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Swim Team 101

Helpful information for parents new to swimming is provided in the document Swim Team 101 that can be accessed below:

Swim Team 101


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Marking Your Swimmer for Meets

Marking Your Swimmer for Meets
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Strokes & Order of Events

  • Medley Relay (MR)
    • Stroke order is: 1) Back, 2) Breast, 3) Fly, 4) Free
    • 7&8 yrs old and up
  • Freestyle/Free (Fr) – the “crawl”; all ages swim
  • Breaststroke/Breast (Br) - 7&8 yrs old and up swim
  • Backstroke/Back (Ba) - all ages swim
  • Butterfly/Fly (Fl) - 7&8 yrs old and up swim
  • Individual Medley (IM)
    • Stroke order is: 1) Fly, 2) Back, 3) Breast, 4) Free
    • 9&10 yrs old and up
  • Free Relay (FR) - all ages swim
  • Crescendo Relay (Event #77) - Swum after Event #34. One swimmer from each age group, freestyle 

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Events and Lengths by Age Group

  • 6&Under
    • Individual - 25 yds (Free, Back)
    • Relay - Free Relay
  • 7&8 yrs old
    • Individual - 25 yds (Free, Breast, Back, Free); 50 yds Free
    • Relays - Medley, Free
  • 9&10 yrs old
    • Individual - 25 yds (Free, Breast, Back, Free); 100 yds IM
    • Relays - Medley, Free
  • 11&12 yrs old, 13&14 yrs old, 15 yrs old and Up
    • Individual - 50 yds (Free, Breast, Back, Free); 100 yds IM
    • Relays - Medley, Free
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