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Athletics Distance Medley Relay
Athletes competing in the DMR at the 2018 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships
World records
Men	Brooks Beasts (Brannon Kidder, Brandon Miller, Isaiah Harris, Henry Wynne 9:14.58 (2024)
Women	New Balance (Emma Coburn, Kendall Ellis, Roisin Willis, Elle Purrier St. Pierre 10:33.85 (2022)

The distance medley relay (DMR) is an athletic event in which four athletes compete as part of a relay. With its inclusion in the IAAF World Relays program, the IAAF announced on May 1, 2015 that the event would be an official world record event.

Unlike most track relays, each member of the team runs a different distance. A distance medley relay is made up of a 1200-meter leg (three laps on a standard 400 meter track), a 400-meter leg (one lap), an 800-meter leg (two laps), and a 1600-meter leg (four laps) in that order. The total distance run is 4000 meters, or nearly 2.5 miles. Aside from the 400 meter segment, which is a sprint, all legs are a middle distance run. 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.

World record

Men

The United States is expected to hold the world record in the men's DMR, assuming formal ratification of a performance of 9:14.58, set on April 19, 2024 during the Oregon Relays at Hayward Field, Eugene, Oregon. The team consisted of Brannon Kidder 2:49.60 (1200m), Brandon Miller 46.60 (400m), Isaiah Harris 1:45.75 (800m) and Henry Wynne 3:52.64 (1600m).

After the IAAF announcement of world record status, the first mark to become the ratified world record was set by a Kenyan team in 9:15.56. Elkanah Angwenyi in 2:50.8 (1,200 meters), Thomas Musembi in 45.8 (400), Alfred Yego in 1:46.2 (800) and Alex Kipchirchir in 3:52.8 (1,600) recorded it on April 29, 2006, at the Penn Relays in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The Oklahoma State Track and Field team of Fouad Messaoudi in 2:49.49 (1,200 meters), DJ McArthur in 46.82 (400), Hafez Mahadi in 1:47.27 (800), and Ryan Schoppe in 3:52.84 (1,600) currently hold the indoor world best in a time of 9:16.40. The mark was set on February 17, 2023 at the Arkansas Qualifier in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

Women

At the 2015 IAAF World Relays, the women's world record was set by the American team of Treniere Moser 3:18.38 (1200m), Sanya Richards-Ross (50.12) (400m), Ajee' Wilson 2:00.08 (800m), and Shannon Rowbury 4:27.92 (1600m) running 10:36.50. They beat the outdoor record of 10:48.38 set by a team from Villanova University of Kathy Franey (1200m), Michelle Bennett (400m), Celeste Halliday (800m), and Vicki Huber (1600m) at the Penn Relays in April 1988 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 27 years earlier.

The United States women's team of Sarah Brown, Mahagony Jones, Megan Krumpoch, and Brenda Martinez set the first indoor world record for the event with a time of 10:42.57 at New Balance Indoor Grand Prix in 2015. At the time of the IAAF announcement, this time, superior to the best time outdoors, became the ratified world record even though it was set on an indoor banked track.

On April 15, 2022 an American team consisting of Heather MacLean, Kendall Ellis, Roisin Willis and Elle Purrier St. Pierre set the current best indoor time of 10:33.85 at The TRACK in Boston. Nevertheless the distance medley relay is only a world record discipline outdoors it is a subject to usual ratification procedure to become an outright world record because their time bettered the outdoor mark of 10:36.50.

All-time top 25

Men

• Updated April 2024.

