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Camp dates & prices

Secure your spot at the current rates with a deposit.
Flexible cancellation options available.

*Registration Fees are charged once per camper, per season. Exceptions may apply.

  • June 1–4, 2026

    • Ages 9-17
    • Co-ed
    • Technique & Training Camp

    Stroke and Training Camp

    *Please Note: Last year, camp sessions SOLD OUT at this location*

    • Filling Fast

      Full Day (4-day camp)

      • Daily hours: 9:00am-3:00pm

      $649

  • June 8–10, 2026

    • Ages 9-17
    • Co-ed
    • Sprint Training Emphasis

    Sprint and Starts & Turns Camp

    *Please Note: Last year, camp sessions SOLD OUT at this location*

    • Half Day (3-day camp)

      • Daily hours: 9:00am-12:00pm

      $299

  • June 15–18, 2026

    • Ages 9-17
    • Co-ed
    • Technique & Training Camp

    Stroke and Training Camp

    *Please Note: Last year, camp sessions SOLD OUT at this location*

    • Full Day

      $599

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Nike Swim Camp at SMU

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Camp Overview

2026 registration is now open!

US Sports Camps is hosting a Winter camp at SMU in December. Click here for more details.

We are excited to return to SMU for our third summer! Coach Greg Rhodenbaugh and his elite coaching team are excited to offer a premier summer swim camps for 2026.

This swim camp offers a unique opportunity for competitive swimmers to acquire elite racing skills directly from coaches who have demonstrated these techniques on the world's biggest stage. All campers who participated in previous SMU swim camp sessions showed measurable improvements in their race times within two months. Coach Rhodenbaugh prioritizes ensuring that every swimmer's journey toward improvement remains enjoyable, because as the competitive swimming saying goes: a happy swimmer is a fast swimmer!

Located in the beautiful University Park neighborhood of Dallas, Texas, SMU provides an ideal training environment for motivated swimmers. The historic campus, featuring classic architecture and expansive green spaces, offers an exceptional collegiate swimming experience in one of the nation's most vibrant urban centers.

The Nike Swim Camp at SMU is open to any and all entrants (limited only by number, age, grade level and/or gender).

This camp is recommended for individuals with competitive swimming experience (e.g., U.S.S. age group, national qualifiers, high school swimmers, or summer league swimmers) and can swim at least 50 meters in all four competitive strokes: fly, back, breast, and freestyle.

Highlights Include

  • TEAM DISCOUNTS AVAILABLE
  • Stroke technique refinement for competitive swimmers
  • Low camper to staff ratio
  • Small group and individual stroke analysis/instruction
  • Every camper receives a Nike Camp T-shirt and Nike Swim Cap
  • Every camper is eligible to receive merit-based prizes during camp

Camp Coaches

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    Caleb Rhodenbaugh

    Camp Director

    Former SMU standout swimmer Caleb Rhodenbaugh has joined the SMU staff as an assistant coach in July of 2024.

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    Caleb Rhodenbaugh

    Camp Director

    Rhodenbaugh rejoined the Mustangs after spending two seasons as an assistant coach at Drury, helping the men’s program to back-to-back NCAA-II runner-up finishes and a Great Lakes Conference Championship for both the men and the women in 2023. In addition, he assisted in the coaching multiple national champions on both the men’s and women’s side.

    During his time as a swimmer with the Mustangs, he set program records in the 100 and 200 breast and won eight AAC Championships. Rhodenbaugh was a three-time NCAA Championships qualifier, named all-conference in 11 events and was the 2022 Most Outstanding Swimmer in the AAC. He also posted a US Olympic Trial cut in 2021.

    His senior year he won Most Valuable Male Student Athlete for SMU Athletics at the Pony Awards.

    Rhodenbaugh is the son of men’s swimming & diving head coach, Greg Rhodenbaugh, who was also a standout swimmer for the Mustangs.
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    Greg Rhodenbaugh

    Head Coach

    Former SMU head coach and All-American Greg Rhodenbaugh returned to the Hilltop to lead the men's swimming program, and enters his fifth season (2023-24) on the Hilltop.

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    Greg Rhodenbaugh

    Head Coach

    Last season, SMU won its third consecutive American Athletic Conference Championship, defeating Cincinnati 1267-1134. This was the Mustangs third overall AAC title and 44th conference championship in program history. They have won 19 titles since 1997. Rhodenbaugh was named the AAC Swimming Coach of the Year for the third consecutive season.

