How to Use medley relay in a Sentence

medley relay

noun
  • 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
  • Michael Phelps closes the Rio Olympics with a gold medal in the butterfly leg of the 4x100 medley relay.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2024
  • 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
  • The Warriors’ 4x800 relay won, as did the sprint medley relay.
    Lori Riley, courant.com, 1 May 2018
  • 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
  • Just before, Fink won the silver medal in the men's 4x100-meter medley relay.
    Lindsay Kimble, Peoplemag, 5 Aug. 2024
  • That same year, David also took home the gold during the 4 x 100-meter medley relay.
    Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 1 Aug. 2024
  • 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
  • Reece also helped his team rally to win silver in the 400-mixed medley relay.
    The Root Staff, The Root, 19 Mar. 2018
  • Smith also ran one of the 200-meter legs Friday on the Tigers’ winning sprint medley relay team.
    Joe Juliano, Philly.com, 28 Apr. 2018
  • 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
  • Katy was led by medals in the distance medley relay, mile relay and Audrey Louise Witham's silver in the 1,600.
    Jack Marrion, Houston Chronicle, 9 Mar. 2018
  • 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
  • Plus: Regan Smith picked up gold as part of the United States' women's 4x100-meter medley relay team.
    Axios Twin Cities, Axios, 5 Aug. 2024

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