medley relay

noun

: a relay race in swimming in which each member of a team uses a different stroke

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Sunny Hills’ boys won the medley relay en route to a fourth-place finish in team points. Dan Albano, Oc Register, 9 May 2025 Anchoring both the Huskies’ Championship of America distance medley relay and the 4xmile relay, Green was cool, collected, and downright dominant. Cory Mull, Forbes.com, 26 Apr. 2025 In the boys’ distance medley relay, which included 50 competing teams, Canyon Crest Academy placed 13th with a new school record time of 10:27.14. Del Mar Times, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Apr. 2025 Local winners: 200 medley relay: St. Charles North (Thomas McMillan, Josh Lack, Brady Nightlinger, Collin Beu), 1:33.02. Josh Krockey, Chicago Tribune, 25 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for medley relay

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First Known Use

1924, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of medley relay was in 1924

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“Medley relay.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/medley%20relay. Accessed 25 May. 2025.

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