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Pools – There are two types of pools. The first kind is used for short course races, it is 25 yards long and is usually indoors. The second kind is 50 meters long which is about twice as long as a 25 yard pool and is used mainly for long course. It can be indoors or outside.
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Events Freestyle Stroke- The events swam in freestyle include (in yd): 50yd; 100yd; 200yd; 500yd; 1,000yd; and 1650yd.
Backstroke- The backstroke events include (in yd): 50yd (only available until 12 years of age); 100yd; and 200yd.
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Breaststroke- The
Breaststroke events swam in competition include (in yd): 50yd ( only
available until 12 years of age); 100yd; and 200yd.
Butterfly Stoke- Butterfly events include (in yd): 50yd (only available until 12 years of age); 100yd; and 200yd. |
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Individual Medley- IM events include (in yd):100yd (only available until 12 years of age); 200yd; and the 400yd.
Relays- There are four people on each relay team. Depending on the length of the race, each person swim an equal part of the race such as 50yd for a 200yd relay or 100yd for a 400yd relay. The events for relays are: 200freestyle and 400 freestyle relay. |
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Heats and Lanes- Each even is broken up into heats or races. The heats are unlimited in the possible total number in each event. The first hear has the slowest seed times and the last heat has the fastest seed times. The lanes are also organized by speed. The slowest swimmers are in the outside lanes and as you move inward the swimmers get faster so the fastest people are next to each other. The number of lanes in a pool varies. |
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