    The Mustangs sent one swimmer and one diver to the 2023 NCAA Championships. Fourteen different Mustangs earned NCAA B Cuts during the season. In the classroom, SMU earned CSCAA Scholar All-America Team honors and four student-athletes earned CSC All-District honors.

    Rhodenbaugh led the Mustangs to an American Athletic Conference Championship in 2022. Eighteen SMU swimmers combined to make 41 individual NCAA B cuts throughout the season. Three swimmers were invited and competed in the NCAA Championships, and Rhodenbaugh was named American Athletic Conference Coach of the Year. SMU notched 34 new times in the all-time school top 10 lists, including two relays.

    Connor Dalbo, Colin Feehery, Caleb Rhodenbaugh and Brayden Rudd all posted U.S. Olympic Trials cuts, while Justin Baker posted a Canadian Trials cut.

    During the 2019-20 season, the Mustangs produced 14 individual NCAA B cuts, and eight individuals posted 14 times on SMU's all-time top 10 performer lists. Two swimmers, Caleb Rhodenbaugh (100 breast, 200 breast) and Colin Feehery (400 IM), won conference championships, while three individual swimmers and four relays earned eight total all-conference honors.

    In the classroom SMU earned CSCAA Scholar All-America Team honors and seven swimmers were named to the SMU honor roll.

    Rhodenbaugh perviously served as head coach during the 1988-89 season after serving as an assistant and swam for the Mustangs from 1980-84. As a coach, he led the Mustangs to a runner-up finish at the 1989 Southwest Conference Championships, earning Co-Coach of the Year honors, and guided SMU to a 14th-place finish at the NCAA Championships.

    Before coming to the Hilltop, Rhodenbaugh served as head coach at Missouri, a position he took over in May of 2010. During his time at Mizzou, Rhodenbaugh drastically increased the Tigers' presence on the National stage. Overall, Rhodenbaugh's tenure with the Tigers saw 23 women earn 124 All-America honors, while 23 men picked up 103. As a team, the men posted the top six NCAA finishes in school history, while the women made it seven.

    In just his second season, he led the Mizzou men to a 19th-place finish at the 2012 NCAA Championships, its highest ever, an improved to 14th in 2013. That season, the Tigers produced their first NCAA individual All-American since 1979 and their first All-American relay in program history.

    In 2014, the men posted a program-record 95 points at the National event, garnering four First-Team All-America honors, while the women picked up their first individual All-America honor for a freshman since 1978.

    Success continued for both programs during the 2014-15 season, with record setting performances at the NCAA Championships. Both teams turned in top-15 finishes, with the men coming in 11th and the women 14th. The men posted five top-seven finishes, while earning six individual and four relay All-America nods. For the first time in school history, two of the women's relays earned All-America honors, including a program record in the 400 medley relay.

    Rhodenbaugh guided Mizzou's first individual National Champion in program history, Fabian Schwingenschlogl, to victory in the 100-yard breaststroke at the 2016 Championships. In total, six men and women earned All-America accolades helping the men to an eighth-place finish and the women to 11th that year.

    The teams held steady the next season as the men finished within the country's top 10 again at ninth, and the women were 13th. The 2018 Championships saw the Mizzou women finish 15th, earning five total individual All-America honors as well as three relay accolades.

    Prior to his time at Mizzou, Rhodenbaugh served as an assistant at Arizona under Frank Busch, helping both the men and women to 2008 NCAA National Championships.

    Rhodenbaugh has also served as a member of both the U.S. Swimming National Team and U.S. National Junior Team staffs. He mentored two-time Olympic Gold Medalist Amanda Beard, as well as Mustang medalists Ryan Berube, Ricardo Prado and Lars Frolander.

    During his time at SMU as a student-athlete, Rhodenbaugh earned All-America honors in the 100-yard breaststroke (1983, 1984), 200-yard breaststroke (1983) and as part of the 800-yard freestyle relay (1983, 1984). SMU earned four top-10 NCAA finishes, including runner-up honors in 1983.

    In addition to his collegiate swimming success, Rhodenbaugh won the 200-meter breaststroke at the 1982 U.S. National Sports Festival and was a member of the U.S. team at the 1983 World University Games in Canada.

    Rhodenbaugh and wife Lisa, also a graduate of SMU, have eight children.
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    Roric Fink

    Associate Head Coach

    Roric Fink is entering his first season at SMU as the Associate Head Coach in 2024-25.

