I used to swim backstroke on the swim team.    From LearnThat.org. 

Her time in the backstroke was a new state-qualifying mark.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Bellingham Herald: Sports News] Reference

His time of 1 minute, 1.52 seconds in the backstroke was a state qualifying mark.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Bellingham Herald: Sports News] Reference

"backstroke" of the steamboat engine was either unknown or not generally known.    From Wordnik.com.  [Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 6 of 8 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History] Reference

He ` s going to enter the Olympics in the backstroke.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Apr 21, 2005] Reference

Then 2 laps backstroke, and about 50 laps breastroke.    From Wordnik.com.  [blu94anjel Diary Entry] Reference

It was a young woman swimming an easy paced backstroke.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Payback Club]

MOOS: Forget the backstroke, this is plain old stroking.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Aug 20, 2008] Reference

Get on your back, and start doing basically a backstroke.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 26, 2007] Reference

Another swimmer, Marianne Kriel, won bronze in the backstroke.    From Wordnik.com.  [Contents] Reference

I mimicked it doing backstroke, so obviously we looked really cool.    From Wordnik.com.  [I seem to have a place in my heart for Liverpudlian footballers.] Reference

She won the 200-meter backstroke with a world record time of 2: 05.24.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Aug 23, 2008] Reference

Doing an elegant backstroke in a shot glass, Peggy Noonan indulges her muse.    From Wordnik.com.  [Vaporous Cloud Attempts to Form Thought: James Wolcott] Reference

"I would have been just another female backstroke swimmer without Brundage.".    From Wordnik.com.  [An Olympic Cocktail] Reference

GRACE: Sounds like to me somebody ` s doing a little backstroke right about now.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 20, 2008] Reference

The 2004 gold medalist gets a repeat victory in the women's 100 meter backstroke.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Aug 12, 2008] Reference

She won her 50-meter backstroke heat today but didn't qualify for the semifinals.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Mar 28, 2007] Reference

The first blinded him with a slashing backstroke, the second stabbed into his chest.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sharpe's Rifles]

GRACE: Gloria, you know Howard K. Stern is doing the backstroke in that pool right now.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 18, 2007] Reference

She said Ndungane had been swimming since a child and her favourite stroke was backstroke.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

Ryan Lochte won the 200-meter backstroke at the U.S. national championships on Saturday night.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lochte Upsets Phelps in 200 IM at US Nationals] Reference

Natalie Coughlin became the first woman to repeat as gold medalist in the 100-meter backstroke.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Aug 12, 2008] Reference

Natalie Coughlin became the first woman to repeat as gold medalist in the 100 meter backstroke.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Aug 12, 2008] Reference

GARRETT REISMAN, DISCOVERY ASTRONAUT: As -- I think it was a desperate attempt at a backstroke.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 7, 2008] Reference

VOICE OF GARRETT REISMAN, DISCOVERY ASTRONAUT: I think it was a desperate attempt at a backstroke.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 7, 2008] Reference

Natalie Coughlin in the women's 100-meter backstroke, and Aaron Peirsol in the men's 100 backstroke.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Aug 12, 2008] Reference

I did the backstroke against the current, with my ears under the water, looking up at the dusky sky.    From Wordnik.com.  [the-forest Diary Entry] Reference

Natalie Coughlin won the 100 backstroke in her first major competition since the 2008 Beijing Olympics.    From Wordnik.com.  [Michael Phelps Dominates US Nationals] Reference

I'm not that slow, I still can't do breaststroke all that well, but my freestyle and backstroke are ok.    From Wordnik.com.  [blu94anjel Diary Entry] Reference

All this test consisted of was jumping in water, treading for 20-30 seconds, freestyle, and backstroke.    From Wordnik.com.  [krazililme Diary Entry] Reference

At this point, there's not much anyone can do about the heat, except to keep working on their backstroke.    From Wordnik.com.  [Forecast: Heat begins its comeback] Reference

Peters jumped in behind and took a wild cut at its right Achilles tendon, hamstrung it on his backstroke.    From Wordnik.com.  [Old Tin Sorrows]

I LIFT my arms out of the water in a slow backstroke, then roll myself over and start to swim in earnest.    From Wordnik.com.  [Six Bad Things]

For 12 years, Mr. Kiefer dominated international races in the backstroke as well as the individual medley.    From Wordnik.com.  [Swimming the Distance] Reference

Though the media played up the novelty of Phelps's loss in the 200m backstroke, it actually wasn't a surprise.    From Wordnik.com.  [Uncharted Waters] Reference

Natalie Coughlin won her medal Monday in the 100-meter backstroke, falling just short of her own world record.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Aug 17, 2004] Reference