individual medley
noun
: a swimming race in which each contestant swims each part of the course with a different stroke
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Second-place finishes in the butterfly and individual medley and a team win in the 200-yard medley relay at the WIAC championships last month earned him another honor: All-Conference.
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USA TODAY, 12 Mar. 2024
Meyer took fifth in the 100-yard breaststroke at the sectional last year, while also finishing sixth in the 200 individual medley and contributing to a seventh-place 200 medley relay team.
—Zac Bellman, Journal Sentinel, 31 Jan. 2024
Shafer gave the Eagles a state title in 2023 in the 200-yard individual medley.
—Brendan Connelly, The Enquirer, 11 Jan. 2024
At the Munich Games in 1972, Sweden’s Gunnar Larsson took the gold in the 400-meter individual medley by a margin of two-thousandths, 4:31.981 to 4:31.983, over Tim McKee of the United States.
—Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 25 Jan. 2024
The holder of the 200 individual medley and 100 backstroke records, Noguchi has the 100 butterfly as a target as well as returning in the 100 back for his two individual races in the section championships May 3-6 at Granite Hills.
—Glae Thien, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Apr. 2023
Arizona State swimmer Leon Marchand set an NCAA record Friday night in the 400 individual medley, a blazing time of 3:28.82.
—Arizona Republic, The Arizona Republic, 24 Mar. 2023
Stein won the individual medley and backstroke and was second in the breaststroke in the 15-18 boys age group.
—Craig Clary, Baltimore Sun, 11 Aug. 2023
Cail was a California high school state champion in the 200-meter individual medley and the 500 free, and went on to swim at the University of Southern California.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 28 Aug. 2023
USA TODAY, 12 Mar. 2024
Meyer took fifth in the 100-yard breaststroke at the sectional last year, while also finishing sixth in the 200 individual medley and contributing to a seventh-place 200 medley relay team.
—Zac Bellman, Journal Sentinel, 31 Jan. 2024
Shafer gave the Eagles a state title in 2023 in the 200-yard individual medley.
—Brendan Connelly, The Enquirer, 11 Jan. 2024
At the Munich Games in 1972, Sweden’s Gunnar Larsson took the gold in the 400-meter individual medley by a margin of two-thousandths, 4:31.981 to 4:31.983, over Tim McKee of the United States.
—Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 25 Jan. 2024
The holder of the 200 individual medley and 100 backstroke records, Noguchi has the 100 butterfly as a target as well as returning in the 100 back for his two individual races in the section championships May 3-6 at Granite Hills.
—Glae Thien, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Apr. 2023
Arizona State swimmer Leon Marchand set an NCAA record Friday night in the 400 individual medley, a blazing time of 3:28.82.
—Arizona Republic, The Arizona Republic, 24 Mar. 2023
Stein won the individual medley and backstroke and was second in the breaststroke in the 15-18 boys age group.
—Craig Clary, Baltimore Sun, 11 Aug. 2023
Cail was a California high school state champion in the 200-meter individual medley and the 500 free, and went on to swim at the University of Southern California.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 28 Aug. 2023
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