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DyeStat Relay Performance of the Year Voting - 2017

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DyeStat.com   Dec 27th 2017, 3:49am
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Vote for the Top Relay Performance of the Year

Note: Voting closes at the end of the day Thursday and we'll announce this year's winner Friday.

American Fork UT boys 4x1600 relay: Carson Clinger, McKay Johns, Patrick Parker and Casey Clinger delivered one of the most exceptional performances in the 50-year history of the Arcadia Invitational, clocking 16 minutes, 41.30 seconds to take down the national high school record of 16:52.95 set by Great Oak CA the year before at the Mt. San Antonio College Relays. Before Great Oak and American Fork's performances, no high school team had ever eclipsed 17 minutes.

Great Britain men's 4x100 relay: It was supposed to be the glorious final act of Usain Bolt's career, but instead it wound up being one of the most memorable moments of the IAAF World Outdoor Championships as the host team ignited the host crowd in London by setting a European record to win the gold medal in 37.47 seconds. Chijindu Ujah, Adam Gemili, Danny Talbot and Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake captured the country's first World Championship gold medal, ending a run of four straight Jamaican titles.

HOKA New York New Jersey Track Club men's indoor 4xmile relay: Donn Cabral, Ford Palmer, Graham Crawford and Kyle Merber set the world indoor record by clocking 16 minutes, 12.81 seconds in February at the Artie O'Connor Invitational at The Armory. The quartet eclipsed the 1993 mark of 16:16.67 set by the New York Athletic Club.

Oregon women's 4x400 relay: The Ducks not only had revenge, but history on their minds after being edged by USC in the NCAA Division 1 indoor final in a race that produced the top two all-time collegiate indoor marks. The roles were reversed at the Division 1 outdoor championship, with Oregon relying on the efforts of Makenzie Dunmore, Deajah Stevens and Elexis Guster, capped by a 49.77-second anchor leg by Raevyn Rogers to hold off the Trojans, setting a collegiate record by clocking 3:23.13 to secure the team championship by a 64 to 62.2 margin over Georgia.

Texas A&M men's indoor 4x400 relay: The Aggies had set the collegiate record earlier in the season by clocking 3 minutes, 2.52 seconds in January, but their come-from-behind effort to win the NCAA Division 1 title in College Station was one of the most emotional performances of the year. Fred Kerley, Robert Grant, Devin Dixon and Mylik Kerley prevailed in 3:02.80 to not only edge Florida, but capture the Division 1 team championship by a 46 to 45.5 margin over the Gators.

Trinidad and Tobago men's 4x400 relay: The Americans had won six consecutive titles at the IAAF World Outdoor Championships, but Jarrin Solomon, Jereem Richards, Machel Cedenio and Lalonde Gordon delivered one of the most impressive efforts in London to secure the country's first world title in 2 minutes, 58.12 seconds, with Gordon surging past Fred Kerley on the anchor leg. It was the first time since 2003 the U.S. didn't capture the gold medal.

Tumbleweed Track Club women's 4x200 relay: Although this performance didn't occur in a championship setting, it was one of the most thrilling races of the year, with Desiree Henry, Anyika Onoura, Tianna Bartoletta and Dafne Schippers clocking the No. 3 time in history by running 1 minute, 28.77 seconds to win the Pepsi Relays in Florida, just ahead of the collegiate record and No. 4 all-time 1:28.78 set by Oregon's Makenzie Dunmore, Hannah Cunliffe, Deajah Stevens and Ariana Washington.

Union Catholic NJ girls Swedish relay: Sydney Tucker, Amaya Chadwick and Khamil Evans put Sydney McLaughlin in position to deliver another magical anchor at the New Balance Nationals Outdoor finals and she didn't disappoint, clocking 49.85 seconds on the 400-meter anchor leg to not only secure the title, but set the national high school record with a 2:05.93 performance. McLaughlin's leg is the fastest relay split by a high school female.

U.S. men's Under-20 4x400 relay: Josephus Lyles, Zach Shinnick, Brian Herron and Sean Hooper not only captured a gold medal in July at the Pan American U-20 Championships in Peru, but set the World U-20 record by clocking 3 minutes, 00.33 seconds. The American quartet took down the 2004 mark set by another U.S. lineup that included LaShawn Merritt and Kerron Clement and clocked 3:01.09 at the World U-20 Championships in Italy.

U.S. women's 800 sprint medley relay: Morolake Akinosun, English Gardner, Dezerea Bryant and Miki Barber produced a world all-time best by clocking 1 minute, 35.59 seconds to prevail in the USA vs. The World showdown in April at the Penn Relays. Barber, now 37, anchored the final 400 meters in 50.90 seconds to help the USA Red team eclipse the 1983 mark of 1:36.05 set by Nebraska at the Texas Relays.

U.S. women's indoor distance medley relay: New Balance professionals Emma Coburn, Brenda Martinez and Jenny Simpson teamed with then Union Catholic NJ senior Sydney McLaughlin to produce a world indoor record by clocking 10 minutes, 40.31 seconds at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix in January. The performance took down the previous indoor mark of 10:42.57 set by a New Balance quartet in 2015 and trails only the outdoor effort of 10:36.50 produced in 2015 by a U.S. national team at the IAAF World Relays.

Western Branch VA girls 4x100 shuttle hurdles relay: After setting the national high school record in the 4x55 shuttle hurdles relay in March by clocking 30.63 seconds at New Balance Nationals Indoor, the same quartet of Jada Terrell, Shadajah Ballard, Jashella Jenkins and Adriana Shockley also broke the national prep record by running 55.06 to capture a fifth consecutive championship at New Balance Nationals Outdoor in June.



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