What's What & Who's Who: Swimming
Stroke it
Swimmers compete in four strokes. Freestyle is generally the fastest, followed by Butterfly or Backstroke, and Breaststroke is the slowest. The shortest event is 50 yards long, which only requires one lap up and down the pool. (The collegiate pool is 25 yards long as opposed to Olympic size, which is 50 meters.) The longest event requires 66 laps — nearly a mile of swimming.
Polar bear club
