Thank you to my Supporters!

Jun
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Thank you to my Supporters!

Posted by Kevin Doak on Monday at: 4:20am (June 23rd, 2008)

Thank you to my supporters today , it was a great day! I updated the "Trials" page with a few links, I'm still adding new information as I have it. Thanks for checking back.

A few backstroke facts via Wikipedia:

  • Backstroke is an ancient style of swimming.
  • It was the second stroke to be swum in competitions other than freestyle.
  • Backstroke was first inducted into the Olympics at 1900 Paris Olympics.
  • Those Olympics included a 200m backstroke race.
  • Backstroke is also almost always swum with bent arms underwater.
  • Backstroke is the third fastest stroke after Freestyle and Butterfly.
  • The maximum swimming speed is around 1.84 meter per second.
  • Due to its position on the back, backstroke uses different muscles in the upper body than other styles.