FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Mercy Sports Medicine Program Offers Sports Enhancement Program for High School Athletes

North Canton, Ohio: Mercy Sports Medicine is offering a summer sports enhancement program from Monday, June 9 through Thursday, July 17 for high school athletes wanting to improve their game. A summer performance pass costs $100 and can be used for 10 workout sessions offered through this conditioning program, which will focus on improving speed, agility, flexibility, balance, power, endurance and reaction time.

Mercy's sport enhancement specialists are offering the training sessions at various times and locations so participants can choose the sessions that work best with their schedule. Available sessions include:

* Walsh University Track and Practice Field
2020 East Maple St., NW, North Canton
9 - 11 a.m., Mondays and Wednesdays

* Malone College Track
515 25th St., NW, Canton
9 - 11 a.m., Tuesdays and Thursdays

Mercy Sports Medicine, Mercy Health Center of North Canton
6200 Whipple Ave., NW, North Canton
6 - 8 p.m., Thursdays

For more information or to purchase a summer performance pass, please call Mercy Sports Medicine at 330-966-8920.

Mercy Medical Center, a nonprofit corporation of the Sisters of Charity Health System and University Hospitals Health System, operates a 476-bed hospital serving Stark, Carroll, Wayne, Holmes and Tuscarawas Counties and parts of Southeastern Ohio. It has 550 physicians on its Medical Staff and employs 2,500 people. Mercy operates outpatient health centers in Carrollton, Jackson Township, Lake Township, Louisville and North Canton. A Catholic hospital, Mercy Medical Center upholds the mission and philosophy of the Sisters of Charity of St. Augustine and continues to be responsive to the needs of the community, including the provision of care to all, regardless of their ability to pay.