Sentences with phrase «relay leg»

I volunteered to drive a relay leg from Perry, Okla., to Wichita, Kan., and afterward was hooked on the idea of saving the lives of innocent animals simply by changing their geographic locations.»

It's the final race, final jump, final relay leg and they do what they usually do.

But he drove on implacably to clock 43.3, the best relay leg of his life.

The hoodie is more loungewear then running gear for me, but I'm excited to wear the tank during at least one of my Madison to Chicago Ragnar Relay legs next month.

Each coordinator can post requests for drivers to fill relay legs along a particular route.

Relay legs range from the shortest at four and a half hours to a gruelling 12 hour stretch from Edinburgh to Durham.

Not exact matches

Australia's women retained their Olympic title by winning the 4x100m freestyle relay in world record time, with sisters Bronte and Cate Campbell swimming the last two stages to overhaul the United States, despite the efforts of Katie Ledecky on the anchor leg.

It's about progress and playing a part in the greater good, not running all legs of the relay alone.

«If we're in a 4 × 100 relay of drug development then what we're doing is the second and third legs of development,» says Rae.

Phil Knight, who was still good enough at 43 to run a brisk 800 - meter leg in this year's Beer Relays, traces Nike's roots all the way back to the late»50s when he was on Bowerman's track team.

Coach Mike Babcock relayed after Wednesday's game that Gardiner was suffering from muscle spasms in his leg and the training staff wouldn't allow him to return, Chris Johnston of Hockey Night in Canada reports.

We were a cinch to win the relay as Frank Nauss, a two - time All - America from North Carolina State, who had already won three races for us, was swimming the freestyle leg.

Nellum earned a silver medal at the games, running the first leg of the men's 4x400 meter relay.

Willie Williams, the only man to beat Johnson this season, has run a 46.3 quarter mile leg in a mile relay.

Nadine started the day by taking the 100m, 200m and 400m titles, but the moment of the match was her anchor leg in the 4x400m relay, where she caught and overtook the Cambridge athlete in the final metres of the last race of the day, bringing the match victory back to Oxford for the first time in four years.

Versatile Southern, who flew up from Dallas after beating Bobby Morrow in 220 in 20.6, spread his wings in 440, tore off 44.6 anchor leg to haul teammates Wally Wilson, Drew Dunlap and Jimmy Holt to new college mile relay record of 3:09.1, bettering 17 - year - old mark held by California (April 19).

She also swam the first leg of the 4 √ ó 100 free relay that finished second.

The United States was second to Australia going into the last leg of the women's 4x200 - meter freestyle relay final Wednesday at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, but Allison Schmitt turned in yet another dominant swim to help the team set an Olympic record at 7:42.92 and win the gold medal.

After running the third leg to Jones's anchor on a 4x100 - meter relay, she refused to run with Jones on a 4x200 relay team.

Three days later Griffith ran a scorching third leg on the women's 4 X 100 - meter relay, which put the U.S. out of reach of an East German team running without Drechsler.

Then in the 400 freestyle relay, Chenault swam the lead leg for the Cougars and set an NCS record in the 100 freestyle.

She set NCS records in the 100 and 200 freestyles, won the 500 freestyle and swam the lead - off leg to Carondelet's national - record setting 400 freestyle relay.

Just before midnight last Friday on the floor of the Athens Olympic Stadium, U.S. pole vaulter Toby Stevenson looked up between jumps and saw a fleet of runners tear past him on the final leg of the women's 4 √ ó100 - meter relay, the crowd in full throat.

He also contributed to legs on two NCS relay titles for Granada in 2014, including the NCS record in the 400 freestyle (2 minutes, 59 seconds).

Four days later he ran the third leg of the USA's winning 400 - meter relay.

May placed first in the 120 - yard high hurdles, the 440 - yard run and the 440 - yard hurdles and, for good measure, ran legs on three winning relay teams.

Bill Woodhouse, beefy, piston - legged sprinter whose practice duels with Bobby Morrow have tuned him fine, anchored Abilene Christian relay team to records in 440 and 880, added win in 100 at Penn Relays.

