individual medley
Noun
Meaning
individual medley (countable and uncountable, plural individual medleys)
(swimming) A medley swimming race consisting of a single competitor swimming equal distances of four different strokes.
Synonym: (initialism) IM
Coordinate term: medley relay
Examples
After Lee’s runner-up 2:35.79 and Smee’s third-place 2:35.79 in the 200 individual medley, Ulvin led the field in the 50 freestyle with a 25.89.
Banks, a freshman, picked up two second-place finishes, in the 200 individual medley in 2:06.00 and the 100 breaststroke in 1:01.87.
In the 400 yard individual medley, sophomore Lucia Rizzo finished 11th overall with a time of 4:27.44, junior Kennedy Tranel finished in 13th with a time of 4:30.02 and senior Kami Pankratz rounded out the three in 15th at 4:32.48.
There were also some older swimmers who finished first in their events, including senior Kenisha Liu, who finished first in the 200-yard individual medley and third in the 100-yard backstroke.
Bates, 17, set the fastest time ever recorded at the Swimming Canterbury West Coast championships in the women’s 200m individual medley.
Barr highlighted the strong performance from Connor Lohman ’17, who won the 400-yard individual medley and 100-yard breaststroke, in addition to being a member of a first-place 200-yard medley relay team.