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American Indian or Alaska Native
American Indian or Alaska Native

The Indian Health Service (IHS), an agency within the Department of Health and Human Services, is responsible for providing federal health services to American Indians and Alaska Natives. The provision of health services to members of federally-recognized Tribes grew out of the special government-to-government relationship between the federal government and Indian Tribes.

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Asian
Asian

Asian Records : Short Course - compiled on October 2014: Download: Asian Swimming records – Long Course, compiled on July 2015: Download: Asian age Group records 14 & under, compiled on 8 October 2015

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Backstroke
Backstroke

Backstroke Swimming Technique – Overview Backstroke (or back crawl) is, as its name suggests, the only one of the four competitive swimming strokes swum on the back. In terms of speed, it is slower than front crawl or butterfly but faster than breaststroke.

Black or African American
Black or African American

It also helps that more black athletes are breaking records in the pool. Last year, 20-year-old Simone Manuel became the first African-American woman to win Olympic gold in swimming. “It’s turned a lot of African Americans’ heads to look at swimming as an option,” said McClendon, herself a record-breaker. She was the first black woman to earn a place on the U.S. Olympic Swim Team, earning a silver medal in the 400-meter freestyle relay in 2004.

Breaststroke
Breaststroke

Breaststroke is a swimming style in which the swimmer is on their chest and the torso does not rotate. It is the most popular recreational style due to the swimmer's head being out of the water a large portion of the time, and that it can be swum comfortably at slow speeds.

Butterfly
Butterfly

How to Swim the Butterfly Stroke. Two Parts: Perfecting the Stroke Using Practice Drills Community Q&A. The butterfly stroke is one of the most difficult swimming strokes. It is sometimes referred to as "Fly" for short. Although it is the second fastest stroke when done properly by a skilled athlete, it requires a very exact technique, strength and rhythm.

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Butterfly Stroke
Butterfly Stroke

Butterfly is a very tiring stroke, so be sure not to eat too much before swimming, to avoid cramps. Do not be discouraged; although this is a hard stroke for most, you are fully capable of achieving a 50 meter (164.0 ft) swim in 35 seconds when fully competitive.

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Front Crawl: the Fastest Style
Front Crawl: the Fastest Style

Empirically from http://www.usaswimming.org/_Rain..., "free style" is the fastest stroke. This is also called the "front crawl" (see Front crawl). However as Swimming stroke notes, there are at least 6 variations of that technique.

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Front Crawl/Freestyle
Front Crawl/Freestyle

The Freestyle is not actually a stroke but a category in swimming competition. The most common and popular stroke in freestyle races is the front crawl as this style is the fastest. For this reason, the term freestyle is often used as a synonym for front crawl.

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Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

According to OMB, “Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander” refers to a person having origins in any of the original peoples of Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands.

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Sidestroke
Sidestroke

The sidestroke is a swimming stroke, so named because the swimmer lies on one's side with asymmetric arm and leg motion and it is helpful as a lifesaving technique and is often used for long-distance swimming.

The Butterfly Stroke
The Butterfly Stroke

Butterfly is a very tiring stroke, so be sure not to eat too much before swimming, to avoid cramps. Do not be discouraged; although this is a hard stroke for most, you are fully capable of achieving a 50 meter (164.0 ft) swim in 35 seconds when fully competitive.

source: wikihow.com
The Freestyle Stroke
The Freestyle Stroke

The freestyle stroke, also known as front crawl, is the fastest and most efficient of the competitive swimming strokes. That’s why it is always used in the freestyle event of swimming competitions and is also often the preferred stroke of experienced swimmers and triathletes.

The Freestyle Stroke
The Freestyle Stroke

The freestyle stroke, also known as front crawl, is the fastest and most efficient of the competitive swimming strokes. That’s why it is always used in the freestyle event of swimming competitions and is also often the preferred stroke of experienced swimmers and triathletes.

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Trudgen
Trudgen

The trudgen is a swimming stroke sometimes known as the racing stroke, or the East Indian stroke. It is named after the English swimmer John Trudgen (1852–1902) and evolved out of sidestroke. One swims mostly upon one side, making an overhand movement, lifting the arms alternately out of the water.

White
White

Swimming whitewater: Beyond "feet-up" Most whitewater paddlers have heard the rule of thumb: "keep your feet up", which is the cardinal rule for avoiding foot entrapments caused by trying to stand in the river.