Show Swims Swims i Mi 50 56 Miles The first swimmer who has earned the American Red Cross 50 50 mile swim for fitness award Is Ike Jensen age 17 son of Ivan and Marguerite Jensen E E. E 1400 S S. S in Bountiful Ike finished ed requirements for the award on Nov 10 IKE KE WILL RECEIVE the 50 mile mUe certificate pin and emblem at a public presentation on Friday Friday Friday Fri Fri- day Dec 10 during the free water water water wa wa- ter show program and open house at the Bountiful Indoor pool S S. S E E. E behind the city hall Close on Ikes Ike's heels for the theaward theaward theaward award are Gloria Hansen and Steve Riley RUey who have logged 45 2 1 and 45 miles mUes respectively AT THIS POINT there are 75 persons registered in the mile 50 program at the Bountiful pool who have logged a combined total of almost miles mUes since the programs program's programs program's pro pro- grams gram's Inception at the first of August of this year Ike Jensen through earning the mile 50 award Is a real enthusiast enthusiast enthusiast enthus enthus- for the program and very heartily recommends It to every every- one lie He began swimming toward his 50 miles mUes on Aug 19 10 and has swum each of the 50 miles In the local Indoor pool lie He says his only problem in logging the distance distance distance dis dis- tance was occasionally when the crowds got a little heavy during the public plunge hours But Dut that any and all problems are over over- says he has noticed a definite Improvement in health endurance endurance endurance endur endur- ance and alertness which have carryover values Into all areas of his life Ike needs all the strength and energy he can get during this his senior year at Bountiful High School lie He is an honor student at Bountiful Bountiful Boun Boun- High and a member of their now-forming now high school racing swim team lie He plans to attend the University of Utah after atter his high school graduation and major majorIn In of to chemistry chemistry and and course continue earning mile 50 awards he can find water IKE LEARNED to swim by guess by gum teaching himself during family vacations at Bear Dear Lake because he wanted to be beable beable beable able to join the rest of the family water skiing Ike also like swimming his laps for the 50 because it is a pretty cheap way to have fun and those laps do seem to lose their monotony and become en en- en Its It's been fun for him toi see that total keep climbing ever upward come and well worth the effort for the results of better physical fitness SO ENTHUSIASTIC Is Ike about the program that he has already logged another five miles toward his second 1 mile 50 award He lie gyp rr Me T Y A. A f 5 5 FIRST TO SWIM 50 MILES |