Earlier this year on Earth Day, environmental activist Christopher Swain did
his best breaststroke in Brooklyn's Gowanus Canal.
Not exact matches
My
breaststroke probably looked more like a dog paddle, and my fly probably looked...
well, let's just say that at one point the lifeguard asked what stroke I was trying to do.
PATTY CARETTO of the City of Commerce (Calif.) Swim Club posted new U.S. marks in the 1,650 -(18:03.6) and 500 - yard (5:15.6) freestyle events; CYNTHIA GOYETTE of Detroit set new records in the 100 -(1:09) and 200 - yard (2:26.4)
breaststroke; SHARON STOUDER swam the 100 - yard butterfly in 58 seconds flat,
bettering by 8/10 second the mark set in 1964 by Kathy Ellis of Indianapolis; CATHY FERGUSON of the Los Angeles AC won the 200 - yard backstroke and set a record in the 100 - yard backstroke (1:09.9); SUE PITT of East Brunswick, N.J. broke the 200 - yard butterfly mark with a 2:09.6; PENNY ESTES of Miami the 200 - yard freestyle (1:58.2); and the City of Commerce teams the 400 - yard medley relay (4:06.8) and the 400 - yard freestyle relay (3:40.8).
SUSIE ATWOOD (backstroke), KIM BRECHT (
breaststroke), ALICE JONES (butterfly) and CINDY SCHILLING (freestyle) combined for a 4:27.4, trimming seven - tenths of a second off the old mark and finishing
well ahead of the second - place Japanese team, whose 4:36.3 broke the national record.
Was
good fun... also worked on actually swimming
breaststroke like someone who got more than her 25m badge as a kid.
Choose a stroke that fits you the
best out of these three: Front Crawl (Freestyle),
Breaststroke or the Butterfly.