Olympic Swimmers
Who is Michael Phelps?
This stroke is thought to be the oldest swimming stroke.
What is breaststroke?
The number of hands that need to touch the wall simultaneously on a butterfly or breaststroke race.
What is a two-hand touch?
The largest collegiate organization for sports, headquartered in Indianapolis.
What is the NCAA?
Butterfly and breaststroke turns must be executed with this type of approach.
What is a two hand touch?
This distance swimmer has won gold in every individual Olympic event she swam (2012 & 2016).
Who is Katie Ledecky?
The international governing body for aquatic sports.
What is FINA?
This is how you increase stroke rate on the breaststroke.
What is to decrease the amount of time you glide between each stroke?
One of the most historic pools in the United States, host to Olympic Swimming & Diving Trials, USA Swimming Nationals and World Championship Trials, and the NCAA Championships.
What is the Natatorium at IUPUI?
The limit for underwater racing on butterfly, backstroke, and freestyle.
What is 15 meters?
This 17-year old female broke the world record in the 200 Backstroke at the London 2012 Olympic Games.
Who is Missy Franklin?
The host site for the 2024 Olympic Games.
What is Paris, France?
These are the two types of freestyle and when are they primarily used.
What is shoulder-driven (sprints) & hip-driven (mid-distance/distance)?
Name 2 different collegiate sports organizations.
This 3-time Olympian was diagnosed with cancer in 2019 and has since recovered, he is a former swimmer at the University of California - Berkeley.
Who is Nathan Adrian?
The year mixed relays were introduced at the World Championships.
What is 2014?
Most swimming related injuries can be attributed to this.
What is improper technique?
The Butterfly stroke was "invented" at this Big Ten University.
What is the University of Iowa.
The first US swimmer to represent her country at 5 Olympic Games (1984, '88, '92, 2000, '08).
Who is Dara Torres?
Three major NATIONAL meets used as trials for INTERNATIONAL competitions.
What are US Olympic Trials, US Nationals, and US Junior Nationals?
Swimmers are only allowed to only kick underwater on their back during backstroke races and the backstroke leg of an IM, which US swimmer caused this rule to be passed?
Who is Ryan Lochte?
Name 5 colleges/universities that RAC has sent swimmers to.
Any of: Purdue University, Indiana University, Ball State University, Emory University, Kenyon College, Franklin College, Bellarmine University, Centre College, University of Cincinnati, University of Indianapolis, Urbana University.