How to Use medley relay in a Sentence

medley relay

noun
  • Fuller is making her outdoor debut at nationals, but the junior was part of the Broncos' distance medley relay that took fifth at the indoor championships in March.
    Rachel Roberts, idahostatesman, 6 June 2018
  • The Aussies got the better of the U.S. in the women's medley relay.
    Rachel Blount, Star Tribune, 31 July 2021
  • The British won the final event of the day, the mixed 4x100 meter medley relay.
    Brett McKeehan, CNN, 31 July 2021
  • The day began with a bang on the starting buzzer of the first event: the 200-yard medley relay.
    Drew Cove, Twin Cities, 16 Nov. 2019
  • Raider teams finished third and fifth in the 250 medley relay.
    Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 9 June 2022
  • Baker won a silver medal in the 100 backstroke and gold in the medley relay.
    David Woods, The Indianapolis Star, 9 June 2021
  • Cerys Gough contributed to a bronze medal in the medley relay.
    Jack Marrion, Houston Chronicle, 13 Feb. 2020
  • The only event Dressel failed to win all week was the new 4x100 mixed medley relay, though that was no fault on his own.
    Paul Newberry, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Aug. 2021
  • Dressel has one more shot at a gold in the 4x100 medley relay, an event the United States has never lost at the Olympics.
    BostonGlobe.com, 1 Aug. 2021
  • The Hoosier also won a third medal with silver in 400 medley relay.
    David Woods, The Indianapolis Star, 29 Dec. 2021
  • In the women’s 400 medley relay, Lilly King came away with her fifth Olympic medal and third from Tokyo.
    David Woods, The Indianapolis Star, 1 Aug. 2021
  • The men’s 4x100 medley relay closes the meet the following day.
    Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 July 2021
  • Smith also swam a leg in the winning 200 medley relay team.
    BostonGlobe.com, 6 Nov. 2021
  • Then, he was expected to swim one of the four legs in the U.S. mixed medley relay, also likely to earn a medal.
    Christine Brennan, USA TODAY, 31 July 2021
  • Great Britain won the final swimming medal of the day by setting a world record in the mixed 4x100 meter medley relay.
    Brett McKeehan, CNN, 31 July 2021
  • Among their successes, the Firebirds also broke the state record in the 200-yard medley relay.
    Christopher Howley, azcentral, 8 Nov. 2019
  • Shackell helped the Greyhounds win the championship meet’s first race as the third leg of Carmel’s 200-yard medley relay team.
    Paul Shepherd, The Indianapolis Star, 26 Feb. 2023
  • But Scholtz was also one of the legs of the 200 medley relay that DQ’d on the final exchange, costing the Tigers a sweep in the relays and what would’ve been their fourth state record of the day.
    Jake Adams, The Courier-Journal, 19 Feb. 2023
  • Xavier senior Eamon Burke, who is headed to Syracuse next year, won the 1,000 and helped the Falcons win the sprint medley relay.
    Lori Riley, courant.com, 12 Feb. 2022
  • The Irish were second in the distance medley relay after Yared Nuguse fell on the anchor leg.
    David Woods, The Indianapolis Star, 28 Feb. 2022
  • Rounding out the successful day in the pool was the women's 4x100 medley relay team taking the silver medal.
    Usa Today Sports, USA TODAY, 1 Aug. 2021
  • In Tokyo, White brought home a silver medal for her role in helping qualify the 100 medley relay for the final.
    Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 Dec. 2021
  • Davis later earned a gold when the United States won the 400-meter mixed medley relay, featuring two boys and two girls in all four strokes.
    David Woods, Indianapolis Star, 21 Aug. 2019
  • Shortly after winning his seventh medal of these Olympics, Phelps gives up his spot in the medley relay to Crocker.
    Houston Mitchell Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2021
  • Spitz and Heidenreich shared the pool once more, in the climactic 400 medley relay.
    David Woods, The Indianapolis Star, 2 Sep. 2022
  • The mixed 4x100-meter medley relay features two men and two women from each country.
    Naila-Jean Meyers, Star Tribune, 19 July 2021
  • Saltz’s Southern Utah team finished last in eighth place in that distance medley relay race in Idaho.
    Ryan Sparrow, USA Today, 30 June 2021
  • Britain won the wild Olympic debut of the 4x100-meter mixed medley relay, where two men and two women per country swim different legs.
    Beth Harris, ajc, 31 July 2021
  • Ikee swims next Friday in the 400 medley relay, again in relative silence.
    Dylan Hernández Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2021
  • The crowd was treated to another instant-classic race in the Class 3A sprint medley relay, when Brush overtook Elizabeth at the final moment to win.
    Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, 17 May 2024

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