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    Roric Fink

    Associate Head Coach

    Prior to rejoining the Mustangs, Fink spent two seasons at Arizona as an assistant and associate head coach. This was his second stint with the program, previously serving in the same role from 2003-10.

    Fink has spent time on the Hilltop before, helping out as a volunteer assistant back in 2022.

    The 1986 graduate of Whitworth College served as an associate head coach at Texas for eight years from 2012-20 and prior to that he held the same role at Missouri for two seasons.

    He also boasts extensive and impressive club coaching experience, having built one of the nation's top aquatics clubs, Ford Aquatics, while in Tucson. While there, he steered the development of Lacey Nymeyer, Dave Rollins, Tyler DeBerry, and Marcus Titus, all of whom went on to win NCAA National Championships with Arizona.

Camp Details

SECURE YOUR SPOT!

*Please Note: Last year, camp sessions SOLD OUT at this location*. You can expect a high demand for these first-come-first-served camper spots, so please be sure to register early. This summer, Southern Methodist University is offering two weeks of day camps and one half-day camp for ages 9-17 and one session of half-day camp. Campers will train each day in the Robson and Lindley Aquatic Center, home to SMU’s Men's and Women's Swimming teams.

2026 OVERVIEW

  • Dates: June 1-4, June 8-10, June 15-18
  • Age Group: 9-17
  • Gender: Coed
  • Camp Type: Day, Half-Day
  • Check-in: Check-in Monday, between 8:45am-9:00am at Robson and Lindley Aquatic Center. Check-in will take place in the foyer of the indoor pool.
  • Check-out: Check-out will take place at 3:00pm each day (Session I & Session III). Check-out will take place at 12:00pm each day (Session II).
  • Meals: Lunch is provided for sessions 1 and 3 (9:00am-3:00pm). Lunch will not be provided for session 2 (half-day camp - 9:00am-12:00pm). Any food allergies or dietary restrictions will need to be communicated to the camp office at registration. Please pack a sandwich if the camper is allergic to any ingredients in a sandwich.
  • Program: Session I & III - Stroke and Training will be a 4-day stroke and training camp from 9:00am-3:00pm. Each day we will focus on one stroke with a stroke-specific training session along with an introductory to athletic movements/dry land session. The morning session will cover drills that will challenge young athletes to help them develop the necessary skills to take them to the next level. We will keep the athletes at the Robson and Lindley Aquatic Center for lunch and have a classroom learning session on the stroke of the day. This will be followed by a dryland session that will focus on exercises they can do outside of their normal practice times that will help them increase their athletic potential and longevity. We will implement the use of underwater cameras during the second session with 1 on 1 instruction and drive home the habits that will stay with them for the remainder of their career.
  • Program: Session II - Sprint, Starts and Turns will be 3 days and cover starts, turns, breakouts, sprints, race strategy, and championship preparation from 9:00am-12:00pm (noon). Athletes will be at the Robson and Lindley Aquatic Center for practice and classroom learning sessions reviewing the skills we have covered with video analysis. This camp aims to help young athletes minimize mistakes and maximize proven, effective techniques to exponentially improve their performances working on skills that do not get much attention during normal workouts.

CAMP ADDRESS

Southern Methodist University
Robson and Lindley Aquatic Center
5550 SMU Boulevard
Dallas, TX 75206

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DISCOUNTS AVAILABLE

  • Team Discount: If five or more campers register together, each camper is eligible for a $25 discount. After all team members have successfully registered, contact us to receive a $25 refund per camper.

CAMP CHECK-IN/CHECK-OUT - SESSION I (JUNE 1-4)

  • Check-in: Check-in Monday, between 8:45am-9:00am at Robson and Lindley Aquatic Center. Check-in will take place between 8:45am-9:00am for the remaining days of camp.
  • Check-out: Campers depart at 3:00pm each day.
  • Camp hours: 9:00am-3:00pm

There is no supervision before or after camp hours, so please make arrangements to drop off and pick up your child on time.

CAMP CHECK-IN/CHECK-OUT - SESSION II (JUNE 8-10)

  • Check-in: Check-in Monday, between 8:45am-9:00am at Robson and Lindley Aquatic Center. Check-in will take place between 8:45am-9:00am for the remaining days of camp.
  • Check-out: Campers depart at 12:00pm each day.
  • Camp hours: 9:00am-12:00pm

There is no supervision before or after camp hours so please make arrangements to drop off and pick up your child on time.

