BRANDI SWEZEY - HEAD COACH

Brandi L. Swezey, former assistant coach of the Mount Joy Lions in 2002-04, is returning to the Lions as the Head Coach for the 2007 season. She is a graduate from East Stroudsburg University in both her B.S. in Athletic Training and her Masters in Exercise Science. Swezey has had a love for swimming since the early age of 8, where she started swim lessons at the Lancaster YMCA and went on to swim for Mountville Pools summer program. By the age of 13 Swezey began to swim for Trident Aquatic Club (TAC) and during her sophomore and junior year of high school she participated on Hempfield High Schools Varsity Swim Team. She is a certified Swim America Instructor, and has taught formal and private lessons since she was 14 years of age. Swezey is currently employed at Central PA Rehabilitation Services (CPRS) as an Athletic Trainer. She is contracted out to the Elizabethtown Area School District and serves as the High School and Middle School's Athletic Trainer on site. Coach Swezey is anxious to begin the 2007 season and ready for the challenge of the Head Coach position.

JOSH CHANDLER

Josh enters his third year helping out with the team. Josh has been involved with the Mount Joy Swim Team since he was 10 years old as a swimmer, up until about 3 years ago when he began volunteer coaching. In high school he played soccer in the fall and baseball in the spring apart from swimming in the winter and summertime. In high school Josh was a 4-time District 3 qualifier and a 2-time PIAA state qualifier where he placed 12th, 18th, and 20th. He graduated from Donegal High School in 2005 and decided to continue his education at Bloomsburg University. At Bloomsburg Josh is studying marketing and apart from studying he is a member of the Men's Water Polo team. Josh is looking forward to a very successful year as assistant coach and is hoping that his coaching tactics will encourage and assist his swimmers in dropping lots of time throughout the season.