Dondre, a recent graduate of Potomac High, finished first in the 110 -(13.59 seconds) and 300 - meter hurdles (36.26) and ran a leg in the winning 4 √ ó 100 relay (41.08), setting state records in each event, to help the Wolverines win the 3A title.

A right wing and center on two state championship - winning hockey teams, he also ran the second leg of a champion 4x100m relay team and played quarterback.

He also ran the third leg of the Trojans» 4 × 100 relay which finished third but was actually awarded silver after real - time winners Edison - Fresno were disqualified due to baton handoff violations.

In the relay Torrence, returning to run the second leg for the U.S., ripped her 400 in 49.8 to take the lead from a strong Unified Team, and Jearl Miles held it with a 49.5, but 1988 Olympic 400 champion Olga Bryzgina was too strong for Rochelle Stevens.

Torrence took about six lungfuls of righteous satisfaction and, after a victory lap, left to rest for a leg in the 4 X 400 relay.

Untroubled, Clark pounded out a 47 - second leg (second fastest 100 yards of the whole meet), and Yale broke all records for this kind of relay in this kind of pool.

That was before he went to the CIF State Championships and set meet records in the 200 freestyle (1:34.25), and 100 freestyle (43.46) as the lead leg to Northgate's state - champion 400 relay team.

As Marc Courtney - Brooks touched the wall well ahead of the field on the anchor leg of the season - ending 400 - yard freestyle relay, his coach, the irrepressible Jim Steen, bear - hugged his swimmers and acknowledged the boisterous cheers emanating from the purple - clad Kenyon College section at the St. Peters Rec - Plex in St. Louis.

At that point, Jackson had to run a leg in the 400 - meter relay and Moore, then unleashed his winning jump.

Muir wasn't the only one to set a new British record at the capital's Olympic Stadium, with the event also doubling up as the London leg of the Diamond League, as the women's 4x100m relay team outclassed their opponents.

The San Siro's well worn pitch was only relayed a day before the first leg, and was left unchanged on the wings.

Also at the meet on Saturday (IAAF World Indoor Tour opener) will be hurdler Sydney McLaughlin, who will run the 400m leg for the USA All - Star Distance Medley Relay team that includes the previously announced 2016 Olympic bronze medallists Jenny Simpson and Emma Coburn, as well as 2013 IAAF World Championships bronze medallist Brenda Martinez.

Ohuruogu, who in the past has been known for disappointing on the relay, ran the leg of her life and in 51.98 seconds she overtook long - time leaders USA and Russia, handing over to hurdles specialist Perri Shakes - Drayton in first place.

I had not run more than a mile in over six months, and my leg of the relay was just shy of six miles.

The case for Tibetan independence was further brought to the world's eyes when the western legs of the Olympic torch relay were dominated by pro-Tibetan demonstrators.

So far, different research teams have run only a few legs of this developmental relay in the lab.

The six - legged biomechanical hybrid can rise, hover, and fly on command, guided by a radio receiver that relays signals to electrodes connected to the insect's optic lobes and flight muscles.

We helped carry the baton through the last leg of the relay.»

I scaled back so I could preserve my legs, because I had a relay race over the weekend.

... If you're fortunate enough to have a film that gets released, it's really four stages of filmmaking: You've got your prep, you've got production, you've got your post (production) and you've got the promotion, which is like your last leg of the relay before your film goes out.

Serra wins the division 4 4 × 100 meter relay as Jazmyne Frost runs the final leg during the CIF - SS Track and Field Divisional Finals at El Camino College in Torrance, Calif., on Saturday, May 19, 2018.

Santa Margarita wins the division 3 4 × 100 meter relay as Tessa Green runs the final leg during the CIF - SS Track and Field Divisional Finals at El Camino College in Torrance, Calif., on Saturday, May 19, 2018.

Paraclete wins the division 4 4 × 100 meter relay as Andre Hunt, third from left) runs the final leg during the CIF - SS Track and Field Divisional Finals at El Camino College in Torrance, Calif., on Saturday, May 19, 2018.