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Definition of medley relay
: a relay race in swimming in which each member of a team uses a different stroke
Examples of medley relay in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web Saguaro won the 400-yard freestyle relay and the 200-yard medley relay last year, thanks in large part to returning seniors Denton Smith, Miguelangel Miranda, Gage Quick and Caden Spychala.
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Joshua Iversen, The Arizona Republic, "Here's a look at boys high school swim and dive teams to watch this fall," 12 Sep. 2020 Spitz placed first in the 100-meter freestyle, the 200-meter freestyle, the 100-meter butterfly, the 200-meter butterfly, the 4×100-meter freestyle relay, the 4×200-meter freestyle relay and the 4×100-meter medley relay.
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Aron Heller, Star Tribune, "Israeli team's massacre overshadows sports at 1972 Olympics," 7 Aug. 2020 Gugni won the freestyle sprints at the OAA Red Division meet and twice was on the state champion medley relay.
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Wright Wilson, Detroit Free Press, "Detroit Free Press Sports Awards: Meet the boys swimming nominees," 13 June 2020 Michelle MacPherson, a swimmer and also a UC grad, competed for Canada in 1980 and won a bronze medal in 1984 in the 4x100 medley relay.
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James Weber, Cincinnati.com, "Swimming 'saved me and taught me who I am,' says 1980 Olympian who is a top coach," 3 June 2020 Parker made her biggest mark by running on the Aggies’ distance medley relay.
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David Hinojosa, ExpressNews.com, "Antonian alum Brittany Parker earns high honors at Texas A&M," 12 May 2020 Bernal also helped the Wildcats’ 200 and 400 medley relays earn A cuts.
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Jack Marrion, Houston Chronicle, "Seven Lakes grad McNeese posts three All-American times," 20 Apr. 2020 After finishing unprecedented 8-of-8 NCAA sweep, the IU breaststroker repeated as world champion at 50 and 100 meters and was on medley relay setting a world record.
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David Woods, Indianapolis Star, "David Woods' top Indiana Olympic athletes for 2019 in pro, college and high school," 21 Jan. 2020 The Wellesley girls started Sunday’s MIAA South Swimming & Diving Championships at Boston University with a runner-up finish to Ursuline in the 200-yard medley relay.
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BostonGlobe.com, "Most read on BostonGlobe.com," 11 Nov. 2019
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The first known use of medley relay was in 1924
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