Ashby Triumphs in Australian Age Group Champs
Bradlee Ashby (Yr 11) has won gold in the 15 years grade 400m individual medley in a time of 4 minutes 33.04 seconds, at the recent Australian age-group championships in Adelaide.
To put this achievement into perspective, Ashby's time was only 1.3 seconds short of the record set by Olympic swimmer Danyon Loader. Ashby swims for the Hamilton Swimming Club, and participated in the competition over ten days at the SA Aquatic and Leisure Centre. He is now on hiatus, but will begin training again shortly, with a long term goal of swimming in the 2016 Olympic Games.
What is an Individual Medley?
Individual medley consists of a single swimmer swimming equal distances of four different strokes within one race.
Stroke order
Individual medley consists of four strokes. Usually each stroke has an equal part of the overall distance, i.e. 1/4 of the overall distance is swum in one stroke. The strokes are swum in this order:
1. Butterfly
2. Backstroke
3. Breaststroke
4. Freestyle, with the limitation that freestyle does not include backstroke, breaststroke, or the butterfly. Most swimmers use the front crawl.
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