Sentences with phrase «breaststroked half»

Elizabeth Waters, 4, of Metairie, La., who has swum since she was 2, and breaststroked half a mile in 45 minutes at 3, swam the 25 - yard breast against 9 - and 10 - year - olds, but finished last.

Outside of these elite athletes, most of us will never feel the rush of completing a perfect dismount from the balance beam or finishing the 200 - meter breaststroke ahead of an internationally ranked rival.

In the first of four evening finals, Japan's Kosuke Hagino won the men's 400m individual medley, the grueling discipline that combines butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke and freestyle.

The day's record spree began with Britain's Adam Peaty, who broke his own world mark of 57.92 in the heats of the 100 breaststroke when he clocked 57.55.

Main Set: 600: Pull paddle tempo (rest 20) 6 x 50: Swim fast (rest 20) 200: Kick with fins 3 x 200 Pull paddle descend (rest 20) 6 x 25 Swim fast (rest 20) 200 Kick with fins 2 x 100 IM with fins (fly kick with breaststroke)(rest 30) 100 Easy cool down

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.

Brian Gettelfinger, an accomplished swimmer, swam through about 600 pounds of a syrup substitute — an edible thickener called guar gum — using backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly and freestyle.

The plus side is that the Swimbuds do sound nice while you're breaststroking away.

King and Efimova went back and forth Sunday after the breaststroke semifinals, trading finger wags as subtle digs against one another.

American Lilly King took home the gold medal in Monday's 100m breaststroke final, then got in one last dig against Russian swimmer Yulia Efimova.

After Rie Kaneto of Japan opened the evening by winning the women's 200 breaststroke ahead of Russia's Yulia Efimova, first - time U.S. Olympian Ryan Murphy won the 200 backstroke for his second gold medal of the Games.

Sizing up the situation at a glance, an intellectual attainment that had heretofore eluded me, I raced into the locker room, changed into swimming trunks, feeling as Superman must when he rips his clothing off in handy doorways and alleys, and swam the breaststroke leg for Hq.

# 30 Mark Miller LARAMIE Set state swimming records in 200 - yard freestyle and 500 free at Laramie High; second in 200 - yard breaststroke at 1988 NCAAs.

5:00 a.m.: Women's 100m Backstroke - Heats 5:20 a.m.: Men's 200m Freestyle - Heats 5:43 a.m.: Women's 100m Breaststroke - Heats 6:03 a.m.: Men's 100m Backstroke - Heats 6:23 a.m.: Women's 400m Freestyle - Heats 6:56 a.m.: Men's 4x100m Freestyle - Qualification 2:30 p.m.: Women's 100m Butterfly - Final 2:37 p.m.: Men's 200m Freestyle - Semifinals 2:50 p.m.: Women's 100m Breaststroke - Semis 3:11 p.m.: Men's 100m Breaststroke - Final 3:18 p.m.: Women's 400m Freestyle - Final 3:28 p.m.: Men's 100m Backstroke - Semifinals 3:49 p.m.: Women's 100m Backstroke - Semis 4:00 p.m.: Men's 4x100m Freestyle - Final

Blake compromised; he would swim the 50 -, 100 - and 200 - yard free but also the 100 and 200 breaststroke and — consider this a bit of foreshadowing — the 200 individual medley.

Individual medley are events in which the swimmers use all four competitive strokes: butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke and freestyle, in that order.

Originally from Switzerland, Martin holds the Swiss national record for the 50m and 100m breaststroke and has been named Swiss national champion on numerous occasions.

Soni, the current world - record holder in the 200 - meter breaststroke, was born and raised in New Jersey by her Hungarian parents.

At last summer's worldchampionships Ziegler won gold medals in the 1,500 and 800 freestyles, andHardy set a world record of 1:06.20 in the 100 breaststroke semifinals beforefinishing second in the final to Australia's Leisel Jones.

U.S. swimmer Caitlin Leverenz dominated the breaststroke, though, putting Ye far enough back to force her to storm back in the final 50 meters of freestyle.

As a member of the Trojans swim team, Soni was a six - time NCAA Champion, winning the 200 - yard breaststroke in 2006 - 09, and the 100 - yard breast in 2008 and 2009.

