INPERSON
Reaching New
Heights
Peters Township gym manager Cory Huminksy plans to climb
Mt. Kilimanjaro this summer with two other cancer survivors
as part of the Cancer Climber Association.
BY NICOLE TAFE
C
ory Huminsky, 30, is ready to
defy the odds. This summer,
Cory—a pediatric lung cancer
survivor—will be pushing her
body to its limits by climbing
Africa’s tallest peak on an
expedition to Mt. Kilimanjaro.
Cory is married to her husband, Ben,
and is the daughter of Allen and Dana
Berliner who own Anytime Fitness in
McMurray. Cory is originally from Fort
Collins, CO, and moved to Pittsburgh
when she was recruited to play fastpitch
softball for the University of Pittsburgh
from 2007-2011 on a full athletic
scholarship. She was their starting pitcher
all four years, and almost nine years later
she still holds the career ERA record
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Cory with her parents Allen and Dana Berliner.
and ranks in the top five for 13 of the 17
pitching record categories. Cory went
on to The Ohio State University and got
her masters in Public Health where she
studied infectious diseases, obesity, care
for the aging population and the benefits
of exercise. Returning to McMurray, she
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decided to join her parents in managing/
owning the Anytime Fitness and pursuing
her personal training certification. Cory
has worked there for 7 of the 10 years the
facility has been open and has helped to
keep the gym repeatedly ranked in the top
5 percent of all Anytime Fitness locations
nationwide. In her spare time, Cory also
gives softball pitching lessons, instructs
private and group pitching lessons at
CSide Sports Academy in Washington,
was the varsity softball pitching coach
for three years at Peters Township High
School, and this year she took on the
pitching coach position at Washington &
Jefferson College.
“Two members of my gym recently
climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro with different