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The distance medley relay has been held at the NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships annually since 1967. Since 1997, the race consists of a 1200 meters leg followed by a 400 meters sprint, followed by an 800 meters leg and concluding with the 1600 meters anchor for a total distance of 4000 meters. Before 1997, the order of the ...
Prior to going metric, the distance medley relay consisted of a 440-yard leg, an 880-yard leg, a 1320-yard leg and a one-mile leg. The total distance for the old distance medley relay was 4400 yards and the total distance for the current metric distance medley relay is 4374.45 yards - slightly over 25 yards shorter than the old race.
1600 meters is a middle distance track and field running event that is slightly shorter than the more common mile run, and 100 meters longer than the much more frequent 1500m run. It is a standardized event in track meets conducted by the NFHS in American high school competition, often being colloquially referred to as "the mile".
2015 IAAF World Relays – Women's distance medley relay; D. Distance medley relay; N. Distance medley relay at the NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships
Some non-Olympic relays are held at distances of 800 m, 3,200 m, and 6,000 m. In the less frequently run medley relays, however, the athletes cover different distances in a prescribed order—as in a sprint medley of 200, 200, 400, 800 metres or a distance medley of 1,200, 400, 800, 1,600 metres.
Distance medley relay: Final men Women's track events 7:00 p.m. Mile: Semifinal women 7:18 p.m. 60 meters: Semifinal women 7:30 p.m. 400 meters: Semifinal women 7:50 p.m. 800 meters: Semifinal women 8:05 p.m. 60 meter hurdles: Semifinal women 8:20 p.m. 5000 meters: Final women 8:40 p.m. 200 meters: Semifinal women 9:00 p.m. Distance medley ...
A distance seldom raced on its own, but commonly raced as part of the distance medley relay. There are no recorded world records or world bests. However, Hicham El Guerrouj is believed to be the fastest man at this distance: 2:44.75, Rieti, 2002. [10] This distance is short of three quarters of a mile (1,320 yards or 1,207m) by about 7 metres.
The 800 meter version is sometimes referred to as the Super Sprint Medley Relay to distinguish it from the longer version. More commonly, the 800 meters version is distinguished by abbreviated leg numbers (1-1-2-4). The events are usually not referred to by their cumulative distance as that would tend to indicate 4 legs of the same distance.