US quartet smashes distance medley relay world record at Oregon relays

Kidder, Miller, Harris, and Wynne clock blistering 9:14.58 to shatter long-standing mark.

The US quartet of Brannon Kidder, Brandon Miller, Isaiah Harris, and Henry Wynne teamed up to set a distance medley relay world record of 9:14.58* at the Oregon Relays in Eugene, USA, on Friday (19).

The Previous record was held by the United States of America’s Kyle Merber, Brycen Spratling, Brandon Johnson, and Ben Blankenship. They completed the distance medley relay for a then-world record time of 9:15.50 at the 2015 World Athletics Relays in the Bahamas.

The quartet of Brannon Kidder, Brandon Miller, Isaiah Harris, and Henry Wynne have broken the world record after almost nine years. Moreover, they have also managed to improve the world record by a margin of almost a second.

The distance medley relay comprises legs of 1200m, 400m, 800m, and 1600m. Kidder got things started with his 1200m leg of 2:49.60 before Miller ran 46.60 for the 400m. 

Harris then clocked 1:45.75 for the 800m before Wynne brought the baton home after running 3:52.64 for the final 1600m leg.

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The next edition of the World Athletics Relays returns to Nassau, Bahamas, on May 4–5. Nassau won the bid for the 2024 World Athletics Relays against Lausanne in November 2022 in Rome. On Day 1, 20 heats across the five Olympic events will take place.

On the second day, the two-day meet will be concluded with 15 repechage heats and five finals across those five events.

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