CAMP CHECK-IN/CHECK-OUT - SESSION III (JUNE 15-18)

  • Check-in: Check-in Monday, between 8:45am-9:00am at Robson and Lindley Aquatic Center. Check-in will take place between 8:45am-9:00am for the remaining days of camp.
  • Check-out: Campers depart at 3:00pm each day.
  • Camp hours: 9:00am-3:00pm

There is no supervision before or after camp hours so please make arrangements to drop off and pick up your child on time.

MEALS

Lunch is provided each day. Any food allergies or dietary restrictions will need to be communicated to the camp office at registration.

WHAT'S INCLUDED IN THE FEE?

  • Instruction: Morning and afternoon training sessions
  • Lunch: Lunch is provided for sessions 1 and 3 (9:00am-3:00pm). Lunch will not be provided for session 2 (half-day camp - 9:00am-12:00pm). Any food allergies or dietary restrictions will need to be communicated to the camp office at registration. Please pack a sandwich if the camper is allergic to any ingredients in a sandwich.
  • Supervision: Campers are supervised by staff during camp hours.
  • Camp T-shirt & Prizes: Campers will receive a Nike Swim Camps t-shirt and prizes.

INSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT & FACILITY

  • Ratio: 1:10 staff-to-camper ratio
  • Groupings: Campers are grouped by age, ability, and experience per the director's discretion.
  • Equipment Needed: Please bring your water swimsuit, swim cap, goggles and towel(s)
  • Facility: Robson and Lindley Aquatic Center
  • Medical Protocol: Most camps have an athletic trainer on-site to help with illness or injury. In case of an emergency, campers will be transported to the nearest hospital.

PREPARE FOR CAMP: COMPLETE YOUR PRE-CAMP CHECKLIST

To view your customer account, complete your mandatory forms, pay balance dues, and review important camp information, visit Pre-Camp Checklist. All necessary camp information is on this page. If there are any imperative changes prior to camp start, registered campers will be notified via email and this webpage will be updated!

CHECKLIST OF THINGS TO BRING

Below is a suggested list of clothes, equipment, and personal items. US Sports Camps is NOT responsible for lost or stolen articles or money.

Items:

  • Dryland training Gear (running shoes, t-shirt, athletic shorts, sweatshirt)
  • Backpack
  • Fins
  • Swimsuit
  • Swim Cap(s)
  • Goggles
  • Kickboard
  • Towel
  • Water bottle
  • Sandals/flip flops
  • Bring a lunch if the camper has gluten allergies
  • Signed Health & Release forms and waivers (forms completed online do not need to be printed and turned in at camp)

TRANSPORTATION

Transportation is not provided. Campers are responsible for getting to and from camp on their own. There is no supervision before or after camp hours so please make arrangements to pick up your child on time.

COMPANY POLICIES

For information regarding our cancellation policy and all other company policies, please visit USSC Policies.

NIKE SWIM CAMP FAQ

For general questions about our swim camps please see our FAQ page.

The Nike Swim Camp at SMU is open to any and all entrants (limited only by number, age, grade level and/or gender).

This camp is recommended for individuals with competitive swimming experience (e.g., U.S.S. age group, national qualifiers, high school swimmers, or summer league swimmers) and can swim at least 50 meters in all four competitive strokes: fly, back, breast, and freestyle.

SMU Pool

Robson and Lindley Aquatic Center

The Robson & Lindley Aquatics Center and Barr-McMillion Natatorium is the 42,000 square foot home to SMU's internationally-recognized men's and women's swimming and diving teams.

The Aquatics Center features an Olympic-sized, eight-lane indoor pool with a platform diving area, including four springboards and a 10-meter tower for training and competition. Coaches' offices, men's, women's and visitor locker rooms and a classroom and meeting area are located adjacent to the pool. Spectator seating for 800 is on the mezzanine level.

To further cement this facility as one of the finest in college athletics, SMU is building an adjacent outdoor pool to further enhance this space. Project design includes an eight-lane, 50-meter by 25-yard outdoor pool, 1- and 3-meter diving boards and a 20-foot by 40-foot instructional pool that will be used for lessons and rehab/therapy. With the addition of the outdoor pool to the Robson & Lindley Aquatic Center, SMU will be the only University in the country with both an indoor and outdoor, 8-lane, 50-meter pool in one facility.

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  • Upon arrival at camp, campers are placed in groups with other swimmers having similar abilities and goals. Our camp staff will do their best to accommodate your needs, keeping in consideration your experience and desire to improve.

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