Meleni_Rodney

Meleni Rodney

Meleni Rodney

Grenadian sprinter

Meleni Rodney, OLY (born 27 June 1998) is a Grenadian sprinter who specialises in the 400 metres.[2][3]

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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

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Personal bests

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

  1. [1]
    "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 July 2018. Retrieved 3 July 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. [2]
    "Meleni RODNEY | Profile | World Athletics".
  3. [3]
    Meleni Rodney profile at TFRRS
  4. [4]
    "Athletics Results Book" (PDF). 2014 Summer Youth Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 October 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  5. [5]
    "James, Rodney named GrenadaSports Athletes of the Year - GrenadaSports". grenadasports.gd. Archived from the original on 27 August 2016.
  6. [6]
    "TFRRS | CCCAA California State Championships Track & Field Meet Results".
  7. [7]
    "Pac-12 announces outdoor track & field athletes of the week | Pac-12".
  8. [8]
    "UCLA Track & Field Trio Garners Pac-12 Athlete of the Week Honors - UCLA". uclabruins.com. Archived from the original on 24 April 2019.
  9. [9]
    "2020 NCAA Division I Indoor Track & Field All-America ::: USTFCCCA".
  10. [10]
    "Bruins Earn 12 USTFCCCA Indoor All-America Accolades - UCLA". uclabruins.com. Archived from the original on 27 May 2020.
  11. [11]
    "CARIFTA 2014: Day one results". 20 April 2014.
  12. [12]
    "2nd Youth Olympic Games | World Athletics".
  13. [13]
    "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  14. [14]
    "400 Metres Result | 9th IAAF World Youth Championships 2015 | iaaf.org". Archived from the original on 2 October 2018.
  15. [15]
    http://samoa2015.thecgf.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Athletics-cyg-2015_rull-results.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  16. [16]
    "OECS Championships - Complete Results (Raw)". bvi.milesplit.com. Archived from the original on 14 September 2016.
  17. [17]
    "TFRRS | NorCal Trials & Finals Track & Field Meet Results".
  18. [18]
    https://static.gohuskies.com/custompages/trackresults/022318/180223F005.htm


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