Rank	Time	Team	Athletes	Date	Place	Ref
1	9:14.58	Brooks Beasts	Brannon Kidder (2:49.60), Brandon Miller (46.60), Isaiah Harris (1:45.75), Henry Wynne (3:52.64)	19 April 2024	Eugene
2	9:15.50	USA	Kyle Merber, Brycen Spratling, Brandon Johnson, Ben Blankenship	3 May 2015	Nassau
3	9:15.56	Kenya	Elkanah Angwenyi (2:50.8), Thomas Musembi (45.8), Alfred Yego (1:46.2), Alex Kipchirchir (3:52.8)	29 April 2006	Philadelphia
4	9:15.63	USA	Chris Lukezic (2:51.7), James Carter (45.6), Khadevis Robinson (1:44.5), Bernard Lagat (3:53.8)	29 April 2006	Philadelphia
5	9:16.34	Ethiopia	Abiyote Abinet (2:53.5), Bereket Desta (46.0), Mohammed Aman (1:44.0), Aman Wote (3:52.8)	27 April 2013	Philadelphia
6	9:16.40i	Oklahoma State University	Fouad Messaoudi (2:49.49), DeJuana McArthur (46.82), Hafez Mahadi (1:47.27), Ryan Schoppe (3:52.84)	17 February 2023	Fayetteville
7	9:16.65i	University of Washington	Joe Waskom (2:49.41), Daniel Gaik (46.37), Cass Elliott (1:47.42), Kieran Lumb (3:53.46)	17 February 2023	Fayetteville
8	9:17.01	Kenya	Anthony Chemut (2:51.6), Kennedy Chepsiror (47.1), Timothy Kitum (1:45.4), Caleb Ndiku (3:52.9)	27 April 2013	Philadelphia
9	9:17.20	Kenya	Abednego Chesebe Miti, Alphas Leken Kishoyian, Ferguson Cheruiyot Rotich, Timothy Cheruiyot	3 May 2015	Nassau
10	9:17.34iOT	Northern Arizona University	Colin Sahlman, Trenton Givens, Theo Quax, Nico Young (3:52.03)	2 February 2024	South Bend
11	9:17.48	Morocco	Mohammed Moustaoui (2:48.54), Marouan Maadadi (46.36), Mohammed Laalou (1:49.50), Amine Laalou (3:53.08)	30 April 2011	Philadelphia
12	9:17.56	Australia	Ryan Gregson (2:48.66), Sean Wroe (45.95), Lachlan Renshaw (1:46.29), Jeff Riseley (3:56.66)	30 April 2011	Philadelphia
13	9:17.92iOT	University of North Carolina	Ethan Strand, Andrew Regnier, Kyle Reinheimer, Parker Wolfe (3:52.70)	2 February 2024	South Bend
14	9:18.09	USA	Bernard Lagat (2:48.29), Michael Tinsley (46.13), Duane Solomon (1:46.31), Russell Brown (3:57.36)	30 April 2011	Philadelphia
15	9:18.21	USA Red	Andrew Wheating (2:52.2), Quentin Summers (44.8), Duane Solomon (1:45.0), David Torrence (3:56.2)	27 April 2013	Philadelphia
16	9:18.81i	University of Washington	Joe Waskom (2:51.34), Daniel Gaik (46.37), Nathan Green (1:46.57), Luke Houser (3:54.54)	16 February 2024	Fayetteville
17	9:18.95i	University of Virginia	Connor Murphy, Alex Sherman, Alex Leath, Gary Martin	16 February 2024	Fayetteville
18	9:19.31	USA Blue	Tyler Mulder (2:52.8), David Neville (46.7), Khadevis Robinson (1:44.9), Leo Manzano (3:54.9)	28 April 2012	Philadelphia
19	9:19.33	USA Blue	Matthew Centrowitz (2:53.4), Kind Butler (45.5), Charles Jock (1:45.7), Bernard Lagat (3:54.8)	27 April 2013	Philadelphia
19	9:19.33iOT	University of Michigan	Trent McFarland, Dubem Amene, Miles Brown, Nick Foster	2 February 2024	South Bend
21	9:19.42i	University of Oregon	Cole Hocker (2:49.89), Luis Peralta (47.29), Charlie Hunter (1:47.65), Cooper Teare (3:54.61)	29 January 2021	Fayetteville
22	9:19.74i	Oklahoma State University	Brian Musau, DuJuana MacArthur, Mehdi Yanouri, Ryan Schoppe	16 February 2024	Fayetteville
23	9:19.88	USA Red	Russell Brown (2:52.9), Michael Tinsley (45.8), Nick Symmonds (1:44.0), Bernard Lagat (3:57.2)	28 April 2012	Philadelphia
24	9:19.93i	USA	Matthew Centrowitz (2:49.47), Mike Berry (46.39), Erik Sowinski (1:47.60), Pat Casey (3:56.47)	31 January 2015	New York City
25	9:19.98i	University of Oregon	Cole Hocker (2:52.73), Xavier Nairne (47.58), Charlie Hunter (1:46.70), Cooper Teare (3:52.99)	12 March 2021	Fayetteville

Women

• Updated April 2024.

