“He was the guru of all area swimming, He coached me at the Butler Y. Her daughter, Katelyn, who serves as an assistant coach for the Penn Valley swim team, will be a senior on the Westminster swim team and her younger daughter, Abby, was a swimmer at Knoch High School and plans to go to Westminster when she graduates.Ĭorrie Jones said she learned from Butler County swim legend the late Pump McLaughlin. Jones said she has been swimming since she was 15 and went on to be a member of the Westminster College swim team. Jones has been the swim coach at Penn Valley Athletic Club, 6135 Monroe Road, in Penn Township for 18 years. Swimming for at least an hour can burn upwards of 500 calories while working every muscle without causing strain on your body, according to Medical Daily, a health website run by the International Business Times.Ĭorrie Jones has been reaping the benefits of swimming all her life. Water-based exercise even can improve the health of mothers and their unborn children, the CDC said. Swimming can improve mood in both men and women. What's not to love about a dip in the pool especially as the temperatures climb into the 90s and the humidity best be called swampy?Īnd there is a lot to like about hitting the pool.Īccording to the Federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, water-based exercise improves mental health. It's summertime and the swimming is easy. During swim team competitions, youths compete in freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly and a medley relay. A boy dives off the block at SEBCO pool in Jefferson Township.
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