Swimming Relay's - What does that mean?
A relay is an event in which four swimmers participate in the race. This means that three other children are depending on them to complete an event. Please DO NOT take your child home before they swim in their designated relay. This would cause disappointment on the part of the other relay teammates.
Freestyle Relay: Four swimmers each swim freestyle. However, the distance swum differs by age group.
Medley Relay: Four swimmers participate, each of whom swims a different stroke. The first swimmer swims Backstroke (BA), the second Breaststroke (BR), the third Butterfly (FL), and the fourth Freestyle (FR). An easy way to remember this is: BA, BR, FL, FR are in alphabetical order.
Medley Relay - Stroke Order
Four swimmers participate, each of whom swims a different stroke. The first swimmer swims Backstroke (BA), the second Breaststroke (BR), the third Butterfly (FL), and the fourth Freestyle (FR). An easy way to remember this is: BA, BR, FL, FR are in alphabetical order.
Individual Medley Stroke Order
100 IM (individual medley) is an event in which ONE swimmer swims all four strokes in one race: 25 yards of butterfly, 25 yards of backstroke, 25 yards of breaststroke and 25 yards of freestyle, in this order (note that the IM order is different from the medley relay order).
