Meleni Rodney
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| Born | 27 June 1998 Grenada | ||||||||||||||
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| College team | UCLA Bruins[1] | ||||||||||||||
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Meleni Rodney, OLY (born 27 June 1998) is a Grenadian sprinter who specialises in the 400 metres.[2][3]
She participated at the Summer Youth Olympics in 2014 and received a bronze medal.[4] In that same year she was named athlete of the year along with Kirani James.[5] In 2016, she was a part of the women's 4×400m Relay team which secured a Silver Medal at the 2016 OECS Track & Field Championships with teammates Amanda Crawford, Kenisha Pascal and Kanika Beckles.
In 2017 Meleni experience a return to form resulting in improvements in her personal best in the 200m at the Norcal finals[6] as well in the 400m[6] dash at the CCCAA California State Championships.
After recording a personal best time in the 400m at the 2019 Rafer Johnson/Jackie Joyner-Kersee Invitational Meleni was named Pac-12 Athlete of the Week[7][8]
On 26 May 2020 Meleni was one of 12 UCLA Bruins who received USTFCCCA Indoor All-America Accolades as part of the Women's 4x400m Relay team.[9][10]
Competition record
[edit]| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing  Grenada
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| 2014 | CARIFTA Games | Fort-de-France, Martinique | 3rd | 400 m (U18) | 54.45[11] |
| Summer Youth Olympics | Nanjing, China | 3rd | 400 m | 53.33[12] | |
| 2015 | CARIFTA Games | Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis | 3rd | 400 m (U18) | 54.56[13] |
| World Youth Championships in Athletics | Cali, Colombia | 8th (sf) | 400 m (U18) | 56.36[14] | |
| Commonwealth Youth Games | Apia, Samoa | 5th (h) | 400 m | 59.00[15] | |
| 2016 | OECS Track and Field Championships | Tortola, British Virgin Islands | 6th | 400m | 57.14[16] |
| 2nd | 4×400m RELAY | 3:41.75[16] | |||
| 2017 | OECS Track and Field Championships | Kirani James Athletic Stadium, Grenada | 1st | 400m | 53.55 |
| 2nd | 4 × 400 m RELAY | 3:37.48 | |||
Personal bests
[edit]Outdoor
- 200 metres – 23.25 (De Anza – Cupertino, CA 2017)[17]
- 400 metres – 51.32 (Drake Stadium – Los Angeles, CA 2021)[6]
- 200 (Indoor) metres – 23.92 (Dempsey Indoor, Seattle WA , USA 2018)[18]
- 400 (Indoor) metres – 53.80 (Dempsey Indoor, Seattle WA , USA 2018)
References
[edit]- ^ "UCLA Athletics". Archived from the original on 3 July 2018. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
- ^ "Meleni RODNEY | Profile | World Athletics".
- ^ Meleni Rodney profile at TFRRS
- ^ "Athletics Results Book" (PDF). 2014 Summer Youth Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 October 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
- ^ "James, Rodney named GrenadaSports Athletes of the Year - GrenadaSports". grenadasports.gd. Archived from the original on 27 August 2016.
- ^ a b c "TFRRS | CCCAA California State Championships Track & Field Meet Results".
- ^ "Pac-12 announces outdoor track & field athletes of the week". Archived from the original on 17 April 2019.
- ^ "UCLA Track & Field Trio Garners Pac-12 Athlete of the Week Honors - UCLA". uclabruins.com. Archived from the original on 24 April 2019.
- ^ "2020 NCAA Division I Indoor Track & Field All-America ::: USTFCCCA".
- ^ "Bruins Earn 12 USTFCCCA Indoor All-America Accolades - UCLA". uclabruins.com. Archived from the original on 27 May 2020.
- ^ "CARIFTA 2014: Day one results". 20 April 2014.
- ^ "2nd Youth Olympic Games | World Athletics".
- ^ "2015 Carifta Games" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
- ^ "400 Metres Result | 9th IAAF World Youth Championships 2015 | iaaf.org". Archived from the original on 2 October 2018.
- ^ "Athletics CYG 2015 full results" (PDF). samoa2015.thecgf.com. 9 September 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 October 2018.
- ^ a b "OECS Championships - Complete Results (Raw)". bvi.milesplit.com. Archived from the original on 14 September 2016.
- ^ "TFRRS | NorCal Trials & Finals Track & Field Meet Results".
- ^ "2018 MPSF Championships". University of Washington Athletics. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
External links
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