The Nike Swim Camps return for the second year to Hillsdale College in Michigan!  Located about 90 miles west of Detroit, the 200 acre campus includes both modern and historic buildings. Campers will reside in comfortable residence halls and train daily in the John "Jack" McAvoy Auditorium, a six lane 25x25 yard pool.Camp Director is Kurt Kirner, Hillsdale's new Head Swim Coach and longtime Nike Swim Camp director. Coach Kirner comes to Hillsdale from Lawrence University in WI, where he spent the past 17 years leading their swim proram. Coach Kirner was named the Midwest Conference Coach of the Year in 2006-07 while leading the Viking women’s swimming team to a second-place finish in the conference. He led his men’s swimming team to two conference titles during his tenure at Lawrence, and coached more than 175 individual conference champions during his 17-year run with the Vikings. His women’s teams never finished lower than fourth place in the Midwest Conference during his career.

Kirner was a member of the swimming team at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee before beginning his coaching career in 1975. He has coached for several club teams in Wisconsin, and helped lead the Schroeder Swim Team to two YMCA national championships. In addition to his coaching accolades, Kirner was a teacher of exercise science and physical dynamic wellness at Lawrence, and intends to continue teaching at Hillsdale.