medley relay

noun

|Updated on: 10 Jun 2018

Definition of medley relay

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

Recent Examples of medley relay from the Web

Holds five individual school records (50 free, 100 free, 200 free, 500 free, 100 fly) and was a member of the 200 medley relay which broke the school record.

— sean begin, courant.com, "Boys Swimming: Athlete Of The Year, Tyler Branscombe, South Windsor," 3 May 2018
In the 200 medley relay, Stanford (1:33.11), California (1:33.85) and Indiana (1:33.89) were all under the previous American, collegiate and NCAA meet records.

— david woods, Indianapolis Star, "IU's Lilly King breaks own American record in NCAA swimming," 16 Mar. 2018
Westside won the sprint medley relay with a 3:44.29, set by Bennie Clark, Emmanuel Emere, Tomas Esquivel and Seth Thompson.

— jack marrion, Houston Chronicle, "Lamar sweeps Houston Relays filled with standouts," 8 Mar. 2018
The Spring-Ford distance medley relay of Zach Smith, Stephen Chapman, Milan Sharma, and Jake McKenna were silver medalists in a school-record 10:23.11.

— mike owens, Philly.com, "St. Joseph's Prep, Neumann-Goretti win team titles at PTFCA Indoor Track & Field Championships," 26 Feb. 2018
The Lions came-from-behind to win the 200 medley relay in thrilling fashion with a time 1:43.02.

— adam baum, Cincinnati.com, "Mason girls capture elusive OHSAA state swimming title," 25 Feb. 2018
Tech won the boys 200 medley relay by nearly two seconds over Fallston.

— randy mcroberts, The Aegis, "Records fall at region swim meet won by North Harford girls, Patterson Mill boys," 18 Feb. 2018
Hayes joined Caleb Saffold, Sam Lorge and Matthew Lepine to win the 200 medley relay in 1:42.40.

— andrew gruman, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Whitefish Bay swim finishes as sectional runner-up, Cedarburg moves seven entries on to state meet," 14 Feb. 2018
The Trojans' 200 medley relay of Jaclyn Klimczak, junior Jenn Gillen, freshman Olivia Kroeger and junior Jadah Eshenaur finished sixth.

— michael osipoff, Post-Tribune, "Special Kay: Munster's Foley wins state title in 500 freestyle in thrilling finish," 11 Feb. 2018

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