At all venues, two sets of flags are hung above the pool, five meters from each end. The flags signal to swimmers that they are approaching the wall and should prepare to turn. The backstroke was ...

Olympic bronze medalist Katharine Berkoff earned silver Wednesday, touching the wall in 54.93 ... who swept the backstroke golds at the last two Olympics. Also Wednesday, Gretchen Walsh won ...

McKeown still rules the backstroke. “She is an absolutely incredible ... about halfway through the return lap and reached for the wall in 57.33, winning by a relatively comfortable margin ...

A flat start is considerably slower than a relay start. Flip turn: Used in freestyle and backstroke races, where swimmers somersault before reaching the wall and push off with their feet, never ...

2021-2022 (Senior): Competed in the 200 yard individual medley and 100 yard backstroke preliminaries at the Atlantic 10 Championships (2/16-2/19) while also making the finals in the 200 yard ...

Carnegie Mellon University men’s swimming and diving program won three national titles and earned All-America honors in nine ...

Stanford’s Josh Zuchowski rallied past Cornelius Jahn of Ohio State in the final meters, winning by .01 seconds in a 200 back ...

Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry celebrates her gold medal in the finals of women's 100m backstroke at the World Aquatics Championships in Montreal. (AP Photo/Frank Gunn, CP)Image: AP Kirsty Coventy has ...

CAMDEN Haven’s queen of the pool, Chloe Higgins, has secured two podium finishes at the Speedo NSW Junior State Age ...

The Lancaster Catholic senior finished fourth in the 100-yard backstroke at Thursday’s conclusion of the PIAA Class 2A championships at Bucknell University’s Kinney Natatorium. Elliott posted ...