Rank	Time	Team	Athletes	Date	Place	Ref
1	10:33.85i	New Balance	Heather MacLean (3:14.92), Kendall Ellis (52.04), Roisin Willis (2:03.30), Elle Purrier St. Pierre (4:23.55)	15 April 2022	Boston
2	10:36.50	United States	Treniere Moser, Sanya Richards-Ross, Ajeé Wilson, Shannon Rowbury	2 May 2015	Nassau
3	10:37.55	Harvard University	Sophia Gorriaran (3:20.36), Chloe Fair (53.20), Victoria Bossong (2:02.54), Maia Ramsden (4:21.47)	26 April 2024	Philadelphia
4	10:39.04	Providence College	Shannon Flockhart (3:15.11), Jillian Fenerty (55.05), Alex O'Neill (2:05.21), Kimberley May (4:23.68)	26 April 2024	Philadelphia
5	10:39.91i	Nike Union Athletic Club	Ella Donaghu, Raevyn Rogers, Sinclaire Johnson, Shannon Osika	11 February 2022	Spokane
6	10:40.31i	United States	Emma Coburn, Sydney McLaughlin, Brenda Martinez, Jenny Simpson	28 January 2017	Boston
7	10:42.57i	New Balance	Sarah Brown, Mahogany Jones, Megan Krumpoch, Brenda Martinez	7 February 2015	Boston
8	10:42.79i	New York All-Stars	Stephanie Charnigo, Katie Hoaldridge, Latavia Thomas, Nicole Tully	7 February 2015	Boston
9	10:43.35	Kenya	Selah Jepleting Busienei, Joy Nakhumicha Sakari, Sylivia Chematui Chesebe, Virginia Nyambura Nganga	2 May 2015	Nassau
10	10:43.39i	University of Washington	Chloe Foerster (3:15.29), Anna Terrell (54.74), Marlena Preigh (2:03.34), Carley Thomas (4:30.02)	16 February 2024	Boston
11	10:44.07i	Providence College	Shannon Flockhart, Jillian Fenerty, Alex O'Neill, Kimberley May	16 February 2024	Boston
12	10:44.67i	Brigham Young University	Sadie Sargent, Sami Oblad, Meghan Hunter, Riley Chamberlain	16 February 2024	Boston
13	10:45.32	Poland	Katarzyna Broniatowska, Monika Szczęsna, Angelika Cichocka, Sofia Ennaoui	2 May 2015	Nassau
14	10:46.62i	University of Washington	Sophie O'Sullivan (3:16.24), Marlena Preigh (54.21), Carley Thomas (2:01.93), Anna Gibson (4:34.26)	3 February 2023	Boston
15	10:46.94	Australia	Melissa Duncan, Samantha Lind, Brittany McGowan, Heidi See	2 May 2015	Nassau
16	10:47.03i	Stanford University	Lucy Jenks, Taylor James, Roisin Willis, Juliette Whittaker	16 February 2024	Boston
17	10:47.50i	University of Oregon	Klaudia Kazimierska, Ella Clayton, Ella Nelson, Maddy Elmore	26 January 2024	Fayetteville
18	10:48.38	Villanova University	Kathy Franey (3:20.9), Michelle Bennett (52.9), Celeste Halliday (2:04.7), Vicki Huber (4:29.9)	28 April 1988	Philadelphia
19	10:48.55	University of Virginia	Margot Appleton (3:15.15), Alahna Sabbakhan (54.68), Esther Seeland (2:04.72), Anna Workman (4:34.02)	26 April 2024	Philadelphia
20	10:48.77i	University of Oregon	Lilli Burdon (3:20.56), Ashante Horsley (53.77), Raevyn Rogers (2:03.53), Katie Rainsberger (4:30.93)	27 January 2017	New York City
21	10:49.05i	Penn State University	Madaline Ullom, Zoey Goldstein, Hayley Kitching, Kileigh Kane	16 February 2024	Boston
22	10:49.39i	New Balance Europe	Lisanne de Witte, Esther Guerrero, Anna Silvander, Sarah McDonald	28 January 2017	Boston
23	10:49.41i	University of Arkansas	Tiana LoStracco, Ashanti Denton, Ainsley Erzen, Mary Ellen Eudaly	26 January 2024	Fayetteville
24	10:49.58	University of Michigan	Danielle Tauro (3:22.2), Serita Williams (53.4), Geena Gall (2:02.1), Nicole Edwards 4:31.9	24 April 2008	Philadelphia
25	10:49.81	Villanova University	Sonia O'Sullivan (3:18.7), Michelle Bennett (52.0), Michele Torelli (2:06.3), Kathy Franey (4:32.8)	28 April 1990	Philadelphia

See also

• Sprint medley relay
• Swedish relay

References

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