Poplar Tree‘s David Stewart slices through the water during the 15-18 50-meter breaststroke event on Saturday, July 7, against High Point Pool.
(Photo by Mark Hall)
Stewart won the race in 33.78 seconds, for his second win of the day. He remains undefeated in the breaststroke through the third week of Division 6 competition in the NVSL.
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Tags: David Stewart, Poplar Tree, Summer
Is the top time page working for anybody? It did not return anything for me no matter what criteria I picked.
That is an awesome photo. I always hope to be competitive in the photo of the week pick, but I definitely had nothing so dramatic this week. Great job Mark!
Mark takes pretty good pics on land too. Great pic as usual!
Funny, as an official, this APPEARS to be a stroke violation because the elbows are are above the surface of the water. From the USASWIMMING rule book:
101.2 BREASTSTROKE
.1 Start — The forward start shall be used.
.2 Stroke — After the start and after each turn when the swimmer leaves the wall, the body shall be kept on the breast. It is not permitted to roll onto the back at any time. Throughout the race the stroke cycle must be one arm stroke and one leg kick in that order.
All movements of the arms shall be simultaneous and in the same horizontal plane without alternating movement.
The hands shall be pushed forward together from the breast on, under, or over the water. The elbows shall be under water except for the final stroke before the turn, during the turn and for the final stroke at the finish. The hands shall be brought back on or under the surface of the water. The hands shall not be brought back beyond the hip line, except during the first stroke after the start and each turn.
The picture of the week seems riduculous. Thre were records broken last week in swimming and awesome diving, but you pick one swimmer to highlight
The results page is not working. Additionally, it is week 4 in some swim leagues and week 5 in others, so using the week designator seems not to reflect the entire RFTW audience. Relays aren’t even a selection on the results page.
Wow, DiveFan woke up on the wrong side of the bed. Keep up the great work, RFTW. This is a terrific site.