Sentence examples for former record of from inspiring English sources

Robeson took the girls' 800 relay in 1 41.03, shattering the former record of 1 44.50.

Manson, a three-time Pan American Games gold medalist, topped the former record of 17 3/4 set by Matt Phillips in 2001.

Meteorologists reported that 94.4cm of rain had fallen in a suburb of Mumbai in 24 hours, breaking the former record of 83.8cm recorded in Cherrapunji, north-eastern India, in 1910.

But Jones, now 22, has changed her coach and her approach and graciously reached across the lane line to embrace Soni after Friday's race, which Jones finished in 2 22.05, significantly slower than her former record of 2 20.54.

Hughff threw a cell phone 95.08 meters at the 2007 GoldenPalace.com U.K. Mobile Throwing Championships, besting the former record of 94.97 meters set back in 2005.

Favre threw three touchdown passes for his 63rd career game with at least three touchdowns, surpassing Marino's former record of 62. Favre led the Packers to a 13 3 regular season record, the NFC North championship, and the second seed in the NFC playoffs.

The temperature broke the former record for the date of 118 degrees in 1929, according to the National Weather Service.

With the temperature reaching 103 degrees in Central Park at 3 11 p.m., breaking the former record high of 101 degrees for the day set in 1999, Con Edison officials braced for the greatest demand for power they had ever had to supply.

She is one of a few female African-American jazz recording artists and former record company executives of the 1980's.

It will, says Adam Sexton, a former record executive and vice president of marketing at Macrovision, a maker of copy protection technology.

There were 2,600 in the mid-1980s, according to Graham Jones, a former record sales rep and author of Last Shop Standing: Whatever Happened to Record Shops?