Sentence examples for the former record from inspiring English sources

The former record for combined WS by ringless players was 886, set in 2000.

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

They beat the former record, 65, which had been shared by seven other players.

Actually, she became the world's oldest person in the world yesterday after the former record holder, Jiroemon Kimura, died at the age of 116.

González, the former record holder, agreed that it might be wise to avoid triggering "more instability" by forcing an abrupt management change at the national federation.

Hall, too, breached the former record in 3 13.86, but for the first time, the United States had to settle for second place as the Australian team celebrated.

Gagliardi lasted seven seasons longer than the former record-holder Amos Alonzo Stagg of the University of Chicago and the University of the Pacific.

The former record-setting donation was $300 million in stock from the Ingram Charitable Fund to Vanderbilt University, announced in 1998.

Asafa Powell of Jamaica, the former record-holder in the 100 meters, ran an impressive 9.96 seconds in Trinidad on his return to competition from a shoulder injury sustained while lifting weights.

Foster, the former record-holder in the 50 freestyle, eclipsed the butterfly mark of 23.19, set by Sweden's Lars Frolander at the short-course world championship at Athens in March.

"I'm talking to all of them; yeah, we're negotiating," Mr. Simmons, the former recording mogul, said last week.