-- breaststroke.

Soni, who currently swims for the Trojan Swim Club in Los Angeles with coach Dave Salo, was the first woman to win four straight NCAA titles in the 100m breaststroke.

Lochte didn't, though, falling back and falling further behind Phelps and Thiago Pereira of Brazil in the breaststroke.

Brendan Hansen shattered his own world records in the100 and 200 breaststroke, while Michael Phelps added five more national titlesto his hardware mountain, losing only the 200 back, to the elder Peirsol, whohasn't been beaten in the event since 2000.

breaststroke, in 1:02.7.

Jackie Hogan, 10, of Radnor Woods, Del., who has won 185 swimming awards, set five age - group records in the state meet: 100 - yard individual medley (1:12.8), 50 - yard freestyle (29.0), 50 - yard breaststroke (37.7), 100 - yard free (1:02.3), 400 - yard free (4:47.5).

SWIMMING — JOSE FIOLO, Brazil's 17 - year - old Pan-American Games champion, broke the world 100 - meter breaststroke record in Rio de Janeiro with a 1:06.4 clocking,.3 second faster than the mark set by Vladimir Kosinsky at Leningrad last November.

Nevertheless, Jastremski stayed with the breaststroke, losing often to Nakasone for twoyears.

His victory in the breaststroke in 53.39 seconds also set the national high school record previously held by U.S. Olympian Brendan Hansen.

«In the 1956 Olympic trials,» he recalls, «I hadthe second - fastest qualifying time in the 200 - meter breaststroke, but I nevergot to the finals.

In the spring, he won an NCS title in the 200 individual medley, and finished second in the 100 breaststroke despite a time that was faster than the previous high school national record.

«Even though I saw him gettingbeaten,» Counsilman explains, «I saw his fast movements and knew hefitted our theory of what a breaststroke man should be.»

The morning session saw Vicky Mitropolou qualify for the women's 50m breaststroke final with a third place finish in her heat with a time of 31.13 s.

First up was Vicky Mitropolou who came seventh in the women's 50m breaststroke, smashing her entry time into the event by over half a second.

HANNAH TURLISH LEWISTON, MAINE Hannah, 12, a seventh - grader at Lewiston Junior High, set Maine age - group records in the 50 - and 100 - yard freestyle, the 50 breaststroke and butterfly and the 100 and 200 IM in one meet.

Spindrift Beck DALLAS > Swimming Spindrift, a junior at The Hockaday School, set a national independent - school record in the 100 - yard breaststroke (1:00.66), breaking the mark of Olympian Caroline Bruce.

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).

December 6 Saber individual, gymnastics, Greco - Roman wrestling, hockey, 200 - meter breaststroke, 100 - meter backstroke, 400 - meter relay (women's swimming), high diving, cycling.

Renee Laravie, 10, of the Dayton Dolphins set a new state record of 2:23.3 for the 200 - yard freestyle at the Ohio AAU Class A championships — plus new meet records in the 50 - and 100 - yard free - styles, the 100 - yard individual medley and the 50 - yard breaststroke.

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.

In 1875 the crawl was unknown, and Webb was saddled with the laborious Victorian sidestroke and the breaststroke, a handicap that added miles to his swim.

Not solely satisfied with earning one title at the competition, Martin was also named Swiss National Champion for the men's 100m breaststroke too!

Martin retained his Swiss Champion title for the men's 50m breaststroke for the seventh year running, qualifying for the European Championships in Israel next month.

She has NCAA Championships in the 200 IM and 200 Breaststroke.

# 19 Cathy Carr ALBUQUERQUE First New Mexican to win an Olympic gold medal got two in 1972, in the 100 - meter breaststroke and the 4X100 medley relay.

Most of the time, there are grey areas in every question, but not in this case: Swim the breaststroke, and do so with enthusiasm and a smile on your face when the race is called.

I hate the breaststroke but I'm OK at it — and my coach wants me to swim it in meets.

Triple world champion Adam Peaty progressed fastest through to Saturday's final of the 100m breaststroke.

At the British Swimming Championships Adam Peaty showed what was to come with a comfortable 100m breaststroke victory, while Jazz Carlin officially booked her Rio spot with 400m freestyle victory in her final event of the week.