, she became an assistant coach for the women’s team at Cornell in the spring of 2015.  Ellis stayed three years in New York State before becoming an assistant coach for the women’s team at Ohio in the summer of 2018.  In addition to her coaching duties with the Bobcats, she also served as the recruiting coordinator and the director of operations for the team.

She then joined the Duke staff in the summer of 2021.

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